[Python] How to have pytest-django commit data to database instead of in a transaction?

There is a conftest.py file that allows me to use my custom transactional fixture fake_user

@pytest.mark.django_db(transaction=True)
@pytest.fixture
def fake_user():
user = getattr(fake_user, 'user', None)
if user is None:
user_data = dict(
id=1,
is_superuser=False,
is_staff=False,
email='foo@barmail.com',
username='foobaruser',
password='passwordmaster',
date_joined=timezone.now()
)
user = User.objects.create(
**user_data
)
user.save()
# pdb.set_trace()
fake_user.user = user
yield user


Somehow if I debug with pdb.set_trace() the code above, I get User.objects.all() equal to <QuerySet [<User: foobaruser>]>. However there are no any real test DB records. So when querying "User" objects in another high level function, e.g. "GraphQL" or REST call, I get "Users" table being absolutely empty. How could I enable real test DB transactions? Why does't pytest allow any physical records or what prevents them from being inserted?

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