Refactor pytest dependencies and configuration for improved test management

Author: Ayaz-Microsoft

pytest.ini

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [pytest]
 addopts = -p pytest_asyncio
-asyncio_mode = auto
+asyncio_mode = strict

src/backend/pyproject.toml

@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ dependencies = [
     "opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi==0.60b0",
     "opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai==0.46.2",
     "opentelemetry-sdk==1.39.0",
-    "pytest==9.0.3",
-    "pytest-asyncio==1.3.0",
-    "pytest-cov==5.0.0",
     "python-dotenv==1.1.1",
     "python-multipart==0.0.22",
     "uvicorn==0.35.0",
@@ -41,4 +38,11 @@ dependencies = [
     "aiohttp==3.13.4",
     "pyasn1==0.6.3",
     "nltk==3.9.4",
+]
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+dev = [
+    "pytest==9.0.3",
+    "pytest-asyncio==1.3.0",
+    "pytest-cov==5.0.0",
 ]

src/backend/tests/test_team_specific_methods.py

@@ -11,12 +11,15 @@
 import uuid
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
 
+import pytest
+
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
 
 
 from common.models.messages_af import StartingTask, TeamAgent, TeamConfiguration
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_team_specific_methods():
     """Test all team-specific methods."""
     print("=== Testing Team-Specific Methods ===\n")