[Python] Pytest caplog not capturing logs

See my minimal example below for reproducing the issue:

import logging
import logging.config


def test_logging(caplog):
LOGGING_CONFIG = {
"version": 1,
"disable_existing_loggers": False,
"formatters": {
"default": {
"format": "%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s",
},
},
"handlers": {
"console": {
"class": "logging.StreamHandler",
"formatter": "default",
"level": "DEBUG",
},
},
"loggers": {
"": { # root logger
"handlers": ["console"],
"level": "DEBUG",
"propagate": True,
},
},
}

logging.config.dictConfig(LOGGING_CONFIG)

logger = logging.getLogger("root_module.sub1.sub2")
logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)

assert logger.propagate is True
assert logger.getEffectiveLevel() == logging.DEBUG

with caplog.at_level(logging.DEBUG):
logger.debug(" DEBUG msg")
logger.info(" INFO msg")
logger.warning("⚠️ WARNING msg")
logger.error("❌ ERROR msg")
logger.critical(" CRITICAL msg")

print(" caplog.messages:", caplog.messages)

# Final assertion
assert any("CRITICAL" in r or "" in r for r in caplog.messages)


Running pytest -s outputs:

tests/test_logs.py 2025-04-16 17:06:03,983 - root_module.sub1.sub2 - DEBUG - DEBUG msg
2025-04-16 17:06:03,983 - root_module.sub1.sub2 - INFO - INFO msg
2025-04-16 17:06:03,983 - root_module.sub1.sub2 - WARNING - ⚠️ WARNING msg
2025-04-16 17:06:03,983 - root_module.sub1.sub2 - ERROR - ❌ ERROR msg
2025-04-16 17:06:03,983 - root_module.sub1.sub2 - CRITICAL - CRITICAL msg
caplog.messages: []


Pytest version is 8.3.5. I don't think it matters, but my setup.cfg:

[toolytest]
testpaths =
tests


I am expecting caplog.records to contain all 5 logs, but it is empty list.

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