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Announcing pytest-gremlins v1.3.0
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Announcing pytest-gremlins v1.3.0

via Dev.to PythonMike Lane1mo ago

Mutation Testing That Actually Fits Into Your Workflow Mutation testing tools (mutmut, Cosmic Ray, MutPy) exist, but most teams don't use them in practice. The bottleneck is runtime: waiting 20 minutes per mutation run makes the feedback loop too long to fit inside a normal TDD cycle. pytest-gremlins v1.3.0 ships today with UX fixes and correctness patches that were blocking production workflows. What Is pytest-gremlins? pytest-gremlins is a mutation testing plugin for pytest. It injects small code modifications into your source (flipping > to >= , changing and to or , negating return values), then runs your tests to see which mutations survive. Survivors indicate code that is covered but not validated: the tests execute it, but no assertion distinguishes the mutated behavior from the original. Four mechanisms drive its speed: Mutation switching : instrument the code once with all mutations embedded, then toggle active mutations via environment variable. No file rewrites, no module rel

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