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Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 23:25:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Merge pull request #12378 from
 Pierre-Sassoulas/fix-implicit-str-concat-and-discovered-bug-due-to-it

Fix bug discovered due to the change in  ``implicit-str-concat``

(cherry picked from commit 55560d9d4187feecea18b1e637f43f55912d0303)
---
 src/_pytest/_py/path.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/_pytest/_py/path.py b/src/_pytest/_py/path.py
index b7131b08a20..998a7819972 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/_py/path.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/_py/path.py
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ class NeverRaised(Exception):
 
 class Visitor:
     def __init__(self, fil, rec, ignore, bf, sort):
-        if isinstance(fil, str):
+        if isinstance(fil, (str, bytes)):
             fil = FNMatcher(fil)
         if isinstance(rec, str):
             self.rec: Callable[[LocalPath], bool] = FNMatcher(rec)