From eb35b2d671e1193a5ca3f7ffb026476c5960b493 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2025 14:44:28 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] Initial plan


From 683a18bc06f181ac19b4953f9d99c730aa5a101e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2025 14:55:23 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/5] Add add_note helper function and replace exc.add_note
 calls

Co-authored-by: ev-br <2133832+ev-br@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 array_api_tests/pytest_helpers.py             | 19 +++++++++++++
 array_api_tests/test_array_object.py          |  2 +-
 array_api_tests/test_creation_functions.py    | 28 +++++++++----------
 array_api_tests/test_data_type_functions.py   | 28 +++++++++----------
 .../test_manipulation_functions.py            | 24 ++++++++--------
 array_api_tests/test_searching_functions.py   | 12 ++++----
 array_api_tests/test_set_functions.py         |  8 +++---
 array_api_tests/test_sorting_functions.py     |  4 +--
 array_api_tests/test_statistical_functions.py | 18 ++++++------
 9 files changed, 81 insertions(+), 62 deletions(-)

diff --git a/array_api_tests/pytest_helpers.py b/array_api_tests/pytest_helpers.py
index 98d16f27..2735b4b6 100644
--- a/array_api_tests/pytest_helpers.py
+++ b/array_api_tests/pytest_helpers.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 from .typing import Array, DataType, Scalar, ScalarType, Shape
 
 __all__ = [
+    "add_note",
     "raises",
     "doesnt_raise",
     "nargs",
@@ -31,6 +32,24 @@
 ]
 
 
+def add_note(exc, note):
+    """
+    Add a note to an exception in a backward-compatible way.
+    
+    For Python 3.11+, this uses the built-in exc.add_note() method.
+    For earlier versions, it manually appends to exc.__notes__.
+    """
+    try:
+        exc.add_note(note)
+    except AttributeError:
+        if not hasattr(exc, "__notes__"):
+            try:
+                exc.__notes__ = []
+            except AttributeError:
+                return  # give up, might be e.g. a frozen dataclass
+        exc.__notes__.append(note)
+
+
 def raises(exceptions, function, message=""):
     """
     Like pytest.raises() except it allows custom error messages
diff --git a/array_api_tests/test_array_object.py b/array_api_tests/test_array_object.py
index 007b3179..af575182 100644
--- a/array_api_tests/test_array_object.py
+++ b/array_api_tests/test_array_object.py
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ def test_getitem(shape, dtype, data):
             expected = xp.asarray(out_obj, dtype=dtype)
             ph.assert_array_elements("__getitem__", out=out, expected=expected)
     except Exception as exc:
-        exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+        ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
         raise
 
 @pytest.mark.unvectorized
diff --git a/array_api_tests/test_creation_functions.py b/array_api_tests/test_creation_functions.py
index d239194e..c55b2da4 100644
--- a/array_api_tests/test_creation_functions.py
+++ b/array_api_tests/test_creation_functions.py
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ def test_arange(dtype, data):
                     out[0], xp.asarray(_start, dtype=out.dtype)
                 ), f"out[0]={out[0]}, but should be {_start} {f_func}"
     except Exception as exc:
-        exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+        ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
         raise        
 
 
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ def test_asarray_scalars(shape, data):
             v = scalar_type(out[idx])
             ph.assert_scalar_equals("asarray", type_=scalar_type, idx=idx, out=v, expected=v_expect, kw=kw)
     except Exception as exc:
-        exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+        ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
         raise 
 
 def scalar_eq(s1: Scalar, s2: Scalar) -> bool:
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ def test_asarray_arrays(shape, dtypes, data):
                     new_out_value, value
                 ), f"{f_out}, but should be {value} after x was mutated"
     except Exception as exc:
-        exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+        ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
         raise 
 
 
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ def test_empty(shape, kw):
             ph.assert_kw_dtype("empty", kw_dtype=kw["dtype"], out_dtype=out.dtype)
         ph.assert_shape("empty", out_shape=out.shape, expected=shape, kw=dict(shape=shape))
     except Exception as exc:
-        exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+        ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
         raise
 
