Only call super() during MockHttp if required

CHANGES.rst

@@ -135,6 +135,11 @@ Other / Development
   (#1994)
   [Tomaz Muraus - @Kami]
 
+- Add a workaround so tests work with pytest >= 8.2. Also use latest version of
+  pytest for running tests.
+  (#2033)
+  [Steve Kowalik - @s-t-e-v-e-n-k]
+
 Changes in Apache Libcloud 3.8.0
 --------------------------------
 

libcloud/test/__init__.py

@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ def read(self, chunk_size=None):
         return StringIO.read(self)
 
 
-class MockHttp(LibcloudConnection):
+class MockHttp(LibcloudConnection, unittest.TestCase):
     """
     A mock HTTP client/server suitable for testing purposes. This replaces
     `HTTPConnection` by implementing its API and returning a mock response.
@@ -108,7 +108,11 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         # within a response
         if isinstance(self, unittest.TestCase):
             unittest.TestCase.__init__(self, "__init__")
-        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        # When this class is collected, it is instantiated with no arguments,
+        # which breaks any superclasses that expect arguments, so only
+        # do so if we were passed any keyword arguments.
+        if kwargs:
+            super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
     def _get_request(self, method, url, body=None, headers=None):
         # Find a method we can use for this request

requirements-tests.txt

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 coverage[toml]==7.2.7; python_version >= '3.8'
 requests>=2.31.0
 requests_mock==1.11.0
-pytest==8.1.1
-pytest-xdist==3.5.0
-pytest-timeout==2.2.0
-pytest-benchmark[histogram]==4.0.0
+pytest==8.3.5
+pytest-xdist==3.6.1
+pytest-timeout==2.3.1
+pytest-benchmark[histogram]==5.1.0
 cryptography==44.0.2
 
 # NOTE: Only needed by nttcis loadbalancer driver