diff --git a/testing/python/test_scope_fixture_caching.py b/testing/python/test_scope_fixture_caching.py
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+from typing import Generator
+
+import pytest
+
+
+# These tests will fail if run out of order, or selectively ... so they should probably be defined in a different way
+
+executed: list[str] = []
+
+
+#########
+# Make sure setup and finalization is only run once when using fixture multiple times
+# I'm pretty sure there's other tests that checks this already though, though idr fully where
+#########
+@pytest.fixture(scope="class")
+def fixture_1() -> Generator[None, None, None]:
+    executed.append("fix setup")
+    yield
+    executed.append("fix teardown")
+
+
+class TestFixtureCaching:
+    def test_1(self, fixture_1: None) -> None:
+        assert executed == ["fix setup"]
+
+    def test_2(self, fixture_1: None) -> None:
+        assert executed == ["fix setup"]
+
+
+def test_expected_setup_and_teardown() -> None:
+    assert executed == ["fix setup", "fix teardown"]
+
+
+######
+# Make sure setup & finalization is only run once, with a cached exception
+######
+executed_crash: list[str] = []
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="class")
+def fixture_crash(request: pytest.FixtureRequest) -> None:
+    executed_crash.append("fix_crash setup")
+
+    def my_finalizer() -> None:
+        executed_crash.append("fix_crash teardown")
+
+    request.addfinalizer(my_finalizer)
+
+    raise Exception("foo")
+
+
+class TestFixtureCachingException:
+    @pytest.mark.xfail
+    def test_crash_1(self, fixture_crash: None) -> None:
+        assert False
+
+    @pytest.mark.xfail
+    def test_crash_2(self, fixture_crash: None) -> None:
+        assert False
+
+
+def test_crash_expected_setup_and_teardown() -> None:
+    assert executed_crash == ["fix_crash setup", "fix_crash teardown"]