Demonstrate issue #3611

Author: kurtmckee

tests/config/cli/test_cli_ini.py

@@ -247,3 +247,21 @@ def test_ini_help(exhaustive_ini: Path, capfd: CaptureFixture) -> None:
     res = out.splitlines()[-1]
     msg = f"config file {str(exhaustive_ini)!r} active (changed via env var TOX_USER_CONFIG_FILE)"
     assert res == msg
+
+
+def test_ini_loader_corrupt_default_config_file(
+    mocker: MockerFixture,
+    tmp_path: Path,
+    caplog: LogCaptureFixture,
+) -> None:
+    # Setup: Create a corrupt DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE and point to it.
+    config_file = tmp_path / "config.ini"
+    config_file.write_text("[tox\n")
+    mocker.patch("tox.config.cli.ini.DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE", config_file)
+
+    # Act
+    IniConfig()
+
+    # Verify
+    assert "failed to read config file None" not in caplog.messages[0]
+    assert f"failed to read config file {config_file}" in caplog.messages[0]