 
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ def test_empty_like(x, kw):
             ph.assert_kw_dtype("empty_like", kw_dtype=kw["dtype"], out_dtype=out.dtype)
         ph.assert_shape("empty_like", out_shape=out.shape, expected=x.shape)
     except Exception as exc:
-        exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+        ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
         raise
 
 @given(
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ def test_eye(n_rows, n_cols, kw):
             expected = xp.reshape(expected, (n_rows, _n_cols))
         ph.assert_array_elements("eye", out=out, expected=expected, kw=kw)
     except Exception as exc:
-        exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+        ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
         raise
 
 
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ def test_full(shape, fill_value, kw):
         ph.assert_shape("full", out_shape=out.shape, expected=shape, kw=dict(shape=shape))
         ph.assert_fill("full", fill_value=fill_value, dtype=dtype, out=out, kw=dict(fill_value=fill_value))
     except Exception as exc:
-        exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+        ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
         raise
 
 
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ def test_full_like(kw, data):
         ph.assert_shape("full_like", out_shape=out.shape, expected=x.shape)
         ph.assert_fill("full_like", fill_value=fill_value, dtype=dtype, out=out, kw=dict(fill_value=fill_value))
     except Exception as exc:
-        exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+        ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
         raise
 
 finite_kw = {"allow_nan": False, "allow_infinity": False}
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ def test_linspace(num, dtype, endpoint, data):
             expected = expected[:-1]
             ph.assert_array_elements("linspace", out=out, expected=expected)
     except Exception as exc:
-        exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+        ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
         raise
 
 
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ def test_meshgrid(dtype, data):
         for i, x in enumerate(out):
             ph.assert_dtype("meshgrid", in_dtype=dtype, out_dtype=x.dtype, repr_name=f"out[{i}].dtype")
     except Exception as exc:
-        exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+        ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
         raise
 
 
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ def test_ones(shape, kw):
         dtype = kw.get("dtype", None) or dh.default_float
         ph.assert_fill("ones", fill_value=make_one(dtype), dtype=dtype, out=out, kw=kw)
     except Exception as exc:
-        exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+        ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
         raise
 
 
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ def test_ones_like(x, kw):
         ph.assert_fill("ones_like", fill_value=make_one(dtype), dtype=dtype,
                        out=out, kw=kw)
     except Exception as exc:
-        exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+        ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
         raise
 
 
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ def test_zeros(shape, kw):
         ph.assert_fill("zeros", fill_value=make_zero(dtype), dtype=dtype, out=out,
                        kw=kw)
     except Exception as exc:
-        exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+        ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
         raise
 
 
@@ -660,5 +660,5 @@ def test_zeros_like(x, kw):
         ph.assert_fill("zeros_like", fill_value=make_zero(dtype), dtype=dtype,
                        out=out, kw=kw)
     except Exception as exc:
-        exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+        ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
         raise
diff --git a/array_api_tests/test_data_type_functions.py b/array_api_tests/test_data_type_functions.py
index ad1b551d..f6613b60 100644
--- a/array_api_tests/test_data_type_functions.py
+++ b/array_api_tests/test_data_type_functions.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ def test_astype(x_dtype, dtype, kw, data):
         # TODO: test values
         # TODO: test copy
     except Exception as exc:
-        exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+        ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
         raise
 
 
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ def test_broadcast_arrays(shapes, data):
             )
         # TODO: test values
     except Exception as exc:
-        exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+        ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
         raise
 
 
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ def test_broadcast_to(x, data):
         ph.assert_shape("broadcast_to", out_shape=out.shape, expected=shape)
         # TODO: test values
     except Exception as exc:
-        exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+        ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
         raise
 
 
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ def test_can_cast(_from, to):
             # check that the array library actually allows such casts.
             assert out == expected, f"{out=}, but should be {expected} {f_func}"
     except Exception as exc:
-        exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+        ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
         raise
 
 
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ def test_finfo(dtype):
             assert isinstance(out.min, float)
             assert isinstance(out.smallest_normal, float)
         except Exception as exc:
-            exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+            ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
             raise
 
 @pytest.mark.min_version("2022.12")
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ def test_finfo_dtype(dtype):
         assert out.dtype is not float
         assert out.dtype is not complex
     except Exception as exc:
-        exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+        ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
         raise
 
