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[BUG] CI: "Self-test release-notes checker" fails due to root conftest.py import error #2062
Description
Description
The check-release-notes job in the CI: Release workflow (release.yml) fails at the "Self-test release-notes checker" step with pytest exit code 4 (collection error).
Example failure: https://github.com/NVIDIA/cuda-python/actions/runs/25701496246/job/75462415468
Root cause
The step runs:
- name: Self-test release-notes checker
run: |
pip install pytest
pytest ci/tools/testsWhen pytest launches from the repo root, it discovers the root-level conftest.py, which imports cuda.pathfinder. Since the job only installs pytest (not the project packages), the import fails and pytest aborts before any tests run.
The actual release-notes file (cuda_core/docs/source/release/1.0.0-notes.rst) is fine — the job never reaches the "Check versioned release notes exist" step.
Suggested fix
Remove the self-test step from the release workflow entirely. Running infra/tooling tests during a release is not the right place — they should be validated separately (e.g. in a CI workflow that runs on PRs).
For reference, this was already worked around by commenting out the step in a release branch: 40508c5
Activity
leofang commentedon May 12, 2026
This commit was ported to the main branch via #2073.
rparolin commentedon Aug 20, 2026
Fixed on
main; closing.release.yml: the "Self-test release-notes checker" step is gone entirely ([no-ci] Prepare for cuda.core v1.0.1 release #2073). Thecheck-release-notesjob now only runsci/tools/check_release_notes.py.ci-nightly.yml: the tool tests moved to a "Run CI tools unit tests" step usingpython -m pytest -v --noconftest ci/tools/tests—--noconftestis the root-cause fix, stopping pytest from loading the repo-rootconftest.pythat importscuda.pathfinder.Possible follow-up (separate issue): these only run nightly, so a PR breaking
ci/tools/is caught up to ~24h late. Adding the same step to PR CI would tighten that.