pytest-dev / pytest-dev/pytest-xdist
Tests wait on all nodes to finish before running last set of tests
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Description
In the image you can see one test is taking a long time to complete while 23 nodes sit waiting for that test to finish. Is there a way to prevent this?

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No files, tests, or entry points are named; begin by locating the distributed scheduling implementation and its tests. Reproduce the case where one slow test leaves 23 nodes waiting, then establish how the final test set should be scheduled and verify that behavior with a regression test.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- distributed-systems, testing-qa
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100