 
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ def test_iinfo(dtype):
             assert isinstance(out.max, int)
             assert isinstance(out.min, int)
         except Exception as exc:
-            exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+            ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
             raise
 
 
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ def test_iinfo_dtype(dtype):
         assert not isinstance(out.dtype, str)
         assert out.dtype is not int
     except Exception as exc:
-        exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+        ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
         raise
 
 
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ def test_isdtype(dtype, kind):
                     break
         assert out == expected, f"{out=}, but should be {expected} [isdtype()]"
     except Exception as exc:
-        exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+        ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
         raise
 
 
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ def test_result_type(self, dtypes):
             out = xp.result_type(*dtypes)
             ph.assert_dtype("result_type", in_dtype=dtypes, out_dtype=out, repr_name="out")
         except Exception as exc:
-            exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+            ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
             raise
 
     @given(pair=hh.pair_of_mutually_promotable_dtypes(None))
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ def test_arrays_and_dtypes(self, pair, data):
             out = xp.result_type(*a_and_dt)
             ph.assert_dtype("result_type", in_dtype=s1+s2, out_dtype=out, repr_name="out")
         except Exception as exc:
-            exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+            ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
             raise
 
     @given(dtypes=hh.mutually_promotable_dtypes(2), data=st.data())
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ def test_with_scalars(self, dtypes, data):
             else:
                 raise ValueError(f"unknown dtype {out = }.")
         except Exception as exc:
-            exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+            ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
             raise
 
         scalar = data.draw(st.sampled_from(scalars))
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ def test_with_scalars(self, dtypes, data):
             out_scalar = xp.result_type(*inputs)
             assert out_scalar == out
         except Exception as exc:
-            exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+            ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
             raise
 
         # retry with arrays
@@ -356,5 +356,5 @@ def test_with_scalars(self, dtypes, data):
             out_scalar = xp.result_type(*inputs)
             assert out_scalar == out
         except Exception as exc:
-            exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+            ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
             raise
diff --git a/array_api_tests/test_manipulation_functions.py b/array_api_tests/test_manipulation_functions.py
index 0a52be40..3af7b959 100644
--- a/array_api_tests/test_manipulation_functions.py
+++ b/array_api_tests/test_manipulation_functions.py
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ def test_concat(dtypes, base_shape, data):
                             kw=kw,
                         )
     except Exception as exc:
-        exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+        ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
         raise
 
 
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ def test_expand_dims(x, axis):
             "expand_dims", x, x_indices=sh.ndindex(x.shape), out=out, out_indices=sh.ndindex(out.shape)
         )
     except Exception as exc:
-        exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+        ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
         raise
 
 
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ def test_moveaxis(x, data):
             "moveaxis", x, x_indices=sh.ndindex(x.shape), out=out, out_indices=permuted_indices
         )
     except Exception as exc:
-        exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+        ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
         raise
 
 
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ def test_squeeze(x, data):
 
         assert_array_ndindex("squeeze", x, x_indices=sh.ndindex(x.shape), out=out, out_indices=sh.ndindex(out.shape))
     except Exception as exc:
-        exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+        ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
         raise
 
 
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ def test_flip(x, data):
             assert_array_ndindex("flip", x, x_indices=indices, out=out,
                                  out_indices=reverse_indices, kw=kw)
     except Exception as exc:
-        exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+        ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
         raise
 
 
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ def test_permute_dims(x, axes):
         assert_array_ndindex("permute_dims", x, x_indices=indices, out=out,
                              out_indices=permuted_indices)
     except Exception as exc:
-        exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+        ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
         raise
 
 @pytest.mark.min_version("2023.12")
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ def test_repeat(x, kw, data):
                 start = end
 
     except Exception as exc:
-        exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+        ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
         raise
 
 
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ def test_reshape(x, shape):
 
         assert_array_ndindex("reshape", x, x_indices=sh.ndindex(x.shape), out=out, out_indices=sh.ndindex(out.shape))
     except Exception as exc:
-        exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+        ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
         raise
 
 
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ def test_roll(x, data):
             shifted_indices = roll_ndindex(x.shape, shifts, axes)
             assert_array_ndindex("roll", x, x_indices=sh.ndindex(x.shape), out=out, out_indices=shifted_indices, kw=kw)
     except Exception as exc:
-        exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+        ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
         raise
 
