pytest-ignore-test-results

A pytest plugin that enables selective test result ignoring while maintaining test execution.

Installation

pip install -U pytest-ignore-test-results

Features

• Ignore specific test case results using exact names or patterns
• Load ignore patterns from files
• Custom exit codes for different failure scenarios
• Support for child test cases
• Option to ignore "no tests collected" errors

Usage

Ignore Test Results by Case Name or Pattern

When using this plugin, test cases will execute normally but their results can be selectively ignored. You have two options for specifying which test results to ignore:

1. Using exact names or patterns directly:

pytest --ignore-result-cases "test_feature_1" "test_feature_2"

pytest --ignore-result-cases "test_feature_*" "test_integration_*"

2. Specifying patterns in files:

pytest --ignore-result-files ignore_list.txt another_list.txt

Example ignore file content (ignore_list.txt):

test_feature_1  # This is a comment
test_feature_*
test_integration_suite::test_case_1

Control Exit Codes

The plugin provides fine-grained control over exit codes through two options:

1. --strict-exit-code: When enabled, the plugin will return exit code 6 if all failed test cases are ignored. Otherwise, it maintains pytest's original exit code behavior.

pytest --ignore-result-cases "test_feature_*" --strict-exit-code

2. --ignore-no-tests-collected: When enabled, this option suppresses "no tests collected" errors and returns exit code 0.

pytest --ignore-no-tests-collected

Custom Test Case Names

The plugin supports test case name customization through the pytest_custom_test_case_name hook:

def pytest_custom_test_case_name(item):
    """
    Args:
        item: pytest item

    Returns:
        str: Custom name for the test case
    """
    return f"custom_name::{item.name}"