InvocationContext test: Test failure mode with malformed yaml

2 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tests/context/context.py b/tests/context/context.py
index 8d923f631..916543fe9 100644
--- a/tests/context/context.py
+++ b/tests/context/context.py
@@ -72,3 +72,15 @@ def test_context_load_missing_config(context_fixture, datafiles):
 
     with pytest.raises(ContextError) as exc:
         context.load(conf_file)
+
+@pytest.mark.datafiles(os.path.join(DATA_DIR))
+def test_context_load_malformed_config(context_fixture, datafiles):
+    context = context_fixture['context']
+    assert(isinstance(context, InvocationContext))
+
+    conf_file = os.path.join(datafiles.dirname,
+                             datafiles.basename,
+                             'malformed.yaml')
+
+    with pytest.raises(ContextError) as exc:
+        context.load(conf_file)
diff --git a/tests/context/data/malformed.yaml b/tests/context/data/malformed.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..88d1960b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/context/data/malformed.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+- |
+  this is malformed yaml.
+
+**