From 6f243428a3ef871210e1d691b1c409511f488fb6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steven Loria <git@stevenloria.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2026 22:06:23 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix tests

Implicit event loop was removed from pytest-asyncio, so
add a new fixture that can be used by the synchronous ASGI
falcon tests
---
 tests/conftest.py           | 11 +++++++++++
 tests/test_falconparser.py  |  2 ++
 tests/test_tornadoparser.py |  5 +++--
 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index ad2e3ad07..866cde44a 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+import asyncio
+
 import pytest
 
 pytest.register_assert_rewrite("webargs.testing")
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def current_loop():
+    loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
+    asyncio.set_event_loop(loop)
+    yield loop
+    asyncio.set_event_loop(None)
+    loop.close()
diff --git a/tests/test_falconparser.py b/tests/test_falconparser.py
index 2f0a9dddf..7e291a183 100644
--- a/tests/test_falconparser.py
+++ b/tests/test_falconparser.py
@@ -73,11 +73,13 @@ def test_body_parsing_works_with_simulate(self):
         )
         assert res.json == {"name": "Fred"}
 
+    @pytest.mark.usefixtures("current_loop")
     def test_parse_querystring_args_async(self):
         app = create_async_app()
         client = falcon.testing.TestClient(app)
         assert client.simulate_get("/async_echo?name=Fred").json == {"name": "Fred"}
 
+    @pytest.mark.usefixtures("current_loop")
     def test_async_use_args_decorator(self):
         app = create_async_app()
         client = falcon.testing.TestClient(app)
diff --git a/tests/test_tornadoparser.py b/tests/test_tornadoparser.py
index fd155e546..ee92eadde 100644
--- a/tests/test_tornadoparser.py
+++ b/tests/test_tornadoparser.py
@@ -139,11 +139,12 @@ def test_it_should_not_include_fieldnames_if_not_present(self):
         result = parser.load_json(request, author_schema)
         assert result == {}
 
+    @pytest.mark.usefixtures("current_loop")
     def test_it_should_handle_type_error_on_load_json(self):
         # but this is different from the test above where the payload was valid
         # and empty -- missing vs {}
-        # NOTE: `event_loop` is the pytest-aiohttp event loop fixture, but it's
-        # important to get an event loop here so that we can construct a future
+        # NOTE: the `current_loop` fixture sets a current event loop,
+        # which is required here so that we can construct a future
         request = make_request(
             body=tornado.concurrent.Future(),
             headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"},