[9.0.x] config: restore config.inicfg

changelog/13946.bugfix.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+The private ``config.inicfg`` attribute was changed in a breaking manner in pytest 9.0.0.
+Due to its usage in the ecosystem, it is now restored to working order using a compatibility shim.
+It will be deprecated in pytest 9.1 and removed in pytest 10.

src/_pytest/config/__init__.py

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 from collections.abc import Iterable
 from collections.abc import Iterator
 from collections.abc import Mapping
+from collections.abc import MutableMapping
 from collections.abc import Sequence
 import contextlib
 import copy
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@
 from .compat import PathAwareHookProxy
 from .exceptions import PrintHelp as PrintHelp
 from .exceptions import UsageError as UsageError
+from .findpaths import ConfigValue
 from .findpaths import determine_setup
 from _pytest import __version__
 import _pytest._code
@@ -980,6 +982,30 @@ def _iter_rewritable_modules(package_files: Iterable[str]) -> Iterator[str]:
             yield from _iter_rewritable_modules(new_package_files)
 
 
+class _DeprecatedInicfgProxy(MutableMapping[str, Any]):
+    """Compatibility proxy for the deprecated Config.inicfg."""
+
+    __slots__ = ("_config",)
+
+    def __init__(self, config: Config) -> None:
+        self._config = config
+
+    def __getitem__(self, key: str) -> Any:
+        return self._config._inicfg[key].value
+
+    def __setitem__(self, key: str, value: Any) -> None:
+        self._config._inicfg[key] = ConfigValue(value, origin="override", mode="toml")
+
+    def __delitem__(self, key: str) -> None:
+        del self._config._inicfg[key]
+
+    def __iter__(self) -> Iterator[str]:
+        return iter(self._config._inicfg)
+
+    def __len__(self) -> int:
+        return len(self._config._inicfg)
+
+
 @final
 class Config:
     """Access to configuration values, pluginmanager and plugin hooks.
@@ -1100,6 +1126,10 @@ def __init__(
         self.args_source = Config.ArgsSource.ARGS
         self.args: list[str] = []
 
+    @property
+    def inicfg(self) -> _DeprecatedInicfgProxy:
+        return _DeprecatedInicfgProxy(self)
+
     @property
     def rootpath(self) -> pathlib.Path:
         """The path to the :ref:`rootdir <rootdir>`.
@@ -1376,7 +1406,7 @@ def pytest_collection(self) -> Generator[None, object, object]:
     def _checkversion(self) -> None:
         import pytest
 
-        minver_ini_value = self.inicfg.get("minversion", None)
+        minver_ini_value = self._inicfg.get("minversion", None)
         minver = minver_ini_value.value if minver_ini_value is not None else None
         if minver:
             # Imported lazily to improve start-up time.
@@ -1440,7 +1470,7 @@ def _warn_or_fail_if_strict(self, message: str) -> None:
 
     def _get_unknown_ini_keys(self) -> set[str]:
         known_keys = self._parser._inidict.keys() | self._parser._ini_aliases.keys()
-        return self.inicfg.keys() - known_keys
+        return self._inicfg.keys() - known_keys
 
     def parse(self, args: list[str], addopts: bool = True) -> None:
         # Parse given cmdline arguments into this config object.
@@ -1471,7 +1501,7 @@ def parse(self, args: list[str], addopts: bool = True) -> None:
         self._rootpath = rootpath
         self._inipath = inipath
         self._ignored_config_files = ignored_config_files
-        self.inicfg = inicfg
+        self._inicfg = inicfg
         self._parser.extra_info["rootdir"] = str(self.rootpath)
         self._parser.extra_info["inifile"] = str(self.inipath)
 
@@ -1648,14 +1678,14 @@ def _getini(self, name: str):
         except KeyError as e:
             raise ValueError(f"unknown configuration value: {name!r}") from e
 
