pytest-ordering

What it is and what it does

pytest-ordering is a pytest plugin that adds markers allowing you to specify the execution order of your tests. You decorate test functions with @pytest.mark.run(order=N) to control when they run relative to other tests, enabling scenarios where one test must run before another or a group of tests must execute in a particular sequence.

The package is abandoned and no longer maintained; the author explicitly directs new users to pytest-order as a replacement. While it remains installable and has no known security vulnerabilities, it has not been updated since 2018 and is not recommended for new projects or ongoing maintenance.

Use it for:

• Ensure a setup test runs before all others and a teardown test runs last in your suite.
• Run integration tests in a specific order when later tests depend on state created by earlier ones.
• Prioritize critical tests to run first, deferring slower or less important tests to the end.
• Enforce a sequence of tests that must execute in order to validate a workflow or data pipeline.

Worth the install?

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

A pytest plugin that lets you control the execution order of your tests using markers, running specific tests first, last, or in a defined sequence.

No. The package is abandoned and explicitly superseded by pytest-order. While it has low install friction and no known vulnerabilities, the lack of maintenance since 2018 and the author's own recommendation to use pytest-order make it unsuitable for new projects. Use pytest-order instead.

Install

pytest-ordering on PyPI

pip install pytest-ordering

uv add pytest-ordering

poetry add pytest-ordering

Installing pytest-ordering

Before you install

Installation is straightforward with low friction, but the package is abandoned as of 2018 and has not been maintained for several years. The maintainer explicitly recommends pytest-order as a replacement.

License in practice

Licensed under MIT (permissive), so there are no restrictions on use or redistribution in commercial or private projects.

Quickstart

pip install pytest-ordering

import pytest

@pytest.mark.run(order=1)
def test_first():
    assert True

@pytest.mark.run(order=2)
def test_second():
    assert True

Requires pytest as a runtime dependency; package is no longer maintained and the author recommends migrating to pytest-order.

Verify before relying

• Compatibility with modern pytest versions (package last released in 2018, last commit 2021-08-25) is unverified.
• Whether the package works reliably with current Python versions beyond those listed in classifiers (Python 2.6–3.3, PyPy).

Package facts

Evidence: pytest_ordering-0.6-py2-none-any.whl; pytest_ordering-0.6-py3-none-any.whl

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