From 0bfb47d7910a0389b8bd88b97ccda308e95b52b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonas Rembser <jonas.rembser@cern.ch>
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 15:00:06 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [test] Disable test that corrupts memory regulator

Disable test that corrupts the memory regulator, resulting in crashes on
newer macOS.
---
 test/test_datatypes.py | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/test/test_datatypes.py b/test/test_datatypes.py
index cb25ec7..7e48796 100644
--- a/test/test_datatypes.py
+++ b/test/test_datatypes.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import subprocess
 import sys
 
 import py
@@ -7,6 +8,20 @@
 currpath = py.path.local(__file__).dirpath()
 test_dct = str(currpath.join("cpp/datatypesDict"))
 
+IS_MACOS_27_PLUS = False
+
+try:
+    vers = (
+        subprocess.check_output(["xcrun", "--sdk", "macosx", "--show-sdk-version"])
+        .decode()
+        .strip()
+    )
+    if int(vers.split(".")[0]) >= 27:
+        IS_MACOS_27_PLUS = True
+except FileNotFoundError:
+    # If xcrun is not on the system, we assume it's not macOS 27+
+    pass
+
 
 def setup_module(mod):
     setup_make("datatypes")
@@ -1016,6 +1031,10 @@ def test15_object_returns(self):
         assert c.get_pod_ptrref().m_int == 666
         assert c.get_pod_ptrref().m_double == 3.14
 
+    @mark.xfail(
+        condition=IS_MACOS_27_PLUS,
+        reason="Mutating proxy pointee via T** corrupts memory regulator, resulting in crashes on newer macOS",
+    )
     def test16_object_arguments(self):
         """Test setting and returning of a POD through arguments"""