less strict

Author: jorisvandenbossche

pandas/tests/frame/methods/test_value_counts.py

@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 import numpy as np
 import pytest
 
+from pandas._config import using_string_dtype
+
+from pandas.compat import HAS_PYARROW
+
 import pandas as pd
 import pandas._testing as tm
 
@@ -132,6 +136,9 @@ def test_data_frame_value_counts_dropna_true(nulls_fixture):
     tm.assert_series_equal(result, expected)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.xfail(
+    using_string_dtype() and not HAS_PYARROW, reason="TODO(infer_string)", strict=False
+)
 def test_data_frame_value_counts_dropna_false(nulls_fixture):
     # GH 41334
     df = pd.DataFrame(

pandas/tests/series/indexing/test_setitem.py

@@ -824,7 +824,9 @@ def test_mask_key(self, obj, key, expected, raises, val, indexer_sli):
             indexer_sli(obj)[mask] = val
 
     @pytest.mark.xfail(
-        using_string_dtype() and not HAS_PYARROW, reason="TODO(infer_string)"
+        using_string_dtype() and not HAS_PYARROW,
+        reason="TODO(infer_string)",
+        strict=False,
     )
     def test_series_where(self, obj, key, expected, raises, val, is_inplace):
         mask = np.zeros(obj.shape, dtype=bool)