Test case execution order in pytest

Question

I am using pytest. I have two files in a directory. In one of the files there is a long running test case that generates some output. In the other file there is a test case

Answer 1

Maybe you can consider using dependency pytest plugin, where you can set the test dependencies easily:

@pytest.mark.dependency()
def test_long():
    pass

@pytest.mark.dependency(depends=['test_long'])
def test_short():
    pass

This way test_short will only execute if test_long is success and force the execution sequence as well.