Merge pull request #5441 from nicoddemus/faulthandler-5440

Integrate pytest-faulthandler into the core

doc/en/reference.rst

@@ -1084,6 +1084,23 @@ passed multiple times. The expected format is ``name=value``. For example::
       for more details.
 
 
+.. confval:: faulthandler_timeout
+
+   Dumps the tracebacks of all threads if a test takes longer than ``X`` seconds to run (including
+   fixture setup and teardown). Implemented using the `faulthandler.dump_traceback_later`_ function,
+   so all caveats there apply.
+
+   .. code-block:: ini
+
+        # content of pytest.ini
+        [pytest]
+        faulthandler_timeout=5
+
+   For more information please refer to :ref:`faulthandler`.
+
+.. _`faulthandler.dump_traceback_later`: https://docs.python.org/3/library/faulthandler.html#faulthandler.dump_traceback_later
+
+
 .. confval:: filterwarnings
 
 

doc/en/usage.rst

@@ -410,7 +410,6 @@ Pytest supports the use of ``breakpoint()`` with the following behaviours:
 Profiling test execution duration
 -------------------------------------
 
-.. versionadded: 2.2
 
 To get a list of the slowest 10 test durations:
 
@@ -420,6 +419,38 @@ To get a list of the slowest 10 test durations:
 
 By default, pytest will not show test durations that are too small (<0.01s) unless ``-vv`` is passed on the command-line.
 
+
+.. _faulthandler:
+
+Fault Handler
+-------------
+
+.. versionadded:: 5.0
+
+The `faulthandler <https://docs.python.org/3/library/faulthandler.html>`__ standard module
+can be used to dump Python tracebacks on a segfault or after a timeout.
+
+The module is automatically enabled for pytest runs, unless the ``-p no:faulthandler`` is given
+on the command-line.
+
+Also the :confval:`faulthandler_timeout=X<faulthandler_timeout>` configuration option can be used
+to dump the traceback of all threads if a test takes longer than ``X``
+seconds to finish (not available on Windows).
+
+.. note::
+
+    This functionality has been integrated from the external
+    `pytest-faulthandler <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-faulthandler>`__ plugin, with two
+    small differences:
+
+    * To disable it, use ``-p no:faulthandler`` instead of ``--no-faulthandler``: the former
+      can be used with any plugin, so it saves one option.
+
+    * The ``--faulthandler-timeout`` command-line option has become the
+      :confval:`faulthandler_timeout` configuration option. It can still be configured from
+      the command-line using ``-o faulthandler_timeout=X``.
+
+
 Creating JUnitXML format files
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