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Loop on failure is creating zombie processes
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Description
superseeding pytest-dev/pytest#559
py.test --looponfail creates zombies processes that continue to accumulate until the main process is killed
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Research direction
Start with the py.test --looponfail entry point and review the related pytest-dev/pytest#559 issue, which this report supersedes. Reproduce the loop-on-failure behavior and trace the process lifecycle; done means repeated failures no longer leave zombie processes accumulating before the main process exits.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- testing-qa
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
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- Needs clarification
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- 20/100