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Incorrect timing info when using subtests and console_output_style='times' #14412
Description
pytest does not seem to report accurate timing info when using subtests and console_output_style = 'times':
pyproject.toml
[tool.pytest]
addopts = [
'--capture=tee-sys',
'-v'
]
console_output_style = 'times'test_subtests.py
import time
import unittest
class Test(unittest.TestCase):
def test_subtests(self):
for i in range(3):
with self.subTest(i=i):
time.sleep(1)Output:
$ pytest
==================================== test session starts =====================================
platform linux -- Python 3.14.4, pytest-9.1.0.dev332+gd4fde45a5, pluggy-1.6.0 -- /home/user/.venv-pyt/bin/python
cachedir: .pytest_cache
rootdir: /home/user/scratch
configfile: pyproject.toml
collected 1 item
test_subtests.py::Test::test_subtests SUBPASSED(i=0) 570.0us
test_subtests.py::Test::test_subtests SUBPASSED(i=1) 0.000us
test_subtests.py::Test::test_subtests SUBPASSED(i=2) 0.000us
test_subtests.py::Test::test_subtests PASSED 0.000us
============================ 1 passed, 3 subtests passed in 3.02s ============================
Version info
Package Version Editable project location
--------- ----------------------- -------------------------
iniconfig 2.3.0
packaging 26.1
pip 26.0.1
pluggy 1.6.0
Pygments 2.20.0
pytest 9.1.0.dev332+gd4fde45a5 /home/user/code/pytest
- pytest 9.0.3 and d4fde45
- Python 3.14.4
- Arch Linux
Activity
Criseda commentedon May 9, 2026
Opened a fix for this here: #14453
The issue turned out to have two parts:
nodeidSubtestReportdurations were always created withduration=0The PR adds regression coverage for duplicate
subTest()contexts and measures subtest duration at the publicsubTest()context-manager boundary duringruntest().fix: correct timing information for subtests when using console_outpu…
fix: correct timing information for subtests when using console_outpu…
Bugfix 14412 subtests timing (pytest-dev#14670)