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The pytest framework makes it easy to write small tests, yet scales to support complex functional testing

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Dominant language: Python
License: MIT
Last GitHub push: Sep 18, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
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679 open issues indexed

Customize the fixture ordering on the same scope level Open

topic: parametrize type: enhancement type: proposal

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

pytest-dev/pytest#3393 · 11 comments · 7 reactions · Opened Apr 12, 2018
Add ability to get parsed configs Open

type: enhancement type: proposal

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

pytest-dev/pytest#3369 · 12 comments · Opened Apr 4, 2018
Reduce memory usage of capture plugin Open

plugin: capture type: performance

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

pytest-dev/pytest#3329 · 1 comment · 3 reactions · Opened Mar 21, 2018
tox and pytest runs can behave differently when "-p something.conftest" is specified Open

topic: config topic: fixtures type: bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

pytest-dev/pytest#3326 · 19 comments · Opened Mar 21, 2018
Make --ignore flag work with --pyargs Open

topic: collection type: enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

pytest-dev/pytest#3287 · 5 comments · 6 reactions · Opened Mar 6, 2018
Flowchart of pytest test session states and hooks Open

type: docs

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 45/100

pytest-dev/pytest#3261 · 39 comments · 29 reactions · Opened Feb 26, 2018
Integrate pytest-lazy-fixtures into core? Open

topic: fixtures type: docs type: enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

pytest-dev/pytest#3244 · 11 comments · 12 reactions · Opened Feb 21, 2018
A fixture with autouse set to False will always be used if it overrides a fixture with autouse set to True Open

topic: fixtures type: bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

pytest-dev/pytest#3225 · 2 comments · Opened Feb 15, 2018
Allow test selection by file:lineno Open

topic: selection type: enhancement

pytest-dev/pytest#3224 · 15 comments · 3 reactions · 1 assignee · Opened Feb 14, 2018
Running tests fails with "node down: Not properly terminated", maybe execnet related? Open

plugin: xdist type: bug

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

pytest-dev/pytest#3216 · 18 comments · 7 reactions · Opened Feb 13, 2018
TypeError with pytest.approx on nested dictionaries Open

topic: approx type: enhancement

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

pytest-dev/pytest#3164 · 14 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jan 30, 2018
Ordering of session fixtures is wrong when combined with class or module fixtures under some conditions Open

topic: fixtures

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

pytest-dev/pytest#3161 · 19 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Jan 29, 2018
ensure we no longer generate badtest ids Open

topic: collection type: bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

pytest-dev/pytest#3160 · Opened Jan 28, 2018
Exit exception Open

plugin: xdist type: enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

pytest-dev/pytest#3144 · 4 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Jan 23, 2018
Exit code 1 when pytest crashes on loading plugin Open

topic: config type: bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

pytest-dev/pytest#3106 · 6 comments · Opened Jan 11, 2018
"unrecognized arguments" or "option names already added" error when running pytest inside a Docker container using Jenkins Open

topic: config type: bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

pytest-dev/pytest#3097 · 18 comments · Opened Jan 8, 2018
--fixtures and --markers are broken when there's a required option added in pytest_addoption() Open

topic: config type: bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

pytest-dev/pytest#3042 · 5 comments · Opened Dec 16, 2017
mark log capture cli options for removal Open

plugin: logging type: deprecation type: feature-branch

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

pytest-dev/pytest#3007 · Opened Dec 5, 2017
Feature request: use caplog with custom formatter Open

plugin: logging type: proposal

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

pytest-dev/pytest#2987 · 10 comments · 12 reactions · Opened Nov 30, 2017
Avoid marking root setup.py files for rewriting when looking at package metadata Open

topic: rewrite type: enhancement

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

pytest-dev/pytest#2941 · Opened Nov 22, 2017
Allow to execute classmethods without instantiating the class if possible Open

topic: collection type: proposal

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

pytest-dev/pytest#2904 · 12 comments · Opened Nov 9, 2017
Wrong session scoped fixtures parametrization Open

topic: fixtures type: bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

pytest-dev/pytest#2844 · 5 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 17, 2017
extract or integrate a dependency injection mechanism for fixtures Open

topic: fixtures type: enhancement type: proposal

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

pytest-dev/pytest#2829 · 7 comments · Opened Oct 11, 2017
ini files looked in a directory when --pyargs is used Open

topic: config type: bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

pytest-dev/pytest#2820 · 2 comments · Opened Oct 8, 2017
`pytest_generate_tests` conflicts with `conftest.py` fixtures Open

