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provide a consistent looponfail story based on 3rd party tools

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Description

looponfail is more than just listening for file changes

also there are more and more tools upcoming that do this more propper and more responsive than what we had in place in xdist

so from my pov we should kill the builtin looponfail and have a well documented and easy to use story for it based on more extensive tools

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Start by reviewing the existing looponfail behavior in xdist and the third-party tools that provide file-watching test reruns. Define a supported, documented workflow and clarify whether the builtin looponfail should be removed; done means the project has an agreed implementation or migration path and user-facing documentation.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
testing
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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