Prepare release version 8.2.2

Author: pytestbot

changelog/12290.doc.rst

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Release announcements
    :maxdepth: 2
 
 
+   release-8.2.2
    release-8.2.1
    release-8.2.0
    release-8.1.2

changelog/12355.bugfix.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+pytest-8.2.2
+=======================================
+
+pytest 8.2.2 has just been released to PyPI.
+
+This is a bug-fix release, being a drop-in replacement. To upgrade::
+
+  pip install --upgrade pytest
+
+The full changelog is available at https://docs.pytest.org/en/stable/changelog.html.
+
+Thanks to all of the contributors to this release:
+
+* Bruno Oliveira
+* Ran Benita
+
+
+Happy testing,
+The pytest Development Team

changelog/12356.doc.rst

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ For information about fixtures, see :ref:`fixtures`. To see a complete list of a
     cachedir: .pytest_cache
     rootdir: /home/sweet/project
     collected 0 items
-    cache -- .../_pytest/cacheprovider.py:549
+    cache -- .../_pytest/cacheprovider.py:560
         Return a cache object that can persist state between testing sessions.
 
         cache.get(key, default)
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ For information about fixtures, see :ref:`fixtures`. To see a complete list of a
 
         For more details: :ref:`doctest_namespace`.
 
-    pytestconfig [session scope] -- .../_pytest/fixtures.py:1335
+    pytestconfig [session scope] -- .../_pytest/fixtures.py:1338
         Session-scoped fixture that returns the session's :class:`pytest.Config`
         object.
 

changelog/12363.doc.rst

@@ -28,6 +28,35 @@ with advance notice in the **Deprecations** section of releases.
 
 .. towncrier release notes start
 
+pytest 8.2.2 (2024-06-04)
+=========================
+
+Bug Fixes
+---------
+
+- `#12355 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/12355>`_: Fix possible catastrophic performance slowdown on a certain parametrization pattern involving many higher-scoped parameters.
+
+
+- `#12367 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/12367>`_: Fix a regression in pytest 8.2.0 where unittest class instances (a fresh one is created for each test) were not released promptly on test teardown but only on session teardown.
+
+
+- `#12381 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/12381>`_: Fix possible "Directory not empty" crashes arising from concurent cache dir (``.pytest_cache``) creation. Regressed in pytest 8.2.0.
+
+
+
+Improved Documentation
+----------------------
+
+- `#12290 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/12290>`_: Updated Sphinx theme to use Furo instead of Flask, enabling Dark mode theme.
+
+
+- `#12356 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/12356>`_: Added a subsection to the documentation for debugging flaky tests to mention
+  lack of thread safety in pytest as a possible source of flakyness.
+
+
+- `#12363 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/12363>`_: The documentation webpages now links to a canonical version to reduce outdated documentation in search engine results.
+
+
 pytest 8.2.1 (2024-05-19)
 =========================