Function test_frame_leak_on_failing_test

testing/acceptance_test.py:1214–1244

Pytest would leak garbage referencing the frames of tests that failed that could never be reclaimed (#2798). Unfortunately it was not possible to remove the actual circles because most of them are made of traceback objects which cannot be weakly referenced. Those objects at least ca

(pytester: Pytester)

def test_frame_leak_on_failing_test(pytester: Pytester) -> None:
    """Pytest would leak garbage referencing the frames of tests that failed
    that could never be reclaimed (#2798).

    Unfortunately it was not possible to remove the actual circles because most of them
    are made of traceback objects which cannot be weakly referenced. Those objects at least
    can be eventually claimed by the garbage collector.
    """
    pytester.makepyfile(
        """
        import gc
        import weakref

        class Obj:
            pass

        ref = None

        def test1():
            obj = Obj()
            global ref
            ref = weakref.ref(obj)
            assert 0

        def test2():
            gc.collect()
            assert ref() is None
    """
    )
    result = pytester.runpytest_subprocess()
    result.stdout.fnmatch_lines(["*1 failed, 1 passed in*"])


def test_fixture_mock_integration(pytester: Pytester) -> None: