Missing test run overview

[GergelyKalmar]

When I'm using pytest without pytest-xdist I can see a nice overview of what has been collected / tested per file:

Not with xdist though:

Is it possible to have the same overview of skips / fails / etc. on a per-file basis with xdist? I understand that due to the parallelization we can't really have the same overview going on in real time but I think displaying the results the same way would be still very useful.

[nicoddemus]

Hi @GergelyKalmar,

You can use -v, which is a bit more verbose but will show each test as it runs.

[GergelyKalmar]

hi @nicoddemus! Yes, I'm aware of -v but that is waaay too verbose for larger test suites. Something in between almost nothing and hundreds of lines would be nice I think, just like pytest has it.

[nicoddemus]

Hmm I see, I'm afraid there's no other option then. Due to the nature of how distributed tests work, it is no possible to have an output similar to pytest's without xdist.

I'm closing this for now, but feel free to follow up with further questions! 👍

[GergelyKalmar]

I do see that, however, I think that a summary similar to that of pytest could be surely displayed after all runs were executed. This issue is kind of like #555, except that in this case we are concerned with the part between the collection and error/session output.