pytest-dev / pytest-dev/pytest-django

Uprading to pytest-xdist v2.x breaks parallelism

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Description

Now when we run our tests with -n4, we get errors that the database already exists.

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the failure described when running tests with -n4 after upgrading to pytest-xdist v2.x. Investigate the database-already-exists errors during parallel execution; done means the test suite runs in parallel without those errors.

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Assessment

Tech stack
django, python
Domain
databases, testing
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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