pytest-dev / pytest-dev/pytest-rerunfailures

timeout error not handled in CI run

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Description

This failure was not handled correctly: https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller/runs/2309970398

arguments were as follows:

C:\hostedtoolcache\windows\Python\3.8.8\x64\Scripts\pytest.exe -n 3 --maxfail 3 --durations 10 tests/unit tests/functional --force-flaky --no-flaky-report --reruns 3 --reruns-delay 10 -o timeout_func_only=true
============================= test session starts =============================
platform win32 -- Python 3.8.8, pytest-6.2.3, py-1.10.0, pluggy-0.13.1 -- c:\hostedtoolcache\windows\python\3.8.8\x64\python.exe
cachedir: .pytest_cache
rootdir: D:\a\pyinstaller\pyinstaller, configfile: setup.cfg
plugins: flaky-3.7.0, drop-dup-tests-0.3.0, forked-1.3.0, rerunfailures-9.1.1, timeout-1.4.2, xdist-2.2.1
timeout: 300.0s
timeout method: thread
timeout func_only: True

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Start with the linked CI run and reproduce the shown pytest command, including --reruns, --reruns-delay, and -o timeout_func_only=true. Trace how a timeout is handled alongside reruns and define completion as the timeout being processed correctly in this CI scenario.

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python
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testing-qa
Issue type
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