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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

Allow disabling of additive options Open

topic: config type: enhancement type: proposal

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

pytest-dev/pytest#2036 · 2 comments · Opened Oct 31, 2016
Add shell completion (zsh) Open

plugin: argcomplete type: enhancement

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

pytest-dev/pytest#1992 · 7 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 8, 2016
more safe defaults for norecursedirs Open

type: enhancement

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

pytest-dev/pytest#1982 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 4, 2016
monkeypatch class bases fails with TypeError Open

plugin: monkeypatch type: bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

pytest-dev/pytest#1938 · 5 comments · Opened Sep 15, 2016
warn when tests raise plain assertion errors without annotation Open

type: enhancement type: feature-branch type: proposal

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

pytest-dev/pytest#1930 · 9 comments · Opened Sep 12, 2016
ImportError: 'No module named fix' Open

plugin: pytester type: selftests

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

pytest-dev/pytest#1897 · 9 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Sep 1, 2016
pytest 3.0 breaks Jenkins' "Publish JUnit test result report" for doctests Open

plugin: junitxml type: regression

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

pytest-dev/pytest#1862 · 10 comments · Opened Aug 24, 2016
config.fromdictargs applies the dictionary after the config object construction instead of Open

status: critical type: backward compatibility type: bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 20/100

pytest-dev/pytest#1743 · 6 comments · Opened Jul 20, 2016
invocation-scoped fixtures Open

type: enhancement

pytest-dev/pytest#1681 · 6 comments · 8 reactions · 1 assignee · Opened Jun 27, 2016
Take --pyargs into account to find initial conftests (was: py.test --pyargs my_pkg doesn't run pytest_addoption in my_pkg/conftest.py) Open

type: enhancement

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

pytest-dev/pytest#1596 · 15 comments · 14 reactions · Opened Jun 8, 2016
provide a consistent looponfail story based on 3rd party tools Open

status: critical type: docs

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

pytest-dev/pytest#1529 · 12 comments · Opened Apr 20, 2016
warn when fixtures are imported instead of referenced via a plugin/conftest Open

type: backward compatibility type: enhancement

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

pytest-dev/pytest#1511 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 13, 2016
Option to display markers in `--collect-only` output (in order to `grep` for skipped all skipped tests) Open

topic: marks topic: selection type: proposal

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

pytest-dev/pytest#1509 · 12 comments · 6 reactions · Opened Apr 12, 2016
--pyargs discovery for zipped packages/unpacked wheels/eggs Open

topic: collection type: enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 32/100

pytest-dev/pytest#1445 · 13 comments · Opened Mar 9, 2016
implementation of pytest lastfailed usecases that don't prematurely remove tests from the failure set Open

topic: selection

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

pytest-dev/pytest#1248 · 3 comments · Opened Dec 10, 2015
configure .cache via $XDG_CACHE_DIR Open

plugin: cache topic: config type: proposal

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

pytest-dev/pytest#1089 · 50 comments · 8 reactions · Opened Sep 29, 2015
provide dependency-tested autouse fixtures Open

topic: fixtures type: enhancement type: proposal

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

pytest-dev/pytest#1050 · 7 comments · Opened Sep 22, 2015
lastfailed - persist failure sets until all broken tests where removed Open

plugin: cache status: help wanted topic: selection type: backward compatibility type: refactoring

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

pytest-dev/pytest#1017 · 4 comments · Opened Sep 17, 2015
Test listed twice when there's an error during teardown Open

status: help wanted topic: reporting type: enhancement

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

pytest-dev/pytest#1004 · 12 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Sep 15, 2015
Have a way to control order of plugin loading Open

type: enhancement type: proposal

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

pytest-dev/pytest#935 · 51 comments · 9 reactions · Opened Aug 11, 2015
Deep integration between Hypothesis and py.test is currently impossible Open

topic: collection topic: parametrize type: backward compatibility type: enhancement

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

pytest-dev/pytest#916 · 66 comments · 43 reactions · Opened Aug 5, 2015
break up the runtestprotocol and create a sequence of setup/teardown/call actions Open

type: backward compatibility type: proposal

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

pytest-dev/pytest#895 · 8 comments · Opened Jul 27, 2015
Errors in teardown_module erroneously attached to last executed test Open

topic: reporting type: bug

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

pytest-dev/pytest#657 · 5 comments · Opened Jan 14, 2015
Very large test suites take *far* too much RAM Open

status: help wanted type: performance

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

pytest-dev/pytest#619 · 17 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 23, 2014
Support per-request scope for fixtures Open

topic: fixtures type: enhancement

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

pytest-dev/pytest#456 · 4 comments · Opened Feb 10, 2014
parametrized fixture output captured inconsistently Open

plugin: capture topic: fixtures topic: parametrize type: bug

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

pytest-dev/pytest#440 · 1 comment · Opened Feb 1, 2014
Using monkeypatch in non function scoped fixture Open

plugin: monkeypatch type: enhancement

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

pytest-dev/pytest#363 · 28 comments · 41 reactions · Opened Oct 3, 2013
Using fixtures in pytest.mark.parametrize Open

topic: parametrize type: proposal

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

pytest-dev/pytest#349 · 124 comments · 703 reactions · Opened Aug 30, 2013
traceback filtering hook Open

topic: tracebacks type: enhancement

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

pytest-dev/pytest#283 · 24 comments · 11 reactions · Opened Mar 26, 2013

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