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docs: guard cache usage in cache fixture example #14269

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docs: guard cache usage in cache fixture example
kartikdpardeshi Mar 6, 2026
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changelog: add doc fragment for cache example fix
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions changelog/14148.doc.rst
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The cache how-to example now guards access to ``pytestconfig.cache`` when the ``cacheprovider`` plugin is disabled.
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Expand Up @@ -214,11 +214,14 @@ across pytest invocations:

@pytest.fixture
def mydata(pytestconfig):
val = pytestconfig.cache.get("example/value", None)
cache = getattr(pytestconfig, "cache", None)
if cache is None:
pytest.skip("cacheprovider plugin is disabled")
val = cache.get("example/value", None)
if val is None:
expensive_computation()
val = 42
pytestconfig.cache.set("example/value", val)
cache.set("example/value", val)
return val


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