From a1f7ce0725268b7452a30c49a00a8f20f4988d98 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: goodboy <goodboy_foss@protonmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 May 2026 11:20:17 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix `is_forking_spawner` fixture to call helper fn

(this commit msg was generated in some part by [`claude-code`][claude-code-gh])
[claude-code-gh]: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code

(cherry picked from commit 83b6a3373ae621a30fe03c34d0cff52b069cbfc8)
---
 tractor/_testing/pytest.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tractor/_testing/pytest.py b/tractor/_testing/pytest.py
index 1c5fc4d2..37fc211e 100644
--- a/tractor/_testing/pytest.py
+++ b/tractor/_testing/pytest.py
@@ -851,6 +851,7 @@ def pytest_generate_tests(
     #         scope='module',
     #     )
 
+
 def _is_forking_spawner(
     start_method: str,
 ) -> bool:
@@ -868,7 +869,7 @@ def is_forking_spawner(
     Is the `pytest` run using a `fork()`ing process spawning-backend?
 
     '''
-    return _is_forking_spawner
+    return _is_forking_spawner(start_method)
 
 
 def maybe_xfail_for_spawner(