pytest sprint 2026: Save the date! (July 20-24th)

[The-Compiler]

pytest development sprint 2026

I'm happy to announce that in collaboration with OMICRON, we are organizing another pytest development sprint, taking place July 20th to 24th (the week after Europython).

(We are aware that this collides with EuroSciPy, but after a survey with pytest core developers, this was the best fitting date)

Discussions in a separate repository will be used for organizing various aspects. Feel free to contribute!

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Infos

Given some generous support by OMICRON (two big meeting rooms, reserved for the whole week), and given our OpenCollective balance of ~$84k USD, we will be able to host a maximum of ~25 people. The details will still need to be discussed, but the idea is that we (partially/fully) pay for travel and accommodation for participants from pytest funds, and OMICRON will offer free lunch for all participants.

Venue

The sprint will be hosted by OMICRON in Klaus, Vorarlberg, Austria. Klaus is inhabited by a whopping ~3000 people. Despite being somewhat in the middle of nowhere, it's actually not too hard to reach:

• ~2-2.5h from Zurich Airport, either:
  • 1h 15min direct Eurocity to Bregenz, then 30min local train from there
  • 10min local train to Zurich main station, 1.5h direct Railjet to Feldkirch, 10min local train from there
• ~1.25h by train from Friedrichshafen: Train to Lindau, train to Feldkirch, train to Klaus
• ~3h by train from Munich: 2h direct Eurocity train to Bregenz, 30min local train to Klaus
• ~6.5h by train from Vienna: just over 6h by direct train (Railjet), and then another 10 minutes in a local train

If you're from outside Europe, you might want to combine this with a visit to Europython and then fly from Kraków to e.g. Zurich.

Activities

Obviously, we'll hack a lot on pytest! Exact topics will still need to be discussed, but of course we can also sprint on whatever participants find interesting, as long as it benefits pytest.

We'll make sure to spend time socializing as well obviously. No details here either just yet, but we might have an evening barbecue at OMICRON's venues, and go for a hike or two together while we're there!

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Pinging some people who took part last year, or expressed interest and couldn't be there in the end: @pytest-dev/core @flub @obestwalter @hpk42 @WarrenTheRabbit @Niloth-p @jaraco @nitzmahone @webknjaz @asottile @okken @farbodahm @Glyphack @lovetheguitar

[webknjaz]

Sweet! I'll also ping @sirosen then since he's going to attend EuroPython and maybe would be able to join.