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Add test coverage for OSError handling in get_user() for Python 3.13+ compatibility #13836

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Add test for OSError handling in get_user()
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Fix test to skip on non-Windows and use direct env var removal
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15 changes: 15 additions & 0 deletions testing/test_tmpdir.py
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Expand Up @@ -367,6 +367,21 @@ def test_get_user(monkeypatch):
assert get_user() is None


@pytest.mark.skipif(not sys.platform.startswith("win"), reason="win only")
def test_get_user_handles_oserror(monkeypatch):
"""Test that get_user() returns None when getpass.getuser() raises OSError.

This handles the Python 3.13+ behavior where getpass.getuser() raises
OSError when no username environment variables (LOGNAME, USER, LNAME,
USERNAME) are set on Windows (#11874).
"""
monkeypatch.delenv("LOGNAME", raising=False)
monkeypatch.delenv("USER", raising=False)
monkeypatch.delenv("LNAME", raising=False)
monkeypatch.delenv("USERNAME", raising=False)
assert get_user() is None


class TestNumberedDir:
PREFIX = "fun-"

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