---
id: pytest-logging
version: "2015.11.4"
license: MIT
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: abandoned
---

# pytest-logging — Configures logging and allows tweaking the log level with a py.test flag

License: permissive · Maintenance: abandoned · Downloads: 181.5K/mo

## 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 above — 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

pip install pytest-logging
uv add pytest-logging
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: unspecified
- Install friction: high
- Maintenance: abandoned
- Downloads: 181.5K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

pytest logging plugin, pytest console logging, pytest log level control, pytest verbosity logging, pytest output logging configuration, abandoned, legacy-plugin

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