cli loader handles kwargs in app factory

CHANGES.rst

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ Unreleased
     :issue:`4157`
 -   Correctly handle raising deferred errors in CLI lazy loading.
     :issue:`4096`
+-   The CLI loader handles ``**kwargs`` in a ``create_app`` function.
+    :issue:`4170`
 
 
 Version 2.0.1

src/flask/cli.py

@@ -103,10 +103,13 @@ def call_factory(script_info, app_factory, args=None, kwargs=None):
         )
         kwargs["script_info"] = script_info
 
+    if not args and len(sig.parameters) == 1:
+        first_parameter = next(iter(sig.parameters.values()))
+
         if (
-        not args
+            first_parameter.default is inspect.Parameter.empty
-        and len(sig.parameters) == 1
+            # **kwargs is reported as an empty default, ignore it
-        and next(iter(sig.parameters.values())).default is inspect.Parameter.empty
+            and first_parameter.kind is not inspect.Parameter.VAR_KEYWORD
         ):
             warnings.warn(
                 "Script info is deprecated and will not be passed as the"

tests/test_cli.py

@@ -74,6 +74,15 @@ def test_find_best_app(test_apps):
     assert isinstance(app, Flask)
     assert app.name == "appname"
 
+    class Module:
+        @staticmethod
+        def create_app(**kwargs):
+            return Flask("appname")
+
+    app = find_best_app(script_info, Module)
+    assert isinstance(app, Flask)
+    assert app.name == "appname"
+
     class Module:
         @staticmethod
         def create_app(foo):