Checklist

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What happened?

test_create_advanced_pip and possibly others modify the source checkout, confusing pytest discovery and the debugger. At least one of these is because pip-called-by-conda uses paths relative to a .yml input.

Instead, copy the .yml to a temporary folder before running conda.

Conda Info

HEAD as of 2025-07-15

Conda Config

Conda list

Additional Context

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