Hard failure when constructing Node subclasses

changelog/5585.breaking.rst

@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ removed:
 * The ``funcargnames`` read-only property of ``FixtureRequest``, ``Metafunc``, and ``Function`` classes. Use ``fixturenames`` attribute.
 
 * ``@pytest.fixture`` no longer supports positional arguments, pass all arguments by keyword instead.
+
+* Direct construction of ``Node`` subclasses now raise an error, use ``from_parent`` instead.

doc/en/deprecations.rst

@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ it, use `function._request._fillfixtures()` instead, though note this is not
 a public API and may break in the future.
 
 
-
 ``--no-print-logs`` command-line option
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
@@ -58,35 +57,6 @@ A ``--show-capture`` command-line option was added in ``pytest 3.5.0`` which all
 display captured output when tests fail: ``no``, ``stdout``, ``stderr``, ``log`` or ``all`` (the default).
 
 
-
-Node Construction changed to ``Node.from_parent``
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-.. deprecated:: 5.4
-
-The construction of nodes now should use the named constructor ``from_parent``.
-This limitation in api surface intends to enable better/simpler refactoring of the collection tree.
-
-This means that instead of :code:`MyItem(name="foo", parent=collector, obj=42)`
-one now has to invoke :code:`MyItem.from_parent(collector, name="foo")`.
-
-Plugins that wish to support older versions of pytest and suppress the warning can use
-`hasattr` to check if `from_parent` exists in that version:
-
-.. code-block:: python
-
-    def pytest_pycollect_makeitem(collector, name, obj):
-        if hasattr(MyItem, "from_parent"):
-            item = MyItem.from_parent(collector, name="foo")
-            item.obj = 42
-            return item
-        else:
-            return MyItem(name="foo", parent=collector, obj=42)
-
-Note that ``from_parent`` should only be called with keyword arguments for the parameters.
-
-
-
 ``junit_family`` default value change to "xunit2"
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
@@ -162,6 +132,33 @@ Removed Features
 As stated in our :ref:`backwards-compatibility` policy, deprecated features are removed only in major releases after
 an appropriate period of deprecation has passed.
 
+Node Construction changed to ``Node.from_parent``
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. deprecated:: 6.0
+
+The construction of nodes now should use the named constructor ``from_parent``.
+This limitation in api surface intends to enable better/simpler refactoring of the collection tree.
+
+This means that instead of :code:`MyItem(name="foo", parent=collector, obj=42)`
+one now has to invoke :code:`MyItem.from_parent(collector, name="foo")`.
+
+Plugins that wish to support older versions of pytest and suppress the warning can use
+`hasattr` to check if `from_parent` exists in that version:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    def pytest_pycollect_makeitem(collector, name, obj):
+        if hasattr(MyItem, "from_parent"):
+            item = MyItem.from_parent(collector, name="foo")
+            item.obj = 42
+            return item
+        else:
+            return MyItem(name="foo", parent=collector, obj=42)
+
+Note that ``from_parent`` should only be called with keyword arguments for the parameters.
+
+
 ``pytest.fixture`` arguments are keyword only
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 

src/_pytest/deprecated.py

@@ -30,13 +30,6 @@ RESULT_LOG = PytestDeprecationWarning(
     "See https://docs.pytest.org/en/stable/deprecations.html#result-log-result-log for more information."
 )
 
-NODE_USE_FROM_PARENT = UnformattedWarning(
-    PytestDeprecationWarning,
-    "Direct construction of {name} has been deprecated, please use {name}.from_parent.\n"
-    "See "
-    "https://docs.pytest.org/en/stable/deprecations.html#node-construction-changed-to-node-from-parent"
-    " for more details.",
-)
 
 JUNIT_XML_DEFAULT_FAMILY = PytestDeprecationWarning(
     "The 'junit_family' default value will change to 'xunit2' in pytest 6.0. See:\n"

src/_pytest/nodes.py

@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ from _pytest.compat import TYPE_CHECKING
 from _pytest.config import Config
 from _pytest.config import ConftestImportFailure
 from _pytest.deprecated import FSCOLLECTOR_GETHOOKPROXY_ISINITPATH
-from _pytest.deprecated import NODE_USE_FROM_PARENT
 from _pytest.fixtures import FixtureDef
 from _pytest.fixtures import FixtureLookupError
 from _pytest.mark.structures import Mark
@@ -97,8 +96,13 @@ _NodeType = TypeVar("_NodeType", bound="Node")
 
 class NodeMeta(type):
     def __call__(self, *k, **kw):
-        warnings.warn(NODE_USE_FROM_PARENT.format(name=self.__name__), stacklevel=2)
+        msg = (
-        return super().__call__(*k, **kw)
+            "Direct construction of {name} has been deprecated, please use {name}.from_parent.\n"
+            "See "
+            "https://docs.pytest.org/en/stable/deprecations.html#node-construction-changed-to-node-from-parent"
+            " for more details."
+        ).format(name=self.__name__)
+        fail(msg, pytrace=False)
 
     def _create(self, *k, **kw):
         return super().__call__(*k, **kw)

testing/deprecated_test.py

@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 import copy
-import inspect
 import warnings
 from unittest import mock
 
 import pytest
 from _pytest import deprecated
-from _pytest import nodes
 from _pytest.config import Config
 from _pytest.pytester import Testdir
 
@@ -106,20 +104,6 @@ def test_warn_about_imminent_junit_family_default_change(testdir, junit_family):
         result.stdout.fnmatch_lines([warning_msg])
 
 
-def test_node_direct_ctor_warning() -> None:
-    class MockConfig:
-        pass
-
-    ms = MockConfig()
-    with pytest.warns(
-        DeprecationWarning,
-        match="Direct construction of .* has been deprecated, please use .*.from_parent.*",
-    ) as w:
-        nodes.Node(name="test", config=ms, session=ms, nodeid="None")  # type: ignore
-    assert w[0].lineno == inspect.currentframe().f_lineno - 1  # type: ignore
-    assert w[0].filename == __file__
-
-
 @pytest.mark.skip(reason="should be reintroduced in 6.1: #7361")
 def test_fillfuncargs_is_deprecated() -> None:
     with pytest.warns(