README.rst

flaky
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About
-----

Flaky is a plugin for nose or pytest that automatically reruns flaky tests.

Ideally, tests reliably pass or fail, but sometimes test fixtures must rely on components that aren't 100%
reliable. With flaky, instead of removing those tests or marking them to @skip, they can be automatically
retried.

For more information about flaky, see `this presentation <http://opensource.box.com/flaky/>`_.

Marking tests flaky
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

To mark a test as flaky, simply import flaky and decorate the test with @flaky:

.. code-block:: python

    from flaky import flaky

.. code-block:: python

    @flaky
    def test_something_that_usually_passes(self):
        value_to_double = 21
        result = get_result_from_flaky_doubler(value_to_double)
        self.assertEqual(result, value_to_double * 2, 'Result doubled incorrectly.')

By default, flaky will retry a failing test once, but that behavior can be overridden by passing values to the
flaky decorator. It accepts two parameters: max_runs, and min_passes; flaky will run tests up to max_runs times, until
it has succeeded min_passes times. Once a test passes min_passes times, it's considered a success; once it has been
run max_runs times without passing min_passes times, it's considered a failure.

.. code-block:: python

    @flaky(max_runs=3, min_passes=2)
    def test_something_that_usually_passes(self):
        """This test must pass twice, and it can be run up to three times."""
        value_to_double = 21
        result = get_result_from_flaky_doubler(value_to_double)
        self.assertEqual(result, value_to_double * 2, 'Result doubled incorrectly.')

Marking a class flaky
+++++++++++++++++++++

In addition to marking a single test flaky, entire test cases can be marked flaky:

.. code-block:: python

    @flaky
    class TestMultipliers(TestCase):
        def test_flaky_doubler(self):
            value_to_double = 21
            result = get_result_from_flaky_doubler(value_to_double)
            self.assertEqual(result, value_to_double * 2, 'Result doubled incorrectly.')

        @flaky(max_runs=3)
        def test_flaky_tripler(self):
            value_to_triple = 14
            result = get_result_from_flaky_tripler(value_to_triple)
            self.assertEqual(result, value_to_triple * 3, 'Result tripled incorrectly.')

The @flaky class decorator will mark test_flaky_doubler as flaky, but it won't override the 3 max_runs
for test_flaky_tripler (from the decorator on that test method).

Pytest marker
+++++++++++++

When using ``pytest``, ``@pytest.mark.flaky`` can be used in place of ``@flaky``.

Don't rerun certain types of failures
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Depending on your tests, some failures are obviously not due to flakiness. Instead of rerunning
after those failures, you can specify a filter function that can tell flaky to fail the test right away.

.. code-block:: python

    def is_not_crash(err, *args):
        return not issubclass(err[0], ProductCrashedError)

    @flaky
    def test_something():
        raise ProductCrashedError

    @flaky(rerun_filter=is_not_crash)
    def test_something_else():
        raise ProductCrashedError

Flaky will run ``test_something`` twice, but will only run ``test_something_else`` once.

It can also be used to incur a delay between test retries:

.. code-block:: python
    
    import time
    
    def delay_rerun(*args):
        time.sleep(1)
        return True
    
    @flaky(rerun_filter=delay_rerun)
    def test_something_else():
        ...

Activating the plugin
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Like any nose plugin, flaky can be activated via the command line:

.. code-block:: console

    nosetests --with-flaky

With pytest, flaky will automatically run. It can, however be disabled via the command line:

.. code-block:: console

    pytest -p no:flaky

Command line arguments
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

No Flaky Report
+++++++++++++++

Pass ``--no-flaky-report`` to suppress the report at the end of the run detailing flaky test results.

Shorter Flaky Report
++++++++++++++++++++

Pass ``--no-success-flaky-report`` to suppress information about successful flaky tests.

Force Flaky
+++++++++++

Pass ``--force-flaky`` to treat all tests as flaky.

Pass ``--max-runs=MAX_RUNS`` and/or ``--min-passes=MIN_PASSES`` to control the behavior of flaky if ``--force-flaky``
is specified. Flaky decorators on individual tests will override these defaults.


*Additional usage examples are in the code - see test/test_nose/test_nose_example.py and test/test_pytest/test_pytest_example.py*

Installation
------------

To install, simply:

.. code-block:: console

    pip install flaky


Compatibility
-------------

Flaky is tested with the following test runners and options:

- Nosetests. Doctests cannot be marked flaky.

- Py.test. Works with ``pytest-xdist`` but not with the ``--boxed`` option. Doctests cannot be marked flaky.


Contributing
------------

See `CONTRIBUTING.rst <https://github.com/box/flaky/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.rst>`_.


Setup
~~~~~

Create a virtual environment and install packages -

.. code-block:: console

    mkvirtualenv flaky
    pip install -r requirements-dev.txt


Testing
~~~~~~~

Run all tests using -

.. code-block:: console

    tox

The tox tests include code style checks via pycodestyle and pylint.


Copyright and License
---------------------

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