From 71e82d576c252f420f47d6c73ce5f7d489ab7610 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: panjianxing <3207880464@qq.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2026 20:58:55 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix(config): accept numeric string verbosity values

Restore compatibility with pytest 9.1 for TOML verbosity options while keeping plugin-defined int | Literal unions strict.

Add regression coverage for getini and get_verbosity with both integer and numeric string TOML values.

Co-authored-by: Codex <noreply@openai.com>
---
 AUTHORS                        |  1 +
 changelog/15290.bugfix.rst     |  3 +++
 src/_pytest/config/__init__.py | 21 ++++++++++++++++++++-
 testing/test_config.py         |  8 ++++++--
 4 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 changelog/15290.bugfix.rst

diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 9e4327c7733..6615a4427f9 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ Liam DeVoe
 Llandy Riveron Del Risco
 Loic Esteve
 lovetheguitar
+Lpk124
 Luana Pinho Bueno Penha
 Lukas Bednar
 Luke Murphy
diff --git a/changelog/15290.bugfix.rst b/changelog/15290.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8a6ee86933e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/15290.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+TOML configuration again accepts numeric strings for the
+:confval:`verbosity_assertions`, :confval:`verbosity_subtests`, and
+:confval:`verbosity_test_cases` options.
diff --git a/src/_pytest/config/__init__.py b/src/_pytest/config/__init__.py
index 60ba5f54a89..d518e9daae5 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/config/__init__.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/config/__init__.py
@@ -1957,10 +1957,29 @@ def _getini(self, name: str):
                 )
 
             # Union: try each member; the first one that accepts the value wins.
+            coerce_toml_int_strings = name in {
+                Config._verbosity_ini_name(Config.VERBOSITY_ASSERTIONS),
+                Config._verbosity_ini_name(Config.VERBOSITY_SUBTESTS),
+                Config._verbosity_ini_name(Config.VERBOSITY_TEST_CASES),
+            }
             for member in type:
                 try:
+                    # Keep accepting numeric strings for built-in verbosity options.
+                    member_value = (
+                        int(value)
+                        if mode == "toml"
+                        and member == "int"
+                        and isinstance(value, str)
+                        and coerce_toml_int_strings
+                        else value
+                    )
                     return self._getini_value(
-                        mode, name, canonical_name, member, value, default
+                        mode,
+                        name,
+                        canonical_name,
+                        member,
+                        member_value,
+                        default,
                     )
                 except (TypeError, ValueError):
                     pass
diff --git a/testing/test_config.py b/testing/test_config.py
index 282e66409f7..7bb07c6d970 100644
--- a/testing/test_config.py
+++ b/testing/test_config.py
@@ -3599,8 +3599,11 @@ class TestNativeTomlOptionTypes:
         ("name", "toml_value", "ini_value", "expected"),
         [
             ("verbosity_assertions", "2", "2", 2),
+            ("verbosity_assertions", '"2"', "2", 2),
             ("verbosity_assertions", '"auto"', "auto", "auto"),
+            ("verbosity_subtests", '"1"', "1", 1),
             ("verbosity_test_cases", "-1", "-1", -1),
+            ("verbosity_test_cases", '"-1"', "-1", -1),
             ("tmp_path_retention_count", "0", "0", 0),
             ("log_level", "10", "10", 10),
             ("log_level", '"INFO"', "INFO", "INFO"),
@@ -3641,7 +3644,8 @@ def test_invalid_value(self, pytester: Pytester, name: str, value: str) -> None:
         with pytest.raises(UsageError, match=name):
             config.getini(name)
 
-    def test_get_verbosity(self, pytester: Pytester) -> None:
-        pytester.maketoml("[pytest]\nverbosity_assertions = 2\n")
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("toml_value", ["2", '"2"'])
+    def test_get_verbosity(self, pytester: Pytester, toml_value: str) -> None:
+        pytester.maketoml(f"[pytest]\nverbosity_assertions = {toml_value}\n")
         config = pytester.parseconfig()
         assert config.get_verbosity(Config.VERBOSITY_ASSERTIONS) == 2