From dd9fb4c6eb17734d2381e6fc638c1a345979137d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Heikki Toivonen <308110+heikkitoivonen@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2026 15:06:45 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add Counter comparison tests to enforce missing element
 semantics

---
 Lib/test/test_collections.py                                  | 4 ++++
 .../next/Tests/2026-01-08-15-04-38.gh-issue-143586.jLL4wL.rst | 1 +
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2026-01-08-15-04-38.gh-issue-143586.jLL4wL.rst

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_collections.py b/Lib/test/test_collections.py
index fad639b20a1801..b1b2dd2ca5ca0d 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_collections.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_collections.py
@@ -2423,6 +2423,8 @@ def test_eq(self):
 
     def test_le(self):
         self.assertTrue(Counter(a=3, b=2, c=0) <= Counter('ababa'))
+        self.assertTrue(Counter() <= Counter(c=1))
+        self.assertFalse(Counter() <= Counter(c=-1))
         self.assertFalse(Counter(a=3, b=2) <= Counter('babab'))
 
     def test_lt(self):
@@ -2431,6 +2433,8 @@ def test_lt(self):
 
     def test_ge(self):
         self.assertTrue(Counter(a=2, b=1, c=0) >= Counter('aab'))
+        self.assertTrue(Counter() >= Counter(c=-1))
+        self.assertFalse(Counter() >= Counter(c=1))
         self.assertFalse(Counter(a=3, b=2, c=0) >= Counter('aabd'))
 
     def test_gt(self):
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2026-01-08-15-04-38.gh-issue-143586.jLL4wL.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2026-01-08-15-04-38.gh-issue-143586.jLL4wL.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..7237d49bac4b73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2026-01-08-15-04-38.gh-issue-143586.jLL4wL.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add ``collections.Counter`` comparison tests to enforce missing element semantics.

From d21fc0d9c656278bdf00eda9cc1dae2c8b044233 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Heikki Toivonen <308110+heikkitoivonen@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2026 09:20:10 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Tests do not need news entry

---
 .../next/Tests/2026-01-08-15-04-38.gh-issue-143586.jLL4wL.rst    | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
 delete mode 100644 Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2026-01-08-15-04-38.gh-issue-143586.jLL4wL.rst

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2026-01-08-15-04-38.gh-issue-143586.jLL4wL.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2026-01-08-15-04-38.gh-issue-143586.jLL4wL.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 7237d49bac4b73..00000000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2026-01-08-15-04-38.gh-issue-143586.jLL4wL.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add ``collections.Counter`` comparison tests to enforce missing element semantics.