---
id: pytest-ordering
version: "0.6"
license: unclear
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: abandoned
---

# pytest-ordering — pytest plugin to run your tests in a specific order

License: permissive · Maintenance: abandoned · Downloads: 2.8M/mo

## 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The package is abandoned and no longer maintained; the author explicitly directs new users to pytest-order as a replacement.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 above — 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No. The package is abandoned and explicitly superseded by pytest-order.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

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

- License: not declared (permissive)
- Python support: unspecified
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: abandoned
- Downloads: 2.8M/month (top 5,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

pytest test ordering, run tests in specific order, pytest execution order control, pytest test sequencing, pytest run tests before after, pytest test dependencies, control pytest test order, abandoned, pytest-plugin

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