Auto-focus plugin for pytest: run only @pytest.mark.focus tests when --auto-focus is set, otherwise run all tests.

pip install pytest-autofocus

Mark tests with @pytest.mark.focus:

import pytest

def test_normal():
    pass

@pytest.mark.focus
def test_focused():
    pass

Run with --auto-focus to run only focused tests (if any exist), otherwise run all tests:

pytest --auto-focus

If no tests are marked with @pytest.mark.focus, all tests run normally.

Run without --auto-focus to run all tests:

pytest

Use with pytest-watcher for automatic test filtering:

ptw . -- --auto-focus

• Python 3.10+
• pytest 7.0+