-        # Collect all possible values (canonical name + aliases) from inicfg.
+        # Collect all possible values (canonical name + aliases) from _inicfg.
         # Each candidate is (ConfigValue, is_canonical).
         candidates = []
-        if canonical_name in self.inicfg:
-            candidates.append((self.inicfg[canonical_name], True))
+        if canonical_name in self._inicfg:
+            candidates.append((self._inicfg[canonical_name], True))
         for alias, target in self._parser._ini_aliases.items():
-            if target == canonical_name and alias in self.inicfg:
-                candidates.append((self.inicfg[alias], False))
+            if target == canonical_name and alias in self._inicfg:
+                candidates.append((self._inicfg[alias], False))
 
         if not candidates:
             return default

testing/test_config.py

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def test_getcfg_and_config(
         _, _, cfg, _ = locate_config(Path.cwd(), [sub])
         assert cfg["name"] == ConfigValue("value", origin="file", mode="ini")
         config = pytester.parseconfigure(str(sub))
-        assert config.inicfg["name"] == ConfigValue("value", origin="file", mode="ini")
+        assert config._inicfg["name"] == ConfigValue("value", origin="file", mode="ini")
 
     def test_setupcfg_uses_toolpytest_with_pytest(self, pytester: Pytester) -> None:
         p1 = pytester.makepyfile("def test(): pass")
@@ -1434,10 +1434,10 @@ def test_inifilename(self, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
 
         # this indicates this is the file used for getting configuration values
         assert config.inipath == inipath
-        assert config.inicfg.get("name") == ConfigValue(
+        assert config._inicfg.get("name") == ConfigValue(
             "value", origin="file", mode="ini"
         )
-        assert config.inicfg.get("should_not_be_set") is None
+        assert config._inicfg.get("should_not_be_set") is None
 
 
 def test_options_on_small_file_do_not_blow_up(pytester: Pytester) -> None:
@@ -2277,7 +2277,7 @@ def test_addopts_before_initini(
         monkeypatch.setenv("PYTEST_ADDOPTS", f"-o cache_dir={cache_dir}")
         config = _config_for_test
         config.parse([], addopts=True)
-        assert config.inicfg.get("cache_dir") == ConfigValue(
+        assert config._inicfg.get("cache_dir") == ConfigValue(
             cache_dir, origin="override", mode="ini"
         )
 
@@ -2318,7 +2318,7 @@ def test_override_ini_does_not_contain_paths(
         """Check that -o no longer swallows all options after it (#3103)"""
         config = _config_for_test
         config.parse(["-o", "cache_dir=/cache", "/some/test/path"])
-        assert config.inicfg.get("cache_dir") == ConfigValue(
+        assert config._inicfg.get("cache_dir") == ConfigValue(
             "/cache", origin="override", mode="ini"
         )
 
@@ -2999,3 +2999,45 @@ def pytest_addoption(parser):
 
         with pytest.raises(TypeError, match=r"expects a string.*got int"):
             config.getini("string_not_string")
+
+
+class TestInicfgDeprecation:
+    """Tests for the upcoming deprecation of config.inicfg."""
+
+    def test_inicfg_deprecated(self, pytester: Pytester) -> None:
+        """Test that accessing config.inicfg issues a deprecation warning (not yet)."""
+        pytester.makeini(
+            """
+            [pytest]
+            minversion = 3.0
+            """
+        )
+        config = pytester.parseconfig()
+
+        inicfg = config.inicfg
+
+        assert config.getini("minversion") == "3.0"
+        assert inicfg["minversion"] == "3.0"
+        assert inicfg.get("minversion") == "3.0"
+        del inicfg["minversion"]
+        inicfg["minversion"] = "4.0"
+        assert list(inicfg.keys()) == ["minversion"]
+        assert list(inicfg.items()) == [("minversion", "4.0")]
+        assert len(inicfg) == 1
+
+    def test_issue_13946_setting_bool_no_longer_crashes(
+        self, pytester: Pytester
+    ) -> None:
+        """Regression test for #13946 - setting inicfg doesn't cause a crash."""
+        pytester.makepyfile(
+            """
+            def pytest_configure(config):
+                config.inicfg["xfail_strict"] = True
+
+            def test():
+                pass
+            """
+        )
+
+        result = pytester.runpytest()
+        assert result.ret == 0