terminal: fix "(<Skipped instance>)" skip reason in test status line

changelog/8152.bugfix.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixed "(<Skipped instance>)" being shown as a skip reason in the verbose test summary line when the reason is empty.

src/_pytest/outcomes.py

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def __init__(self, msg: Optional[str] = None, pytrace: bool = True) -> None:
         self.pytrace = pytrace
 
     def __repr__(self) -> str:
-        if self.msg:
+        if self.msg is not None:
             return self.msg
         return f"<{self.__class__.__name__} instance>"
 

src/_pytest/terminal.py

@@ -1403,4 +1403,6 @@ def _get_raw_skip_reason(report: TestReport) -> str:
         _, _, reason = report.longrepr
         if reason.startswith("Skipped: "):
             reason = reason[len("Skipped: ") :]
+        elif reason == "Skipped":
+            reason = ""
         return reason

testing/test_terminal.py

@@ -366,6 +366,26 @@ def test_3():
             @pytest.mark.xfail(reason="")
             def test_4():
                 assert False
+
+            @pytest.mark.skip
+            def test_5():
+                pass
+
+            @pytest.mark.xfail
+            def test_6():
+                pass
+
+            def test_7():
+                pytest.skip()
+
+            def test_8():
+                pytest.skip("888 is great")
+
+            def test_9():
+                pytest.xfail()
+
+            def test_10():
+                pytest.xfail("It's 🕙 o'clock")
         """
         )
         result = pytester.runpytest("-v")
@@ -375,6 +395,12 @@ def test_4():
                 "test_verbose_skip_reason.py::test_2 XPASS (456) *",
                 "test_verbose_skip_reason.py::test_3 XFAIL (789) *",
                 "test_verbose_skip_reason.py::test_4 XFAIL  *",
+                "test_verbose_skip_reason.py::test_5 SKIPPED (unconditional skip) *",
+                "test_verbose_skip_reason.py::test_6 XPASS  *",
+                "test_verbose_skip_reason.py::test_7 SKIPPED  *",
+                "test_verbose_skip_reason.py::test_8 SKIPPED (888 is great) *",
+                "test_verbose_skip_reason.py::test_9 XFAIL  *",
+                "test_verbose_skip_reason.py::test_10 XFAIL (It's 🕙 o'clock) *",
             ]
         )