 
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ def test_stack(shape, dtypes, kw, data):
                         kw=kw,
                     )
     except Exception as exc:
-        exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+        ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
         raise
 
 
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ def test_tile(x, data):
 
         assert out.shape == tuple(r*s for r, s in zip(R, S))
     except Exception as exc:
-        exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+        ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
         raise
 
 @pytest.mark.min_version("2023.12")
@@ -571,5 +571,5 @@ def test_unstack(x, data):
             idx[axis] = i
             ph.assert_array_elements("unstack", out=arr, expected=x[tuple(idx)], kw=kw, out_repr=f"out[{i}]")
     except Exception as exc:
-        exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+        ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
         raise
diff --git a/array_api_tests/test_searching_functions.py b/array_api_tests/test_searching_functions.py
index 8df475d8..d4ba1295 100644
--- a/array_api_tests/test_searching_functions.py
+++ b/array_api_tests/test_searching_functions.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def test_argmax(x, data):
             ph.assert_scalar_equals("argmax", type_=int, idx=out_idx, out=max_i,
                                     expected=expected, kw=kw)
     except Exception as exc:
-        exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+        ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
         raise
 
 
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ def test_argmin(x, data):
             expected = min(range(len(elements)), key=elements.__getitem__)
             ph.assert_scalar_equals("argmin", type_=int, idx=out_idx, out=min_i, expected=expected)
     except Exception as exc:
-        exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+        ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
         raise
 
 
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ def test_count_nonzero(x, data):
             expected = sum(el != 0 for el in elements)
             ph.assert_scalar_equals("count_nonzero", type_=int, idx=out_idx, out=count, expected=expected)
     except Exception as exc:
-        exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+        ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
         raise
 
 
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ def test_nonzero(x):
                     idx == indices[i]
                 ), f"{f_idx} is in the wrong position, should be {indices.index(idx)}"
     except Exception as exc:
-        exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+        ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
         raise
 
 
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ def test_where(shapes, dtypes, data):
                     out_val=out[idx]
                 )
     except Exception as exc:
-        exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+        ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
         raise
 
 
@@ -275,5 +275,5 @@ def test_searchsorted(data):
         )
         # TODO: shapes and values testing
     except Exception as exc:
-        exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+        ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
         raise
diff --git a/array_api_tests/test_set_functions.py b/array_api_tests/test_set_functions.py
index 4ca046cf..8a6f7a9d 100644
--- a/array_api_tests/test_set_functions.py
+++ b/array_api_tests/test_set_functions.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ def test_unique_all(x):
             expected = sum(v for k, v in counts.items() if cmath.isnan(k))
             assert nans == expected, f"{nans} NaNs in out, but should be {expected}"
     except Exception as exc:
-        exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+        ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
         raise
 
 
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ def test_unique_counts(x):
             expected = sum(v for k, v in counts.items() if cmath.isnan(k))
             assert nans == expected, f"{nans} NaNs in out, but should be {expected}"
     except Exception as exc:
-        exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+        ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
         raise
 
 @given(hh.arrays(dtype=hh.all_dtypes, shape=hh.shapes(min_side=1)))
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ def test_unique_inverse(x):
             expected = xp.sum(xp.astype(xp.isnan(x), xp.uint8))
             assert nans == expected, f"{nans} NaNs in out.values, but should be {expected}"
     except Exception as exc:
-        exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+        ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
         raise
 
 
@@ -254,5 +254,5 @@ def test_unique_values(x):
             expected = xp.sum(xp.astype(xp.isnan(x), xp.uint8))
             assert nans == expected, f"{nans} NaNs in out, but should be {expected}"
     except Exception as exc:
-        exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+        ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
         raise
diff --git a/array_api_tests/test_sorting_functions.py b/array_api_tests/test_sorting_functions.py
index 97121a3e..eaff696b 100644
--- a/array_api_tests/test_sorting_functions.py
+++ b/array_api_tests/test_sorting_functions.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def test_argsort(x, data):
                             "argsort", idx=idx, out=out_o, set_=set(expected_orders), kw=kw
                         )
     except Exception as exc:
-        exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+        ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
         raise
 
