How to rerun a specific pytest test, based on the output error

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Say if Appium throws a webdriver exception error, only then that specific test should rerun in pytest.

pytest --lf will rerun all tests that failed in the previous run (lf = "last failed"). pytest --lf -x will rerun only the first test that has failed in the previous run. If you want to run a specific test, pass its node ID as parameter, e.g. pytest tests/test_module.py::test_func_name. The node IDs of the failed tests are printed in a special section at the end of the output. — hoefling
– hoefling, Commented Nov 27, 2020 at 13:19
--lf (an alias of --last-failed) is documented in How to rerun failed tests and maintain state between test runs. See also this answer. — Peter Mortensen
– Peter Mortensen, Commented 3 hours ago

Peter Mortensen · Accepted Answer · 2026-03-01 01:30:05Z

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Use the pytest-rerunfailures library to achieve this. It is a plugin for pytest.

Following are the requirements to use it.

Once installed, you can pass --only-rerun argument with pytest and rerun the specific failed test.

pytest --reruns 5 --only-rerun AssertionError

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Peter Mortensen

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answered Nov 27, 2020 at 13:23

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