pytest-blocker

pytest plugin to mark a test as blocker and skip all tests after it upon failure.

Install with:

pip install pytest-blocker

Usage:

import pytest

@pytest.mark.blocker
def test_foo():
    assert True==False

def test_bar():
    assert True

Yields this output:

$ py.test -sv test_foo.py
===================================== test session starts ======================================
platform darwin -- Python 2.7.10 -- py-1.4.30 -- pytest-2.7.10 -- /usr/bin/python
plugins: blocker
collected 2 items

test_foo.py::test_foo FAILED
test_foo.py::test_bar SKIPPED

=========================================== FAILURES ===========================================
___________________________________________ test_foo ___________________________________________

    @pytest.mark.blocker
    def test_foo():
>       assert True==False
E       assert True == False

test_foo.py:5: AssertionError
=================================== short test summary info ====================================
SKIP [1] test_foo.py:6: Blocker test test_foo failed, skipping remaining tests.
============================= 1 failed, 1 skipped in 0.01 seconds ==============================