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Escape test ID`s in Testing API

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I have Python project with pytest’s tests and I catch this error

Error: Test IDs may not include the "<path-to-test>/tests/unit/interactions/mastercard/test_mastercard.py::TestMasterCardDeleteCard::test_generic_404_exception_is_not_affected[\u0000]" symbol
	at new D (vscode-file://vscode-app/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/services/extensions/node/extensionHostProcess.js:87)
	at Object.createTestItem (vscode-file://vscode-app/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/services/extensions/node/extensionHostProcess.js:95)
	at vscode-file://vscode-app/Users/perseus/.vscode/extensions/ms-python.python-2021.10.1336267007/out/client/extension.js:9
	at vscode-file://vscode-app/Users/perseus/.vscode/extensions/ms-python.python-2021.10.1336267007/out/client/extension.js:9
	at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
	at g (vscode-file://vscode-app/Users/perseus/.vscode/extensions/ms-python.python-2021.10.1336267007/out/client/extension.js:9)
	at m (vscode-file://vscode-app/Users/perseus/.vscode/extensions/ms-python.python-2021.10.1336267007/out/client/extension.js:9)
	at vscode-file://vscode-app/Users/perseus/.vscode/extensions/ms-python.python-2021.10.1336267007/out/client/extension.js:9
	at Object.forEach (vscode-file://vscode-app/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/services/extensions/node/extensionHostProcess.js:87)
	at g (vscode-file://vscode-app/Users/perseus/.vscode/extensions/ms-python.python-2021.10.1336267007/out/client/extension.js:9)
	at m (vscode-file://vscode-app/Users/perseus/.vscode/extensions/ms-python.python-2021.10.1336267007/out/client/extension.js:9)
	at vscode-file://vscode-app/Users/perseus/.vscode/extensions/ms-python.python-2021.10.1336267007/out/client/extension.js:9
	at Object.forEach (vscode-file://vscode-app/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/services/extensions/node/extensionHostProcess.js:87)
	at g (vscode-file://vscode-app/Users/perseus/.vscode/extensions/ms-python.python-2021.10.1336267007/out/client/extension.js:9)
	at m (vscode-file://vscode-app/Users/perseus/.vscode/extensions/ms-python.python-2021.10.1336267007/out/client/extension.js:9)
	at vscode-file://vscode-app/Users/perseus/.vscode/extensions/ms-python.python-2021.10.1336267007/out/client/extension.js:9
	at Object.forEach (vscode-file://vscode-app/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/services/extensions/node/extensionHostProcess.js:87)
	at g (vscode-file://vscode-app/Users/perseus/.vscode/extensions/ms-python.python-2021.10.1336267007/out/client/extension.js:9)
	at m (vscode-file://vscode-app/Users/perseus/.vscode/extensions/ms-python.python-2021.10.1336267007/out/client/extension.js:9)
	at vscode-file://vscode-app/Users/perseus/.vscode/extensions/ms-python.python-2021.10.1336267007/out/client/extension.js:9
	at Object.forEach (vscode-file://vscode-app/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/services/extensions/node/extensionHostProcess.js:87)
	at g (vscode-file://vscode-app/Users/perseus/.vscode/extensions/ms-python.python-2021.10.1336267007/out/client/extension.js:9)
	at m (vscode-file://vscode-app/Users/perseus/.vscode/extensions/ms-python.python-2021.10.1336267007/out/client/extension.js:9)
	at vscode-file://vscode-app/Users/perseus/.vscode/extensions/ms-python.python-2021.10.1336267007/out/client/extension.js:9
	at Object.forEach (vscode-file://vscode-app/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/services/extensions/node/extensionHostProcess.js:87)
	at g (vscode-file://vscode-app/Users/perseus/.vscode/extensions/ms-python.python-2021.10.1336267007/out/client/extension.js:9)
	at Object.m [as updateTestItemFromRawData] (vscode-file://vscode-app/Users/perseus/.vscode/extensions/ms-python.python-2021.10.1336267007/out/client/extension.js:9)
	at _.resolveChildren (vscode-file://vscode-app/Users/perseus/.vscode/extensions/ms-python.python-2021.10.1336267007/out/client/extension.js:59)
	at _.refreshTestData (vscode-file://vscode-app/Users/perseus/.vscode/extensions/ms-python.python-2021.10.1336267007/out/client/extension.js:59)
	at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:93)
	at async v.refreshTestDataInternal (vscode-file://vscode-app/Users/perseus/.vscode/extensions/ms-python.python-2021.10.1336267007/out/client/extension.js:59)

Pytest allow to parametrize and test looks like this

    @pytest.mark.asyncio
    @pytest.mark.parametrize('body', ['', 'test', '{}', '{"test": true}', b'', b'\x00'])
    async def test_generic_404_exception_is_not_affected(

-> test_generic_404_exception_is_not_affected[\u0000] is valid test name

Version: 1.61.2

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Created 2 years ago
Comments:5 (2 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

1reaction

karthiknadigcommented, Oct 20, 2021

We have plans on rewriting the test adapter. We should handle this case there.

/cc @kimadeline

1reaction

connor4312commented, Oct 20, 2021

NUL bytes are not allowed in test IDs, since we use it for delimiters internally

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