 @pytest.mark.unvectorized
@@ -147,5 +147,5 @@ def test_sort(x, data):
                     kw=kw,
                 )
     except Exception as exc:
-        exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+        ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
         raise
diff --git a/array_api_tests/test_statistical_functions.py b/array_api_tests/test_statistical_functions.py
index 58204e78..c3623466 100644
--- a/array_api_tests/test_statistical_functions.py
+++ b/array_api_tests/test_statistical_functions.py
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ def test_cumulative_sum(x, data):
                                              idx=out_idx.raw, out=out_val,
                                              expected=expected)
     except Exception as exc:
-        exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+        ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
         raise
 
 
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ def test_cumulative_prod(x, data):
 
             #TODO: add value testing of cumulative_prod
     except Exception as exc:
-        exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+        ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
         raise
 
 
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ def test_max(x, data):
             expected = max(elements)
             ph.assert_scalar_equals("max", type_=scalar_type, idx=out_idx, out=max_, expected=expected)
     except Exception as exc:
-        exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+        ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
         raise
 
 
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ def test_mean(x, data):
         )
         # Values testing mean is too finicky
     except Exception as exc:
-        exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+        ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
         raise
 
 
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ def test_min(x, data):
             expected = min(elements)
             ph.assert_scalar_equals("min", type_=scalar_type, idx=out_idx, out=min_, expected=expected)
     except Exception as exc:
-        exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+        ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
         raise
 
 
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ def test_prod(x, data):
                 ph.assert_scalar_isclose("prod", type_=scalar_type, idx=out_idx,
                                          out=prod, expected=expected)
     except Exception as exc:
-        exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+        ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
         raise
 
 
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ def test_std(x, data):
         )
         # We can't easily test the result(s) as standard deviation methods vary a lot
     except Exception as exc:
-        exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+        ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
         raise
 
 
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ def test_sum(x, data):
                 assume(condition_number < 1e6)
                 ph.assert_scalar_isclose("sum", type_=scalar_type, idx=out_idx, out=sum_, expected=expected)
     except Exception as exc:
-        exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+        ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
         raise
 
 
@@ -494,5 +494,5 @@ def test_var(x, data):
         )
         # We can't easily test the result(s) as variance methods vary a lot
     except Exception as exc:
-        exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+        ph.add_note(exc, repro_snippet)
         raise

From f450b95cd71818c9f6e9d66418c0975e1bed3bde Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2025 14:57:15 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 3/5] Fix docstring formatting in add_note function

Co-authored-by: ev-br <2133832+ev-br@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 array_api_tests/pytest_helpers.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/array_api_tests/pytest_helpers.py b/array_api_tests/pytest_helpers.py
index 2735b4b6..462bfef6 100644
--- a/array_api_tests/pytest_helpers.py
+++ b/array_api_tests/pytest_helpers.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 def add_note(exc, note):
     """
     Add a note to an exception in a backward-compatible way.
-    
+
     For Python 3.11+, this uses the built-in exc.add_note() method.
     For earlier versions, it manually appends to exc.__notes__.
     """

From c3bd3999b5bc537bda7426cd0be5e8ec07479627 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Evgeni Burovski <evgeny.burovskiy@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2025 16:02:40 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 4/5] DOC: add an origin link to the `add_note` backwards
 compat workaround

---
 array_api_tests/pytest_helpers.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/array_api_tests/pytest_helpers.py b/array_api_tests/pytest_helpers.py
index 462bfef6..be601770 100644
--- a/array_api_tests/pytest_helpers.py
+++ b/array_api_tests/pytest_helpers.py
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ def add_note(exc, note):
 
     For Python 3.11+, this uses the built-in exc.add_note() method.
     For earlier versions, it manually appends to exc.__notes__.
+
+    https://github.com/HypothesisWorks/hypothesis/issues/4606#issuecomment-3568140174
     """
     try:
         exc.add_note(note)

From d9428097ced3a338a66de058ad5a639b64348aec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2025 15:08:20 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] Add Python 3.10 to test matrix

Co-authored-by: ev-br <2133832+ev-br@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .github/workflows/test.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index f9c026f5..e3318c78 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.12", "3.13"]
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.12", "3.13"]
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout array-api-tests