January 2025: Implemented enhanced typing support for pytest.raises to accommodate generic ExceptionGroup and BaseExceptionGroup, preserving full typing information for ExceptionInfo and adding robust tests. This aligns pytest with Python's ExceptionGroup feature (PEP 654) and improves developer confidence when asserting grouped exceptions without sacrificing type safety. The change was delivered in commit ecff0babe9449e9c89118b9f24bc28251e1634c4 with related tests ensuring invalid generic types are correctly rejected and existing behavior remains unchanged for non-grouped exceptions. No critical bug fixes reported this month; focus was on expanding functionality and strengthening type correctness, preparing downstream users to adopt grouped exceptions in modern Python. Overall impact: increased reliability of exception handling tests, better IDE/static typing support, and extended compatibility with newer Python exception models.