From ac62febef99369d25a04fd68e300a7d1be75d46a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Casey Brooks <casey.brooks@agyn.io>
Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2025 20:31:42 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix(config): preserve conftest import casing

Refs #17
---
 src/_pytest/config/__init__.py                | 25 ++++++++-------
 .../test_windows_conftest_import_casing.py    | 31 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 testing/test_windows_conftest_import_casing.py

diff --git a/src/_pytest/config/__init__.py b/src/_pytest/config/__init__.py
index 3a0eca546a3..cd51e946a3e 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/config/__init__.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/config/__init__.py
@@ -432,30 +432,31 @@ def _rget_with_confmod(self, name, path):
         raise KeyError(name)
 
     def _importconftest(self, conftestpath):
-        # Use realpath to avoid loading the same conftest twice
-        # with build systems that create build directories containing
-        # symlinks to actual files.
-        conftestpath = unique_path(conftestpath)
+        # Use a normcased path for cache keys while keeping the
+        # case-preserving real path for import operations so we
+        # avoid duplicate loads but still respect filesystem casing.
+        conftestpath_key = unique_path(conftestpath)
+        real_conftestpath = conftestpath.realpath()
         try:
-            return self._conftestpath2mod[conftestpath]
+            return self._conftestpath2mod[conftestpath_key]
         except KeyError:
-            pkgpath = conftestpath.pypkgpath()
+            pkgpath = real_conftestpath.pypkgpath()
             if pkgpath is None:
-                _ensure_removed_sysmodule(conftestpath.purebasename)
+                _ensure_removed_sysmodule(real_conftestpath.purebasename)
             try:
-                mod = conftestpath.pyimport()
+                mod = real_conftestpath.pyimport()
                 if (
                     hasattr(mod, "pytest_plugins")
                     and self._configured
                     and not self._using_pyargs
                 ):
-                    _fail_on_non_top_pytest_plugins(conftestpath, self._confcutdir)
+                    _fail_on_non_top_pytest_plugins(real_conftestpath, self._confcutdir)
             except Exception:
-                raise ConftestImportFailure(conftestpath, sys.exc_info())
+                raise ConftestImportFailure(real_conftestpath, sys.exc_info())
 
             self._conftest_plugins.add(mod)
-            self._conftestpath2mod[conftestpath] = mod
-            dirpath = conftestpath.dirpath()
+            self._conftestpath2mod[conftestpath_key] = mod
+            dirpath = conftestpath_key.dirpath()
             if dirpath in self._dirpath2confmods:
                 for path, mods in self._dirpath2confmods.items():
                     if path and path.relto(dirpath) or path == dirpath:
diff --git a/testing/test_windows_conftest_import_casing.py b/testing/test_windows_conftest_import_casing.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f6eb78a1c1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/test_windows_conftest_import_casing.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import sys
+
+import pytest
+
+
+pytestmark = pytest.mark.skipif(
+    sys.platform != "win32",
+    reason="requires Windows path casing behavior",
+)
+
+
+def test_conftest_import_preserves_package_casing(pytester):
+    pytester.makepyfile(
+        **{
+            "imageProcessing/__init__.py": "",
+            "imageProcessing/subpkg/__init__.py": "",
+            "imageProcessing/subpkg/helper.py": "FOO = 1\n",
+            "conftest.py": (
+                "from imageProcessing.subpkg import helper\n\n"
+                "def pytest_configure(config):\n"
+                "    config._helper_value = helper.FOO\n"
+            ),
+            "test_sample.py": (
+                "def test_conftest_import(pytestconfig):\n"
+                "    assert pytestconfig._helper_value == 1\n"
+            ),
+        }
+    )
+
+    result = pytester.runpytest("-q")
+    result.assert_outcomes(passed=1)