Isolate each test in a subprocess - pytest forked replacement, based on pytest-forked.

This pytest plugin was generated with Cookiecutter along with @hackebrot's cookiecutter-pytest-plugin template.

• Run each test in an forked, isolated subprocess
• Captures stdout & stderr of crashing processes
• Add Timeout to a forked test
• Limit memory used by test
• Plays nice with pytest-xdist
• Shows warnings, even with xdist!

• pytest

You can install "pytest-isolate" via pip from PyPI

pip install pytest-isolate

pytest --isolate

To run every test in its own forked subprocess.

Or:

pytest --isolate-timeout 10 --isolate-mem-limit 1000000

To set a timeout to every test in addition to forking.

Note:

Since this plugin uses fork, it will not work on operating systems without fork support (e.g. Windows).

The flags --timeout or --forked will also be respected such that pytest-isolate is a drop-in replacement forked pytest forked and pytest timeout.

If pytest-forked or pytest-timeout are installed, then they will take precedence. Uninstall them to use pytest-isolate.

Unlike pytest-timeout, timeout in pytest-isolate is implemented by forking the test to a separate subprocess, and setting timeout for that subprocess.

You can also use a mark to isolate or time limit the memory test:

@pytest.mark.isolate(timeout=10,mem_limit=10**6)
def test_something():
    pass

The options can also be set in an pytest configuration file, e.g:

[tool.pytest.ini_options]
isolate_timeout=10
isolate_mem_limit=1000000

Contributions are very welcome. Tests can be run with tox, please ensure the coverage at least stays the same before you submit a pull request.

Distributed under the terms of the MIT, pytest-isolate is free and open source software

If you encounter any problems, please file an issue along with a detailed description.