python runtime_error ai_generated true

Skipped: evaluating condition 'sys.platform == "win32"' raised AttributeError: module 'sys' has no attribute 'platform'

ID: python/pytest-skipif-condition-evaluation-error

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80%Fix Rate
85%Confidence
0Evidence
2025-06-20First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
3.8 active — — —
3.9 active — — —
3.10 active — — —
3.11 active — — —
3.12 active — — —

Root Cause

The condition in @pytest.mark.skipif references a non-existent attribute, often due to a typo (e.g., 'platfom' instead of 'platform').

generic

中文

@pytest.mark.skipif 中的条件引用了一个不存在的属性，通常是由于拼写错误（例如 'platfom' 而不是 'platform'）。

Workarounds

  1. 95% success 
    Correct the attribute name: `@pytest.mark.skipif(sys.platform == 'win32', reason='not on Windows')`
  2. 90% success 
    Use a function for complex conditions: `def is_win(): return sys.platform == 'win32'; @pytest.mark.skipif(is_win())`

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. 80% fail

    This may cause the test to run on unsupported platforms and fail.

  2. 90% fail

    The condition string is evaluated at module level; try-except is not supported in that context.