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+Fix reporting of teardown errors in higher-scoped fixtures when using `--maxfail` or `--stepwise`.
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+Originally added in pytest 8.0.0, but reverted in 8.0.2 due to a regression in pytest-xdist.
+This regression was fixed in pytest-xdist 3.6.1.