From 633c4f68d3234f60233dc606ab525890502a8500 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Themis Valtinos <73662635+themisvaltinos@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2025 19:02:07 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Fix: Properly pass test variables in render for python tests

---
 sqlmesh/core/test/definition.py |   2 +-
 tests/core/test_test.py         | 100 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 101 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/sqlmesh/core/test/definition.py b/sqlmesh/core/test/definition.py
index 762585bd9f..c0e2f7a08e 100644
--- a/sqlmesh/core/test/definition.py
+++ b/sqlmesh/core/test/definition.py
@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ def _execute_model(self) -> pd.DataFrame:
         with self._concurrent_render_context():
             variables = self.body.get("vars", {}).copy()
             time_kwargs = {key: variables.pop(key) for key in TIME_KWARG_KEYS if key in variables}
-            df = next(self.model.render(context=self.context, **time_kwargs, **variables))
+            df = next(self.model.render(context=self.context, variables=variables, **time_kwargs))
 
         assert not isinstance(df, exp.Expression)
         return df if isinstance(df, pd.DataFrame) else df.toPandas()
diff --git a/tests/core/test_test.py b/tests/core/test_test.py
index 9eddf2f524..31fe0f3495 100644
--- a/tests/core/test_test.py
+++ b/tests/core/test_test.py
@@ -3227,3 +3227,103 @@ def execute(
         test.context.resolve_table("silver.sushi.bar")
 
     _check_successful_or_raise(test.run())
+
+
+def test_python_model_test_variables_override(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    py_model = tmp_path / "models" / "test_var_model.py"
+    py_model.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    py_model.write_text(
+        """
+import pandas as pd  # noqa: TID253
+from sqlmesh import model, ExecutionContext
+import typing as t
+
+@model(
+  name="test_var_model",
+  columns={"id": "int", "flag_value": "boolean", "var_value": "varchar"},
+)
+def execute(context: ExecutionContext, **kwargs: t.Any) -> pd.DataFrame:
+  my_flag = context.var("my_flag")
+  other_var = context.var("other_var")
+
+  return pd.DataFrame([{
+      "id": 1 if my_flag else 2,
+      "flag_value": my_flag,
+      "var_value": other_var,
+  }])"""
+    )
+
+    config = Config(
+        model_defaults=ModelDefaultsConfig(dialect="duckdb"),
+        variables={"my_flag": False, "other_var": "default_value"},
+    )
+    context = Context(config=config, paths=tmp_path)
+
+    python_model = context.models['"test_var_model"']
+
+    # Test when Flag is True
+    # Overriding the config default flag_value to True
+    # AND the var_value to use test one
+    test_flag_true = _create_test(
+        body=load_yaml("""
+test_flag_true:
+  model: test_var_model
+  vars:
+    my_flag: true
+    other_var: "test_value"
+  outputs:
+    query:
+      rows:
+        - id: 1
+          flag_value: true
+          var_value: "test_value"
+        """),
+        test_name="test_flag_true",
+        model=python_model,
+        context=context,
+    )
+
+    _check_successful_or_raise(test_flag_true.run())
+
+    # Test when Flag is False
+    # Overriding the config default flag_value to False
+    # AND the var_value to use test one (since the above would be false for both)
+    test_flag_false = _create_test(
+        body=load_yaml("""
+test_flag_false:
+  model: test_var_model
+  vars:
+    my_flag: false
+    other_var: "another_test_value"
+  outputs:
+    query:
+      rows:
+        - id: 2
+          flag_value: false
+          var_value: "another_test_value"
+        """),
+        test_name="test_flag_false",
+        model=python_model,
+        context=context,
+    )
+
+    _check_successful_or_raise(test_flag_false.run())
+
+    # Test with no vars specified
+    # (should use config defaults for both flag and var_value)
+    test_default_vars = _create_test(
+        body=load_yaml("""
+test_default_vars:
+  model: test_var_model
+  outputs:
+    query:
+      rows:
+        - id: 2
+          flag_value: false
+          var_value: "default_value"
+        """),
+        test_name="test_default_vars",
+        model=python_model,
+        context=context,
+    )
+    _check_successful_or_raise(test_default_vars.run())