Renamed the fixture record_xml_property to record_property and adapted logic so that the properties are passed to the TestReport object and thus allow compatibility with pytest-xdist.

doc/en/builtin.rst

@@ -112,10 +112,11 @@ You can ask for available builtin or project-custom
         Inject names into the doctest namespace.
     pytestconfig
         the pytest config object with access to command line opts.
-    record_xml_property
-        Add extra xml properties to the tag for the calling test.
-        The fixture is callable with ``(name, value)``, with value being automatically
-        xml-encoded.
+    record_property
+        Add an extra properties the calling test.
+        User properties become part of the test report and are available to the
+        configured reporters, like JUnit XML.
+        The fixture is callable with ``(name, value)``.
     record_xml_attribute
         Add extra xml attributes to the tag for the calling test.
         The fixture is callable with ``(name, value)``, with value being automatically

doc/en/example/simple.rst

@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ We can run this::
     file $REGENDOC_TMPDIR/b/test_error.py, line 1
       def test_root(db):  # no db here, will error out
     E       fixture 'db' not found
-    >       available fixtures: cache, capfd, capfdbinary, caplog, capsys, capsysbinary, doctest_namespace, monkeypatch, pytestconfig, record_xml_attribute, record_xml_property, recwarn, tmpdir, tmpdir_factory
+    >       available fixtures: cache, capfd, capfdbinary, caplog, capsys, capsysbinary, doctest_namespace, monkeypatch, pytestconfig, record_xml_attribute, record_property, recwarn, tmpdir, tmpdir_factory
     >       use 'pytest --fixtures [testpath]' for help on them.
     
     $REGENDOC_TMPDIR/b/test_error.py:1

doc/en/usage.rst

@@ -220,19 +220,24 @@ To set the name of the root test suite xml item, you can configure the ``junit_s
     [pytest]
     junit_suite_name = my_suite
 
-record_xml_property
+record_property
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 .. versionadded:: 2.8
+.. versionchanged:: 3.5
+
+   Fixture renamed from ``record_xml_property`` to ``record_property`` as user
+   properties are now available to all reporters.
+   ``record_xml_property`` is now deprecated.
 
 If you want to log additional information for a test, you can use the
-``record_xml_property`` fixture:
+``record_property`` fixture:
 
 .. code-block:: python
 
-    def test_function(record_xml_property):
-        record_xml_property("example_key", 1)
-        assert 0
+    def test_function(record_property):
+        record_property("example_key", 1)
+        assert True
 
 This will add an extra property ``example_key="1"`` to the generated
 ``testcase`` tag:
@@ -245,13 +250,42 @@ This will add an extra property ``example_key="1"`` to the generated
       </properties>
     </testcase>
 
+Alternatively, you can integrate this functionality with custom markers:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    # content of conftest.py
+
+    def pytest_collection_modifyitems(session, config, items):
+        for item in items:
+            marker = item.get_marker('test_id')
+            if marker is not None:
+                test_id = marker.args[0]
+                item.user_properties.append(('test_id', test_id))
+
+And in your tests:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    # content of test_function.py
+
+    @pytest.mark.test_id(1501)
+    def test_function():
+        assert True
+
+Will result in:
+
+.. code-block:: xml
+
+    <testcase classname="test_function" file="test_function.py" line="0" name="test_function" time="0.0009">
+      <properties>
+        <property name="test_id" value="1501" />
+      </properties>
+    </testcase>
+
 .. warning::
 
-    ``record_xml_property`` is an experimental feature, and its interface might be replaced
-    by something more powerful and general in future versions. The
-    functionality per-se will be kept, however.
-
-    Currently it does not work when used with the ``pytest-xdist`` plugin.
+    ``record_property`` is an experimental feature and may change in the future.
 
     Also please note that using this feature will break any schema verification.
     This might be a problem when used with some CI servers.