Can't run test using markers along with pytest_plugins

[qb-nikola-popovic]

Hello there!

This is how my code structure looks like:

│ api
   └───api_test.py
   └───conftest.py
│ mobile
   └───mobile_test.py
   └───conftest.py
│ web
   └───web_test.py
   └───conftest.py

In api/conftest.py and mobile/conftest.py I'm using pytest_plugins to invoke all the fixtures from web/conftest.py. Something like

pytest_plugins = "web.conftest"

Now, I want to add the markers to all tests I have under api/mobile/web. I'm annotating tests with:

@pytest.mark.api / @pytest.mark.mobile / @pytest.mark.web 

I've also registered these markers in pytest.ini file:

[pytest]
markers =
    api: mark app api tests
    mobile: mark mobile tests
    web: mark app web tests

When running tests with pytest -m api/pytest -m mobile/pytest -m web, I'm getting following error:

Defining 'pytest_plugins' in a non-top-level conftest is no longer supported:
It affects the entire test suite instead of just below the conftest as expected.
  <path/to/my/conftest>
Please move it to a top level conftest file at the rootdir:
  <path/to/my/root/dir>
For more information, visit:
  https://docs.pytest.org/en/stable/deprecations.html#pytest-plugins-in-non-top-level-conftest-files

When running the the tests using markers and with commenting out this part of the code pytest_plugins = "web.conftest" it will work (but fixtures from web/conftest.py are not getting invoked and I need them).

Anyone know how to fix this? Thank you in advance for help.

[RonnyPfannschmidt]

The reason for the error is that you would indeed make anything you put into pytest-plugins a global plugin that is applied to everything

Without more details on the setup it's unclear what to advise for

[RonnyPfannschmidt]

An "easy" solution might be to move the conftest of Web one level up as its fixtures are used everywhere

[qb-nikola-popovic]

Hi @RonnyPfannschmidt thanks for the answer!

I've tried with moving web/conftest.py in directory root (one level up), but same issue persists.

In web/conftest.py I have fixtures for setting up selenium webdriver and generating pytest-html report.
In api/conftest.py I have fixtures that are creating test data, and I'm using fixtures from web/conftest.py.
In mobile/conftest.py I have fixtures for setting up appium driver and running appium server, and I'm using fixtures from web/conftest.py as well.

In api/conftest.py I have a fixture like this

@pytest.fixture(autouse=True, scope="session")
def create_new_onboarded_user(web_driver_init):
    ...

web_driver_init fixture is coming from web/conftest.py. But there are still fixtures from web/conftest.py that are not explicitly invoked; fixtures for generating report, like this one

@pytest.hookimpl(hookwrapper=True)
def pytest_runtest_makereport(item):
    ...

Similar setup is in mobile/conftest.py for using fixtures from web/conftest.py.

Hope it is a bit more clear now. Thanks for the answer again!