Skip tests entirely (not show "skipped")?

[ego-thales]

Hello,

I'm looking for a way to skip tests entirely because it does not make sense to run them at all. Let me provide an example.

# conftest.py
@fixture(scope="session", params=["modeA", "modeB"])
def mode(request):
    return request.param

@fixture
def my_fixture(mode):
    """Depends on ``mode``, may be complex."""
    ...

# test_file.py
def test_func_in_modeA(my_fixture):
    """I only want to test ``func`` in mode A."""
    ...

If I use @pytest.mark.skip(reason="I don't want to test func in mode B"), then I might pollute my report with hundreds of s and I would like to avoid that since in my case, it does not even make sense to test it in mode B for obvious redundancy reasons.

Is it possible at all? I'm not sure whether the indirect keyword of @fixture might help?

Thanks in advance!
Élie

[nicoddemus]

I believe the only way to not show them at all is to implement pytest_collection_modifyitems and exclude the test items.

[ego-thales]

Great pointer, thank you!