From 22b12a1798f14e1163f558b5eea7f6f0d60fa4a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Mike=20F=C3=A4hrmann?= <mike_faehrmann@web.de>
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2026 22:13:51 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [tests:job] test 'parent-metadata' / '_extractor' handling

---
 test/test_job.py | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/test/test_job.py b/test/test_job.py
index 2c6bcaf7..c73577f3 100644
--- a/test/test_job.py
+++ b/test/test_job.py
@@ -91,6 +91,22 @@ class TestDownloadJob(TestJob):
         self.assertFalse(tjob.archive)
         self.assertFalse(tjob.hooks)
 
+    def test_parent_metadata_extractor(self):
+        config.set((), "parent-metadata", True)
+
+        config.set(("output",), "mode", False)
+        config.set((), "download", False)
+
+        config.set((), "postprocessors", [{
+            "name"  : "metadata/print@init",
+            "format": "{num}",
+        }])
+
+        extr = TestExtractorParent.from_url("test:parent:3")
+        out = self._capture_stdout(extr)
+        # no output if '_extractor' is overwritten (#8958)
+        self.assertEqual(out, "11\n")
+
 
 class TestKeywordJob(TestJob):
     jobclass = job.KeywordJob