Test suite stops after first failure

[BarryThrill]

Hi there! I'm working on a test automation project using pytest-check and I'm running into a behavior I don't quite understand.

What I want to achieve:

• When a test case fails (using check.fail() or check.equal()), I want that specific test case to stop
• The teardown for that test case should run
• Then the test suite should continue with the next test case

What's happening instead:

• When maxfail=1 (default), the entire test suite stops after the first failure
• When maxfail=0, it continues but doesn't stop the current test case

Here's a simple example of what I'm trying to do:

def test_case_1():
    check.equal(1, 2)  # This fails
    # More code that shouldn't run - Perform teardown
    check.equal(3, 3)  # This shouldn't run

def test_case_2():
    check.equal(4, 4)  # This should run even if test_case_1 failed

Is this behavior intentional? If so, is there a recommended way to get the behavior I'm looking for? I'm using pytest-check 2.5.2 with pytest 7.4.4.

Thanks for your help!

[okken]

Looks like you want the default assert behavior. The main point of this plugin is to allow checks to cause a test to fail but not stop a test at the point of failure.

Does this do what you want?

def test_case_1():
    assert 1 == 2  # This fails
    # More code that shouldn't run - Perform teardown
    assert 3 == 3  # This shouldn't run

def test_case_2():
    assert 4 == 4 # This should run even if test_case_1 failed

If it does, then you don't need this plugin. :)

[okken]

Assume thumbs up meant that last comment answered question. Closing