Use ipdb instead of pdb with py.test --pdb option
I want to use ipdb instead of pdb with py.test --pdb option. Is this possible? If so, how? Clearly, I can use import ipdb; ipdb.set_trace() in the code but that requires to run the test, watch it fail, open a file, find the point of failure in said file, write the above line, re-run the tests. Lots of hassle if I could have something that by passes all of that. Have you tried pytest-ipdb ? Looks like it's exactly what you are looking for? Use this option to set custom debugger: --pdbcls=IPython.terminal.debugger:Pdb It can also be included in pytest.ini using addopts : [pytest] addopts = -