unittest: report class cleanup exceptions (#12250)

Fixes #11728

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Co-authored-by: Bruno Oliveira <bruno@soliv.dev>

AUTHORS

@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ Cyrus Maden
 Damian Skrzypczak
 Daniel Grana
 Daniel Hahler
+Daniel Miller
 Daniel Nuri
 Daniel Sánchez Castelló
 Daniel Valenzuela Zenteno

changelog/11728.improvement.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+For ``unittest``-based tests, exceptions during class cleanup (as raised by functions registered with :meth:`TestCase.addClassCleanup <unittest.TestCase.addClassCleanup>`) are now reported instead of silently failing.

src/_pytest/unittest.py

@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@
 import pytest
 
 
+if sys.version_info[:2] < (3, 11):
+    from exceptiongroup import ExceptionGroup
+
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     import unittest
 
@@ -111,6 +114,20 @@ def _register_unittest_setup_class_fixture(self, cls: type) -> None:
             return None
         cleanup = getattr(cls, "doClassCleanups", lambda: None)
 
+        def process_teardown_exceptions() -> None:
+            # tearDown_exceptions is a list set in the class containing exc_infos for errors during
+            # teardown for the class.
+            exc_infos = getattr(cls, "tearDown_exceptions", None)
+            if not exc_infos:
+                return
+            exceptions = [exc for (_, exc, _) in exc_infos]
+            # If a single exception, raise it directly as this provides a more readable
+            # error (hopefully this will improve in #12255).
+            if len(exceptions) == 1:
+                raise exceptions[0]
+            else:
+                raise ExceptionGroup("Unittest class cleanup errors", exceptions)
+
         def unittest_setup_class_fixture(
             request: FixtureRequest,
         ) -> Generator[None, None, None]:
@@ -125,13 +142,15 @@ def unittest_setup_class_fixture(
                 # follow this here.
                 except Exception:
                     cleanup()
+                    process_teardown_exceptions()
                     raise
             yield
             try:
                 if teardown is not None:
                     teardown()
             finally:
                 cleanup()
+                process_teardown_exceptions()
 
         self.session._fixturemanager._register_fixture(
             # Use a unique name to speed up lookup.

testing/test_unittest.py

@@ -1500,6 +1500,95 @@ def test_cleanup_called_the_right_number_of_times():
     assert passed == 1
 
 
+class TestClassCleanupErrors:
+    """
+    Make sure to show exceptions raised during class cleanup function (those registered
+    via addClassCleanup()).
+
+    See #11728.
+    """
+
+    def test_class_cleanups_failure_in_setup(self, pytester: Pytester) -> None:
+        testpath = pytester.makepyfile(
+            """
+            import unittest
+            class MyTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+                @classmethod
+                def setUpClass(cls):
+                    def cleanup(n):
+                        raise Exception(f"fail {n}")
+                    cls.addClassCleanup(cleanup, 2)
+                    cls.addClassCleanup(cleanup, 1)
+                    raise Exception("fail 0")
+                def test(self):
+                    pass
+        """
+        )
+        result = pytester.runpytest("-s", testpath)
+        result.assert_outcomes(passed=0, errors=1)
+        result.stdout.fnmatch_lines(
+            [
+                "*Unittest class cleanup errors *2 sub-exceptions*",
+                "*Exception: fail 1",
+                "*Exception: fail 2",
+            ]
+        )
+        result.stdout.fnmatch_lines(
+            [
+                "* ERROR at setup of MyTestCase.test *",
+                "E * Exception: fail 0",
+            ]
+        )
+
+    def test_class_cleanups_failure_in_teardown(self, pytester: Pytester) -> None:
+        testpath = pytester.makepyfile(
+            """
+            import unittest
+            class MyTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+                @classmethod
+                def setUpClass(cls):
+                    def cleanup(n):
+                        raise Exception(f"fail {n}")
+                    cls.addClassCleanup(cleanup, 2)
+                    cls.addClassCleanup(cleanup, 1)
+                def test(self):
+                    pass
+        """
+        )
+        result = pytester.runpytest("-s", testpath)
+        result.assert_outcomes(passed=1, errors=1)
+        result.stdout.fnmatch_lines(
+            [
+                "*Unittest class cleanup errors *2 sub-exceptions*",
+                "*Exception: fail 1",
+                "*Exception: fail 2",
+            ]
+        )
+
+    def test_class_cleanup_1_failure_in_teardown(self, pytester: Pytester) -> None:
+        testpath = pytester.makepyfile(
+            """
+            import unittest
+            class MyTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+                @classmethod
+                def setUpClass(cls):
+                    def cleanup(n):
+                        raise Exception(f"fail {n}")
+                    cls.addClassCleanup(cleanup, 1)
+                def test(self):
+                    pass
+        """
+        )
+        result = pytester.runpytest("-s", testpath)
+        result.assert_outcomes(passed=1, errors=1)
+        result.stdout.fnmatch_lines(
+            [
+                "*ERROR at teardown of MyTestCase.test*",
+                "*Exception: fail 1",
+            ]
+        )
+
+
 def test_traceback_pruning(pytester: Pytester) -> None:
     """Regression test for #9610 - doesn't crash during traceback pruning."""
     pytester.makepyfile(