`pytest.RaisesGroup` calls the check function with simple exceptions instead of the group

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The following code:

import pytest

def foo():
    raise ExceptionGroup("Main message", [ValueError("foo")])

def check(exc_group: ExceptionGroup) -> bool:
    print(exc_group.__class__)
    # example check
    return len(exc_group.exceptions) > 1

def test_foo():
    with pytest.RaisesGroup(ValueError, match="Main message", check=check):
        foo()

errors with AttributeError: 'ValueError' object has no attribute 'exceptions' because the check function gets invoked twice, the first time with the exception group for actually performing the check, and the second time with the ValueError raised by the foo function.

As a further proof, the stdout of the run is:

<class 'ExceptionGroup'>
<class 'ValueError'>

This seems wrong, as the docs of RaisesGroup says

check (Callable[[E], bool]) – If specified, a callable that will be called with the group as a parameter after successfully matching the expected exceptions. If it returns True it will be considered a match, if not it will be considered a failed match.

I'm on python 3.12, with just pytest==9.0.2 installed in the environment, but I can reproduce the same issue on 3.14.

Start at the pytest.RaisesGroup entry point and reproduce the supplied example on Python 3.12 or 3.14. Trace the matching path to determine why check receives both the ExceptionGroup and its ValueError, then add a regression test showing that check is called only with the group and passes when the group matches.