Improve pyomicron tests [production]
This MR cherry-picks !520 (merged) and !530 (merged) onto master.
Supersedes !521 (closed).
Edited by Duncan Macleod
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This MR cherry-picks !520 (merged) and !530 (merged) onto master.
Supersedes !521 (closed).