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Allow option to keep the containers alive
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Description
It would be nice to keep the docker containers alive for speeding up the test runs. Now, in every test run containers are re-created and can't keep them alive since this block
def __del__(self):
"""
Try to remove the container in all circumstances
"""
if self._container is not None:
try:
self.stop()
except: # noqa: E722
pass
removes containers when the instance variable is deleted (when the program terminates) and I cannot override it because this also runs without using with as block.
I don't want my Mysql container to be recreated everytime. I am running tests very frequently and I am waiting couple seconds everytime. Pretty annoying.
I can make a small PR if that makes sense?
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Research direction
Start by reading testcontainers/core/container.py around the del method and trace how containers are stopped when a test run ends, including use outside a with block. Define the option's lifecycle behavior for both context-managed and directly created containers; done means a caller can keep a MySQL container alive across runs without automatic cleanup.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- docker, python
- Domain
- devops, testing
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100