The ``item`` parameter of ``pytest_warning_captured`` hook is now documented as deprecated. We realized only after the ``3.8`` release that this parameter is incompatible with ``pytest-xdist``. Our policy is to not deprecate features during bugfix releases, but in this case we believe it makes sense as we are only documenting it as deprecated, without issuing warnings which might potentially break test suites. This will get the word out that hook implementers should not use this parameter at all. In a future release ``item`` will always be ``None`` and will emit a proper warning when a hook implementation makes use of it.