From 9d3b97fdf6a5ba90b3609cd4e3dfa240e1d03911 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: twjohns <twjohns@umich.edu>
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:15:57 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Handle unittest.SkipTest during collection as error
 (#10821)

---
 src/_pytest/runner.py    |  2 --
 testing/test_unittest.py | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/_pytest/runner.py b/src/_pytest/runner.py
index 18d3591abfe..a2d8db51e57 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/runner.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/runner.py
@@ -409,8 +409,6 @@ def collect() -> list[Item | Collector]:
     else:
         skip_exceptions = [Skipped]
         unittest = sys.modules.get("unittest")
-        if unittest is not None:
-            skip_exceptions.append(unittest.SkipTest)
         if isinstance(call.excinfo.value, tuple(skip_exceptions)):
             outcome = "skipped"
             r_ = collector._repr_failure_py(call.excinfo, "line")
diff --git a/testing/test_unittest.py b/testing/test_unittest.py
index 395c9fe647e..4b834c59add 100644
--- a/testing/test_unittest.py
+++ b/testing/test_unittest.py
@@ -1718,3 +1718,24 @@ def abstract2(self): pass
     result = pytester.runpytest()
     assert result.ret == ExitCode.OK
     result.assert_outcomes(passed=1)
+
+def test_unittest_skip_alias_misuse_fails(pytester):
+    pytester.makepyfile(
+        """
+        import unittest
+
+        broken = unittest.skip("broken")
+
+        class MyTests(unittest.TestCase):
+            @broken
+            def test_good(self):
+                assert True
+
+            @broken("bar")
+            def test_bad(self):
+                assert False
+        """
+    )
+
+    result = pytester.runpytest()
+    result.assert_outcomes(errors=1, skipped=0)

From 067fae65377dfe52c2e389cd44e124f12fd5da8d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "pre-commit-ci[bot]"
 <66853113+pre-commit-ci[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:54:15 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] [pre-commit.ci] auto fixes from pre-commit.com hooks

for more information, see https://pre-commit.ci
---
 testing/test_unittest.py | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/testing/test_unittest.py b/testing/test_unittest.py
index 4b834c59add..7cefbbe02b4 100644
--- a/testing/test_unittest.py
+++ b/testing/test_unittest.py
@@ -1719,6 +1719,7 @@ def abstract2(self): pass
     assert result.ret == ExitCode.OK
     result.assert_outcomes(passed=1)
 
+
 def test_unittest_skip_alias_misuse_fails(pytester):
     pytester.makepyfile(
         """