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src/_pytest/nodes.py

@@ -360,6 +360,12 @@ def _repr_failure_py(
         else:
             truncate_locals = True
 
+        # excinfo.getrepr() formats paths relative to the CWD if `abspath` is False.
+        # It is possible for a fixture/test to change the CWD while this code runs, which
+        # would then result in the user seeing confusing paths in the failure message.
+        # To fix this, if the CWD changed, always display the full absolute path.
+        # It will be better to just always display paths relative to invocation_dir, but
+        # this requires a lot of plumbing (#6428).
         try:
             abspath = Path(os.getcwd()) != Path(self.config.invocation_dir)
         except OSError: