diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
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+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -321,6 +321,7 @@ Thomas Grainger
 Thomas Hisch
 Tim Hoffmann
 Tim Strazny
+Tobias Deiminger
 Tom Dalton
 Tom Viner
 Tomáš Gavenčiak
diff --git a/changelog/8914.bugfix.rst b/changelog/8914.bugfix.rst
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@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+If fixtures had been indirectly parameterized via test function, e.g. using the
+``@pytest.mark.parametrize(indirect=True)`` marker, reordering of tests for the least possible fixture setup/teardown
+cycles did not work. Optimized test groups can now be determined either explicitly by passing parameter ids, or
+implicitly if the parameter value is hashable.