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From: =?UTF-8?q?=D0=95mir=20=D0=92=2E?=
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Date: Sat, 16 May 2026 21:44:42 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Azure: skip pythoninfo for embed layout and gate appx
 results publish

---
 .azure-pipelines/windows-layout-steps.yml | 13 +++++++++----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.azure-pipelines/windows-layout-steps.yml b/.azure-pipelines/windows-layout-steps.yml
index e15729fac3443db..bf2a696aa92d712 100644
--- a/.azure-pipelines/windows-layout-steps.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/windows-layout-steps.yml
@@ -7,9 +7,14 @@ steps:
 - script: .\python.bat PC\layout -vv -s "$(Build.SourcesDirectory)" -b "$(Py_OutDir)\$(arch)" -t "$(Build.BinariesDirectory)\layout-tmp-${{ parameters.kind }}-$(arch)" --copy "$(Build.BinariesDirectory)\layout-${{ parameters.kind }}-$(arch)" ${{ parameters.extraOpts }} --preset-${{ parameters.kind }} --include-tests
   displayName: Create ${{ parameters.kind }} layout
 
-- script: .\python.exe -m test.pythoninfo
-  workingDirectory: $(Build.BinariesDirectory)\layout-${{ parameters.kind }}-$(arch)
-  displayName: Show layout info (${{ parameters.kind }})
+- ${{ if ne(parameters.kind, 'embed') }}:
+  - script: .\python.exe -m test.pythoninfo
+    workingDirectory: $(Build.BinariesDirectory)\layout-${{ parameters.kind }}-$(arch)
+    displayName: Show layout info (${{ parameters.kind }})
+
+- ${{ if eq(parameters.kind, 'embed') }}:
+  - script: echo Skipping test.pythoninfo for embed layout because the embeddable package intentionally omits parts of the standard library used by pythoninfo.
+    displayName: Show layout info (${{ parameters.kind }})
 
 - ${{ if eq(parameters.fulltest, 'true') }}:
   - script: .\python.exe -m test -q -uall -u-cpu -rwW --slowest --timeout=1200 -j0 --junit-xml="$(Build.BinariesDirectory)\test-results-${{ parameters.kind }}.xml" --tempdir "$(Build.BinariesDirectory)\tmp-${{ parameters.kind }}-$(arch)"
@@ -25,4 +30,4 @@ steps:
       mergeTestResults: true
       testRunTitle: ${{ parameters.kind }}-$(testRunTitle)
       platform: $(testRunPlatform)
-    condition: succeededOrFailed()
+    condition: and(succeededOrFailed(), exists('$(Build.BinariesDirectory)\test-results-${{ parameters.kind }}.xml'))

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 .../next/Tests/2026-05-16-22-02-35.gh-issue-148750.UHu9mL.rst    | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
 create mode 100644 Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2026-05-16-22-02-35.gh-issue-148750.UHu9mL.rst

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2026-05-16-22-02-35.gh-issue-148750.UHu9mL.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2026-05-16-22-02-35.gh-issue-148750.UHu9mL.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..b330811595f28af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2026-05-16-22-02-35.gh-issue-148750.UHu9mL.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Windows embed-layout Azure jobs no longer fail when collecting ``test.pythoninfo``. The ``wmic`` output is now decoded with the Windows OEM code page returned by ``_winapi.GetOEMCP()``, and the Azure layout pipeline skips the diagnostic step for the embeddable build while publishing test results only when the XML file exists.