---
id: pytest-slack
version: "2.3.1"
license: MIT license
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# pytest-slack — Pytest to Slack reporting plugin

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 318.2K/mo

## What it is and what it does

pytest-slack is a pytest plugin that integrates test execution with Slack notifications. When you run pytest with the plugin enabled, it sends a summary of your test results to a Slack channel via an incoming webhook. You configure it by passing command-line options specifying the webhook URL, channel name, and optional customizations like the reporter username, success/failure emojis, or custom icons.

The plugin is designed for CI/CD pipelines and development workflows where teams want immediate visibility into test outcomes without manually checking logs. It depends only on requests for HTTP communication and installs as a standard Python package. The project is actively maintained and has been in production use since its first release in 2019.

Use it for:

- Notify a Slack channel when CI/CD test suites pass or fail, with custom emojis and reporter names.
- Send regression test results to a team channel with a link to the full test report.
- Integrate pytest into existing Slack-based development workflows for real-time test visibility.
- Automate test result notifications in multi-team environments where Slack is the primary communication hub.

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

A pytest plugin that sends test results to Slack via incoming webhooks, allowing you to report pass/fail status with customizable messages, emojis, and icons.

Yes, if you use pytest in a Slack-integrated workflow. The plugin is lightweight, actively maintained, has no security vulnerabilities, and solves a straightforward problem—getting test results into Slack without manual steps. Install friction is minimal and the MIT license poses no restrictions.

## Install

pip install pytest-slack
uv add pytest-slack
poetry add pytest-slack

## Installing pytest-slack

Before you install: Low install friction with a single runtime dependency (requests). Actively maintained as of the latest commit on 2026-08-12, with stable production status and no known vulnerabilities.

License in practice: MIT license is permissive and imposes no significant restrictions on use, modification, or distribution.

Quickstart:

pip install pytest-slack

pytest tests --slack_hook=https://hooks.slack.com/services/YOUR_HOOK --slack_channel=test_channel --slack_username="Test Bot"

Requires a Slack incoming webhook URL configured in your Slack workspace before use.

Verify before relying:

- Whether the plugin works with modern pytest versions beyond those listed in classifiers (3.8 is the latest shown).
- Current maintenance status relative to pytest's ongoing evolution and breaking changes.

## Package facts

- License: MIT license (permissive)
- Python support: unspecified
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 318.2K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

pytest slack reporting, send test results to slack, pytest slack webhook, slack test notifications, pytest ci slack integration, automated test reporting slack, ci-cd-integration, slack-notifications

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