Filter out yanked links from available versions error message

news/12225.bugfix.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Filter out yanked links from the available versions error message: "(from versions: 1.0, 2.0, 3.0)" will not contain yanked versions conform PEP 592. The yanked versions (if any) will be mentioned in a separate error message.

src/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/factory.py

@@ -603,8 +603,26 @@ def _report_single_requirement_conflict(
 
         cands = self._finder.find_all_candidates(req.project_name)
         skipped_by_requires_python = self._finder.requires_python_skipped_reasons()
-        versions = [str(v) for v in sorted({c.version for c in cands})]
 
+        versions_set: Set[CandidateVersion] = set()
+        yanked_versions_set: Set[CandidateVersion] = set()
+        for c in cands:
+            is_yanked = c.link.is_yanked if c.link else False
+            if is_yanked:
+                yanked_versions_set.add(c.version)
+            else:
+                versions_set.add(c.version)
+
+        versions = [str(v) for v in sorted(versions_set)]
+        yanked_versions = [str(v) for v in sorted(yanked_versions_set)]
+
+        if yanked_versions:
+            # Saying "version X is yanked" isn't entirely accurate.
+            # https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/11745#issuecomment-1402805842
+            logger.critical(
+                "Ignored the following yanked versions: %s",
+                ", ".join(yanked_versions) or "none",
+            )
         if skipped_by_requires_python:
             logger.critical(
                 "Ignored the following versions that require a different python "

tests/functional/test_install.py

@@ -2242,6 +2242,33 @@ def test_install_yanked_file_and_print_warning(
     assert "Successfully installed simple-3.0\n" in result.stdout, str(result)
 
 
+def test_yanked_version_missing_from_availble_versions_error_message(
+    script: PipTestEnvironment, data: TestData
+) -> None:
+    """
+    Test yanked version is missing from available versions error message.
+
+    Yanked files are always ignored, unless they are the only file that
+    matches a version specifier that "pins" to an exact version (PEP 592).
+    """
+    result = script.pip(
+        "install",
+        "simple==",
+        "--index-url",
+        data.index_url("yanked"),
+        expect_error=True,
+    )
+    # the yanked version (3.0) is filtered out from the output:
+    expected_warning = (
+        "Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement simple== "
+        "(from versions: 1.0, 2.0)"
+    )
+    assert expected_warning in result.stderr, str(result)
+    # and mentioned in a separate warning:
+    expected_warning = "Ignored the following yanked versions: 3.0"
+    assert expected_warning in result.stderr, str(result)
+
+
 def test_error_all_yanked_files_and_no_pin(
     script: PipTestEnvironment, data: TestData
 ) -> None: