pytest-logging

Configures logging and allows tweaking the log level with a py.test flag

pytest-logging v2015.11.4 181.5K downloads/30d#10,122 on PyPI★ 21

Permissive license MIT Abandoned released 2015-11-04

What it is and what it does

pytest-logging is a pytest plugin that integrates Python's logging module with pytest's test output. It configures logging to write messages directly to the console and ties log verbosity to pytest's `-v` flag, so running `pytest -v` increases the logging level shown during test execution.

The plugin was released on 2015-11-04 and has been abandoned since then. The repository is archived and no updates have been made. Installing it on a current pytest version is uncertain without verification of compatibility.

Use it for:

Legacy test suites written for pytest circa 2015 that depend on this specific plugin's behavior.
Debugging old projects where logging output was previously controlled via this plugin's `-v` integration.
Educational reference for how pytest plugins were structured in the early plugin ecosystem.

Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying

A pytest plugin that configures Python logging to output to the console and allows adjusting log verbosity via pytest's `-v` flag.

No. This package is abandoned (last release 2015-11-04, repository archived, no updates in years) and compatibility with modern pytest is unverified. Do not install unless maintaining a legacy codebase explicitly pinned to this plugin.

Install

pytest-logging on PyPI

pip

pip install pytest-logging

uv

uv add pytest-logging

poetry

poetry add pytest-logging

Installing pytest-logging

Before you install

High install friction: the package has been abandoned since 2015-12-11 with no updates in many years. The repository is archived.

License in practice

Licensed under MIT (permissive), allowing free use, modification, and distribution with minimal restrictions.

Quickstart

pip install pytest-logging

# Then run pytest with verbosity flags
pytest -v test_file.py

This package is abandoned and may be incompatible with modern pytest versions.

Verify before relying

Compatibility with pytest versions released after 2015-11-04; whether the plugin works with current pytest.
Whether the plugin actually works with Python 3.3, 3.4, 3.5 or modern PyPy releases as classifiers claim.
Whether modern pytest's native logging configuration makes this plugin redundant or non-functional.

Package facts

License	MIT (permissive)
Python support	not specified
Install friction	high — source build required
Runtime dependencies	none
Maintenance	abandoned — 3,936 days since the last release
Last repo commit	2017-12-11 (repository archived)
First released	2015-11-03
Downloads	181,547/month — #10,122 on PyPI (30-day window, as of 2026-08-14)
Known vulnerabilities	none known (OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14)

Evidence: pytest-logging-2015.11.4.tar.gz

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