Workers did not share option from controller

starting pytest-xdist==1.30.0(Oct 1, 2019) config.option may not be shared between controller and worker processes

sample

pytest.ini

[pytest]
base_url = http://testurl
addopts=-n 1

test_base_url.py

def test_base_url(base_url):
    assert base_url == 'http://testurl'

this assert fail when run on xdist workers

[gw0] Python 3.9.13 (tags/v3.9.13:6de2ca5, May 17 2022, 16:36:42) [MSC v.1929 64 bit (AMD64)]
gw0 [1]

scheduling tests via LoadScheduling

test_base_url.py::test_base_url 
[gw0] [100%] FAILED test_base_url.py::test_base_url 
test_base_url.py:2 (test_base_url)
base_url = None, request = <FixtureRequest for <Function test_base_url>>

    def test_base_url(base_url, request):
>       assert base_url == 'http://testurl'
E       AssertionError: assert None == 'http://testurl'

test_base_url.py:4: AssertionError


============================== 1 failed in 0.55s ==============================

and pass when run without it
pytest.ini

[pytest]
base_url = http://testurl

============================= test session starts =============================
collecting ... collected 1 item

test_base_url.py::test_base_url PASSED                                   [100%]

============================== 1 passed in 0.01s ==============================

pytest-xdist==2.5.0
pytest-base-url==2.0.0
pytest==7.1.2

Reproduce the failure with pytest.ini setting base_url and addopts=-n 1, using test_base_url.py and the reported pytest-xdist, pytest-base-url, and pytest versions. Compare the worker run with the serial run; done means the worker receives the configured base_url and the test passes under xdist.