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Cache: working with cross-testrun state
=======================================
.. versionadded:: 2.8
.. warning::
The functionality of this core plugin was previously distributed
as a third party plugin named ``pytest-cache``. The core plugin
is compatible regarding command line options and API usage except that you
can only store/receive data between test runs that is json-serializable.
Usage
---------
The plugin provides two command line options to rerun failures from the
last ``py.test`` invocation:
* ``--lf``, ``--last-failed`` - to only re-run the failures.
* ``--ff``, ``--failed-first`` - to run the failures first and then the rest of
the tests.
For cleanup (usually not needed), a ``--cache-clear`` option allows to remove
all cross-session cache contents ahead of a test run.
Other plugins may access the `config.cache`_ object to set/get
**json encodable** values between ``py.test`` invocations.
.. note::
This plugin is enabled by default, but can be disabled if needed: see
:ref:`cmdunregister` (the internal name for this plugin is
``cacheprovider``).
Rerunning only failures or failures first
-----------------------------------------------
First, let's create 50 test invocation of which only 2 fail::
# content of test_50.py
import pytest
@pytest.mark.parametrize("i", range(50))
def test_num(i):
if i in (17, 25):
pytest.fail("bad luck")
If you run this for the first time you will see two failures::
$ py.test -q
.................F.......F........................
======= FAILURES ========
_______ test_num[17] ________
i = 17
@pytest.mark.parametrize("i", range(50))
def test_num(i):
if i in (17, 25):
> pytest.fail("bad luck")
E Failed: bad luck
test_50.py:6: Failed
_______ test_num[25] ________
i = 25
@pytest.mark.parametrize("i", range(50))
def test_num(i):
if i in (17, 25):
> pytest.fail("bad luck")
E Failed: bad luck
test_50.py:6: Failed
2 failed, 48 passed in 0.12 seconds
If you then run it with ``--lf``::
$ py.test --lf
======= test session starts ========
platform linux -- Python 3.5.1, pytest-2.9.2, py-1.4.31, pluggy-0.3.1
run-last-failure: rerun last 2 failures
rootdir: $REGENDOC_TMPDIR, inifile:
collected 50 items
test_50.py FF
======= FAILURES ========
_______ test_num[17] ________
i = 17
@pytest.mark.parametrize("i", range(50))
def test_num(i):
if i in (17, 25):
> pytest.fail("bad luck")
E Failed: bad luck
test_50.py:6: Failed
_______ test_num[25] ________
i = 25
@pytest.mark.parametrize("i", range(50))
def test_num(i):
if i in (17, 25):
> pytest.fail("bad luck")
E Failed: bad luck
test_50.py:6: Failed
======= 2 failed, 48 deselected in 0.12 seconds ========
You have run only the two failing test from the last run, while 48 tests have
not been run ("deselected").
Now, if you run with the ``--ff`` option, all tests will be run but the first
previous failures will be executed first (as can be seen from the series
of ``FF`` and dots)::
$ py.test --ff
======= test session starts ========
platform linux -- Python 3.5.1, pytest-2.9.2, py-1.4.31, pluggy-0.3.1
run-last-failure: rerun last 2 failures first
rootdir: $REGENDOC_TMPDIR, inifile:
collected 50 items
test_50.py FF................................................
======= FAILURES ========
_______ test_num[17] ________
i = 17
@pytest.mark.parametrize("i", range(50))
def test_num(i):
if i in (17, 25):
> pytest.fail("bad luck")
E Failed: bad luck
test_50.py:6: Failed
_______ test_num[25] ________
i = 25
@pytest.mark.parametrize("i", range(50))
def test_num(i):
if i in (17, 25):
> pytest.fail("bad luck")
E Failed: bad luck
test_50.py:6: Failed
======= 2 failed, 48 passed in 0.12 seconds ========
.. _`config.cache`:
The new config.cache object
--------------------------------
.. regendoc:wipe
Plugins or conftest.py support code can get a cached value using the
pytest ``config`` object. Here is a basic example plugin which
implements a :ref:`fixture` which re-uses previously created state
across py.test invocations::
# content of test_caching.py
import pytest
import time
@pytest.fixture
def mydata(request):
val = request.config.cache.get("example/value", None)
if val is None:
time.sleep(9*0.6) # expensive computation :)
val = 42
request.config.cache.set("example/value", val)
return val
def test_function(mydata):
assert mydata == 23
If you run this command once, it will take a while because
of the sleep::
$ py.test -q
F
======= FAILURES ========
_______ test_function ________
mydata = 42
def test_function(mydata):
> assert mydata == 23
E assert 42 == 23
test_caching.py:14: AssertionError
1 failed in 0.12 seconds
If you run it a second time the value will be retrieved from
the cache and this will be quick::
$ py.test -q
F
======= FAILURES ========
_______ test_function ________
mydata = 42
def test_function(mydata):
> assert mydata == 23
E assert 42 == 23
test_caching.py:14: AssertionError
1 failed in 0.12 seconds
See the `cache-api`_ for more details.
Inspecting Cache content
-------------------------------
You can always peek at the content of the cache using the
``--cache-clear`` command line option::
$ py.test --cache-clear
======= test session starts ========
platform linux -- Python 3.5.1, pytest-2.9.2, py-1.4.31, pluggy-0.3.1
rootdir: $REGENDOC_TMPDIR, inifile:
collected 1 items
test_caching.py F
======= FAILURES ========
_______ test_function ________
mydata = 42
def test_function(mydata):
> assert mydata == 23
E assert 42 == 23
test_caching.py:14: AssertionError
======= 1 failed in 0.12 seconds ========
Clearing Cache content
-------------------------------
You can instruct pytest to clear all cache files and values
by adding the ``--cache-clear`` option like this::
py.test --cache-clear
This is recommended for invocations from Continous Integration
servers where isolation and correctness is more important
than speed.
.. _`cache-api`:
config.cache API
------------------
The ``config.cache`` object allows other plugins,
including ``conftest.py`` files,
to safely and flexibly store and retrieve values across
test runs because the ``config`` object is available
in many places.
Under the hood, the cache plugin uses the simple
dumps/loads API of the json stdlib module
.. currentmodule:: _pytest.cacheprovider
.. automethod:: Cache.get
.. automethod:: Cache.set
.. automethod:: Cache.makedir