[pytest-dev] pytest overall execution timeout option

[Shankar Hiremath]

Hi Bruno / Obermann,

As part of “pytest_sessionfinish” we are doing few major activities (collecting cluster logs, artifacts, screen shots & videos of testing and moving to central location),
so if kill the pytest based on global timeout then i will lose all the important data which is required for analyzing.

if you have any other suggestions to hanldle global timeout for pytest, it will be great.

Thanks
-Shankar



On Apr 20, 2016, at 7:12 PM, Bruno Oliveira <nicoddemus at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 10:38 AM Obermann, Stephan <stephan.obermann at dolby.com> wrote:
> Just a thought, but if you want to kill the whole test run after 2h no matter what the actual test results are - why not simply set a timeout in your test automation system (the one that calls py.test). Most systems (Jenkins, Electric Commander, etc.) provide this feature and it would spare you from implementing your custom workflow logic on the "test runner" level.
> 
> I second that, that's what we have in place here at work.
> 
> Cheers,
> Bruno.

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