avoid tests collection before a test execution

[rahul0209]

Tests collection in pytest is time consuming if there are more tests like 50k and more. So if we want run a single tests it 99% time is consumed in collection and remaining 1% in execution. Can we avoid test collection during execution or can we provide a list of tests to be executed so that it knows about tests and then we need to collect all tests at once.

[RonnyPfannschmidt]

The recommended way is to Pass specific filenames or test ids

[rahul0209]

python -m pytest -s -v filename.py::className::testsname even then also it takes that much time for collection

[RonnyPfannschmidt]

Then More input is needed For example excessive pytest plugins or massive dependencies can be a reason

What's the results of Timing collection vs timing key imports

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[obestwalter]

Stale for a long time and no-follow up, just helping the bot here a bit and closing manually.