pytest 8.2.2 (2024-06-04)

Bug Fixes

• #12355: Fix possible catastrophic performance slowdown on a certain parametrization pattern involving many higher-scoped parameters.
• #12367: Fix a regression in pytest 8.2.0 where unittest class instances (a fresh one is created for each test) were not released promptly on test teardown but only on session teardown.
• #12381: Fix possible "Directory not empty" crashes arising from concurent cache dir (.pytest_cache) creation. Regressed in pytest 8.2.0.

Improved Documentation

• #12290: Updated Sphinx theme to use Furo instead of Flask, enabling Dark mode theme.
• #12356: Added a subsection to the documentation for debugging flaky tests to mention
  lack of thread safety in pytest as a possible source of flakyness.
• #12363: The documentation webpages now links to a canonical version to reduce outdated documentation in search engine results.