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Question: Is it possible to create new subprocess for every test?
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Hi,
I use -d --tx 2*popen//python=python3.7 to try to run my tests in subprocesses. However, it looks like the subprocess is reused between tests. I want each test to run in a fresh subprocess because I suspect that there are some memory leaking between tests. I tried using --forked but it had problem finding dependencies. Is there some flag I could pass to restart subprocess after each test?
Thank you,
Kittipat
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Start by reading the xdist documentation and the entry points for -d, --tx, and --forked to understand subprocess lifetime and dependency handling. The issue is done when the project can clearly state whether a fresh subprocess per test is supported and, if not, define an accepted implementation or documentation path.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- testing-qa
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100