[Python] How can I get the accurate time spent in the pytest-html report when the tests are...

I've noticed an error in the report generated by pytest-html and I'm surprised I can't find it mentioned anywhere.

I am running a series of tests (70 total) and using pytest-html to generate a report on the results. I am also using pytest-xdist so that the tests run in parallel.

When the test run is complete, I look at the terminal to how long it took for everything and see:

2 failed, 68 passed in 146.09s (0:02:26)


These are UI tests so two and a half minutes isn't that bad; also it's why these need to be run in parallel.

But when I look at the pytest-html report, it says:

70 tests took 00:23:32.


The report doesn't look at the actual start and finish time. It's using the times of each of the tests and summing them together.

How can I update the report to show the real time spent, not the total of the individual tests?

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