torfsen / serial_test

Allows for the creation of serialised Rust tests

serial_test

serial_test allows for the creation of serialised Rust tests using the serial attribute e.g.

#[test]
#[serial]
fn test_serial_one() {
  // Do things
}

#[test]
#[serial]
fn test_serial_another() {
  // Do things
}

#[tokio::test]
#[serial]
async fn test_serial_another() {
  // Do things asynchronously
}

Multiple tests with the serial attribute are guaranteed to be executed in serial. Ordering of the tests is not guaranteed however. Note that if you're using an async test reactor attribute (e.g. tokio::test or actix_rt::test) then they should be listed before serial, otherwise we don't get an async function and things break. There's now an error for this case to improve debugging.

Usage

We require at least Rust 1.39 for async/await support

Add to your Cargo.toml

[dev-dependencies]
serial_test = "*"

plus use serial_test::serial; (for Rust 2018) or

#[macro_use]
extern crate serial_test;

for earlier versions.

You can then either add #[serial] or #[serial(some_text)] to tests as required.