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Prevent allure from force adding test folder name as parent suite name when parent suite is not specified

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Description

I have tests in several folders with all tests having a common **allure.dynamic.suite** name.
In my allure report all the tests get grouped under this name.

However, of late, the suites go under the folder name of the tests such that the folder name is taken as the Parent Suite.

Is there a way to prevent the folder names from being taken as Parent Suite name and simply group the tests under the suite names like how it used to be?

The only way i can think of currently to avoid this issue is to rename all allure.dynamic.suite to allure.dynamic.parent_suite in all of my tests.

But the reason this will be a problem is,
If I collect multiple allure artifacts and consolidate them into a single report, I would want to group them under a common parent suite name. But since each report will have a parent suite name, they will get overwritten.

### What Operating System are you using (both controller, and any agents involved in the problem)?

Windows

### Reproduction steps

1. Have tests in two folders (Folder_A, Folder_B) with each of the tests having the same allure.dynamic.suite name("Tests")
2. Run the tests and generate allure report

### Expected Results

Report should display,

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### Actual Results

Report is displaying,

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The name of the test folder is taken as the parent suite name although no parent suite has been specified.

### Anything else?
Can we have,
A configuration option like `--no-parent-suite` or `--disable-auto-parent-suite`
Or a new pytest.ini option like `allure_skip_parent_suite = true`

### Are you interested in contributing a fix?

Yes

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Research direction

Reproduce the report with tests in Folder_A and Folder_B that share the same allure.dynamic.suite("Tests") value. Inspect the pytest integration path that assigns parent suites and the pytest.ini configuration mentioned in the issue. Done means folder names are not added as parent suites when none is specified, while explicitly defined parent suites still work.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
testing
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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