Fix doctest option flags leaking between docstrings

AUTHORS

@@ -396,6 +396,7 @@ Pierre Sassoulas
 Pieter Mulder
 Piotr Banaszkiewicz
 Piotr Helm
+Poorva Barve
 Poulami Sau
 Prakhar Gurunani
 Praneeth Kodumagulla

changelog/9924.bugfix.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixed doctest option flags leaking between docstrings after a failure, skip, or expected failure.

src/_pytest/doctest.py

@@ -297,9 +297,14 @@ def runtest(self) -> None:
         _check_all_skipped(self.dtest)
         self._disable_output_capturing_for_darwin()
         failures: list[doctest.DocTestFailure] = []
-        # Type ignored because we change the type of `out` from what
-        # doctest expects.
-        self.runner.run(self.dtest, out=failures)  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+        optionflags = self.runner.optionflags
+        try:
+            # Type ignored because we change the type of `out` from what
+            # doctest expects.
+            self.runner.run(self.dtest, out=failures)  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+        finally:
+            # Our runner can raise before doctest restores its option flags.
+            self.runner.optionflags = optionflags
         if failures:
             raise MultipleDoctestFailures(failures)
 

testing/test_doctest.py

@@ -272,6 +272,35 @@ def test_doctest_outcomes(self, pytester: Pytester):
             ]
         )
 
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("outcome", ["skip", "xfail"])
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("continue_on_failure", [False, True])
+    def test_optionflags_restored_after_outcome(
+        self, pytester: Pytester, outcome: str, continue_on_failure: bool
+    ) -> None:
+        pytester.makepyfile(
+            f"""
+            import pytest
+
+            def first():
+                '''
+                >>> pytest.{outcome}("reason")  # doctest: -ELLIPSIS
+                '''
+
+            def second():
+                '''
+                >>> print("foobar")
+                foo...
+                '''
+            """
+        )
+        args = ["--doctest-modules"]
+        if continue_on_failure:
+            args.append("--doctest-continue-on-failure")
+        result = pytester.runpytest(*args)
+        result.assert_outcomes(
+            passed=1, skipped=int(outcome == "skip"), xfailed=int(outcome == "xfail")
+        )
+
     def test_docstring_partial_context_around_error(self, pytester: Pytester):
         """Test that we show some context before the actual line of a failing
         doctest.
@@ -679,6 +708,59 @@ def nice_meth(self):
         reprec = pytester.inline_run(p, "--doctest-modules")
         reprec.assertoutcome(failed=1, passed=1)
 
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("continue_on_failure", [False, True])
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("first_example", ["0.", "1 / 0"])
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "optionflags, directive, second_example, second_output, passed",
+        [
+            pytest.param("ELLIPSIS", "+NUMBER", "1.", "0.", 0, id="enable-number"),
+            pytest.param(
+                "", "+ELLIPSIS", 'print("foobar")', "foo...", 0, id="enable-ellipsis"
+            ),
+            pytest.param(
+                "ELLIPSIS",
+                "-ELLIPSIS",
+                'print("foobar")',
+                "foo...",
+                1,
+                id="disable-ellipsis",
+            ),
+        ],
+    )
+    def test_optionflags_do_not_leak_between_docstrings(
+        self,
+        pytester: Pytester,
+        continue_on_failure: bool,
+        first_example: str,
+        optionflags: str,
+        directive: str,
+        second_example: str,
+        second_output: str,
+        passed: int,
+    ) -> None:
+        """A failing docstring must not change another's comparison options (#9924)."""
+        pytester.makeini(f"[pytest]\ndoctest_optionflags = {optionflags}")
+        pytester.makepyfile(
+            f"""
+            def first():
+                '''
+                >>> {first_example}  # doctest: {directive}
+                2.
+                '''
+
+            def second():
+                '''
+                >>> {second_example}
+                {second_output}
+                '''
+            """
+        )
+        args = ["--doctest-modules"]
+        if continue_on_failure:
+            args.append("--doctest-continue-on-failure")
+        result = pytester.runpytest(*args)
+        result.assert_outcomes(failed=2 - passed, passed=passed)
+
     def test_ignored_whitespace(self, pytester: Pytester):
         pytester.makeini(
             """