Prevent hiding underlying exception when ConfTestImportFailure is raised

changelog/7150.bugfix.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Prevent hiding the underlying exception when ``ConfTestImportFailure`` is raised.

src/_pytest/debugging.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import sys
 
 from _pytest import outcomes
+from _pytest.config import ConftestImportFailure
 from _pytest.config import hookimpl
 from _pytest.config.exceptions import UsageError
 
@@ -338,6 +339,10 @@ def _postmortem_traceback(excinfo):
         # A doctest.UnexpectedException is not useful for post_mortem.
         # Use the underlying exception instead:
         return excinfo.value.exc_info[2]
+    elif isinstance(excinfo.value, ConftestImportFailure):
+        # A config.ConftestImportFailure is not useful for post_mortem.
+        # Use the underlying exception instead:
+        return excinfo.value.excinfo[2]
     else:
         return excinfo._excinfo[2]
 

testing/test_debugging.py

@@ -342,6 +342,15 @@ def pytest_runtest_protocol():
         child.sendeof()
         self.flush(child)
 
+    def test_pdb_prevent_ConftestImportFailure_hiding_exception(self, testdir):
+        testdir.makepyfile("def test_func(): pass")
+        sub_dir = testdir.tmpdir.join("ns").ensure_dir()
+        sub_dir.join("conftest").new(ext=".py").write("import unknown")
+        sub_dir.join("test_file").new(ext=".py").write("def test_func(): pass")
+
+        result = testdir.runpytest_subprocess("--pdb", ".")
+        result.stdout.fnmatch_lines(["-> import unknown"])
+
     def test_pdb_interaction_capturing_simple(self, testdir):
         p1 = testdir.makepyfile(
             """