topic: collection topic: parametrize type: bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

pytest-dev/pytest#2726 · 8 comments · Opened Aug 28, 2017
pluginmanager validation kicks in too early when setuptools plugins use pytest_plugins Open

topic: config type: bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

pytest-dev/pytest#2720 · 4 comments · Opened Aug 25, 2017
Add test warning output to JUnit XML file Open

plugin: junitxml plugin: warnings type: enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

pytest-dev/pytest#2717 · 13 comments · 12 reactions · Opened Aug 24, 2017
capsys fixture cannot be used with a session-scoped fixture Open

topic: fixtures type: enhancement type: feature-branch

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

pytest-dev/pytest#2704 · 7 comments · 16 reactions · Opened Aug 19, 2017
Multiple use of fixture in a single test Open

topic: fixtures type: proposal

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

pytest-dev/pytest#2703 · 21 comments · 10 reactions · Opened Aug 18, 2017
ensure terminal width is determined from the real terminal fd and not the capture fd we put at fd1 Open

topic: reporting type: enhancement

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

pytest-dev/pytest#2640 · Opened Aug 1, 2017
port looponfail to core pytest Open

plugin: xdist type: enhancement type: feature-branch

pytest-dev/pytest#2629 · 5 comments · 2 reactions · 1 assignee · Opened Jul 28, 2017
create a way to run acceptance tests from folder trees directly in the source tree Open

type: infrastructure

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

pytest-dev/pytest#2628 · 2 comments · Opened Jul 28, 2017
relative package support for pytest_plugins Open

type: enhancement type: feature-branch type: proposal

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 28/100

pytest-dev/pytest#2601 · 2 reactions · Opened Jul 21, 2017
PY_COLORS=1 causes invalid escape codes in --junitxml Open

plugin: junitxml type: bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

pytest-dev/pytest#2560 · 13 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Jul 7, 2017
No API to request fixtures from pytest.Item Open

topic: fixtures type: proposal

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

pytest-dev/pytest#2471 · 26 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Jun 5, 2017
Format SyntaxErrors like Tracebacklines Open

topic: tracebacks type: enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

pytest-dev/pytest#2388 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened May 3, 2017
py.test, assertion for assertDictContainsSubset? Open

topic: rewrite topic: tracebacks type: proposal

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

pytest-dev/pytest#2376 · 20 comments · 19 reactions · Opened Apr 21, 2017
test_exception_handling_no_traceback leaking FDs (LsofFdLeakChecker plugin) Open

type: refactoring

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

pytest-dev/pytest#2366 · 6 comments · Opened Apr 13, 2017
plugin registration for assert rewrite for pytest_plugins is done one at a time at import time Open

topic: rewrite type: bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

pytest-dev/pytest#2353 · 3 comments · Opened Apr 7, 2017
Windows and Cygwin __pycache__ entries conflict Open

platform: windows topic: rewrite

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

pytest-dev/pytest#2278 · 13 comments · Opened Feb 27, 2017
Ensure stdin and stdout are in blocking mode before writing test summary Open

type: enhancement

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

pytest-dev/pytest#2251 · 23 comments · Opened Feb 15, 2017
rough performance analysis of the current internals Open

type: performance

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

pytest-dev/pytest#2206 · 61 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Jan 18, 2017
optimize io capture setup/teardown Open

plugin: capture

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

pytest-dev/pytest#2205 · Opened Jan 18, 2017
Test selection syntax is baroque and foreign Open

topic: collection type: enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

pytest-dev/pytest#2193 · 7 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Jan 13, 2017
No skipped message in JUnit report for unexpectedly passed tests Open

plugin: junitxml

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

pytest-dev/pytest#2190 · 13 comments · Opened Jan 12, 2017
capsys.disabled for stdin Open

plugin: capture

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

pytest-dev/pytest#2189 · 14 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jan 12, 2017
addopts behavior with coverage flag Open

topic: config type: enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

pytest-dev/pytest#2165 · 1 comment · Opened Dec 28, 2016
Session scoped fixtures can leak out of a class Open

topic: fixtures type: bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

pytest-dev/pytest#2145 · 4 comments · Opened Dec 19, 2016
pytester.Testdir.plugins is confusing and clunky Open

plugin: pytester type: backward compatibility type: refactoring

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

pytest-dev/pytest#2126 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Dec 9, 2016
Provide for an easier way to re-use fixtures or plugins from other conftests Open

type: feature-branch type: refactoring

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

pytest-dev/pytest#2062 · 3 comments · Opened Nov 14, 2016

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