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How to Skip Tests

Explore how to skip tests in Python's unittest module using decorators like skip, skipUnless, and skipIf. Understand when and why to skip tests, such as for unsupported library versions or OS differences, improving your automated testing workflow.

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The unittest module supports skipping tests as of Python 3.1. There are a few use cases for skipping tests:

  • You might want to skip a test if the version of a library doesn’t support what you want to test
  • The test is dependent on
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