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pytest exit codes in CI

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A CI step runs pytest -m smoke and fails with exit code 5. What happened?

  • No tests were collected (found to run): nothing matched the selection, for example a misspelled or missing marker
  • Five tests failed
  • pytest crashed internally
  • The run was interrupted by the user

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