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- title: "Automatically rerun flaky pytest cases with bounded retry rules before intermittent failures block merges with pytest-rerunfailures"
+ name: "Automatically rerun flaky pytest cases with bounded retry rules before intermittent failures block merges with pytest-rerunfailures"
+ slug: "automatically-rerun-flaky-pytest-cases-with-bounded-retry-rules-before-intermittent-failures-block-merges-with-pytest-rerunfailures"
description: "Add controlled retries to pytest runs so agents can contain flaky tests and report final failures without rerunning whole suites by hand."
+ github_stars: 458
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-rerunfailures"
author: "pytest-dev"
publisher_type: "organization"
- category:
- - "CI/CD Integrations"
- framework:
- - "Multi-Framework"
+ category: "CI/CD Integrations"
+ framework: "Multi-Framework"
tool_ecosystem:
github_repo: "pytest-dev/pytest-rerunfailures"
github_stars: 458
npm_package: "pytest-rerunfailures"
npm_weekly_downloads: 0
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# Automatically rerun flaky pytest cases with bounded retry rules before intermittent failures block merges with pytest-rerunfailures
Add controlled retries to pytest runs so agents can contain flaky tests and report final failures without rerunning whole suites by hand.
## Prerequisites
Python, pytest, and the pytest-rerunfailures plugin
## Installation
- Choose whichever fits your setup:
+ Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
+ - $ pip install pytest-rerunfailures
- 1. Copy this skill folder into your local skills directory.
- 2. Clone the repo and symlink or copy the skill into your agent workspace.
- 3. Add the repo as a git submodule if you manage shared skills centrally.
- 4. Install it through your internal provisioning or packaging workflow.
- 5. Download the folder directly from GitHub and place it in your skills collection.
+ Requirements and caveats from upstream:
+ - :target: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pytest-rerunfailures/
+ - You will need the following prerequisites in order to use pytest-rerunfailures:
+ - Python 3.10+ or PyPy3
- Install command or upstream instructions:
+ Basic usage or getting-started notes:
+ - ------------
+ - pytest 8.1 or newer
+ - This plugin can recover from a hard crash with the following optional
- ```
- Install with `pip install pytest-rerunfailures`, then run pytest with retry flags such as `--reruns` and optional delay settings, or add the plugin configuration to your existing pytest and CI setup.
- ```
+ - Source: https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-rerunfailures
+ - Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pytest-dev/pytest-rerunfailures/HEAD/README.rst
## Documentation
- https://pytest-rerunfailures.readthedocs.io/stable/
## Source
- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/automatically-rerun-flaky-pytest-cases-with-bounded-retry-rules-before-intermittent-failures-block-merges-with-pytest-rerunfailures/)