The parallel item runs branches concurrently with sync:all or sync:any policy and optional per-branch wait_for synchronization. Each branch runs in its own daemon thread and produces a clean per-item entry in the SQLite report; the live output is prefixed [<branch_name>] so concurrent branches stay readable. Supporting changes: - StdoutProxy (lib/stdout_redirect.py): thread-aware sys.stdout/stderr with per-thread capture buffers and per-branch live-output prefix. Adds writeln() for Python 3.14 unittest compatibility. - TestItemContainer: shared base extracted from Group/Cycle for the sequential children execution pattern. - TestItemSleep: interruptible loop polling _is_stopped so sync:any can cancel slow branches quickly. - TestReport: thread-safe SQLite (check_same_thread=False + lock). Also drops the unused -m/--terminal mode and its module. Validation: 11 scenarios in test/validation/items/parallel covering sync:all/any, no_fail, wait_for + timeout, conditions, multi-branch, nested parallel, parallel inside loop, real branch failure. Documentation: new parallel_test_item.rst added to the manual. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Documentation
run testium
From the root path, on windows cmd:
run.bat
On windows powershell:
run.ps1
On linux:
./run.sh
The virtual environment is created if needed and testium is started.
Manual setup
A python virtual environment should be created:
python3 -m venv <testium_venv>
Requirements
In the virtual environment, the following modules must be installed:
- pyside6
- pyserial
- pyyaml
- pexpect
- gitpython
- jinja2
- colorama
- matplotlib
- junit-xml
- lxml
A requirements.txt file is also available in the git repository in the path testium/src/.
run testium
from the testium path, execute
python3 -m src/testium
Doc generation
Install sphinx
pip install sphinx linuxdoc
Generate the doc
Execute
doc/manual/sphinx/./build_doc.sh
This command works if texlive package has been installed on the system. It can be done by invoking the following command.
sudo apt install texlive-full
QT GUI
QT GUI modification
Open the ".ui" file with qtcreator and modify the gui. Then regenerate the python code.
On linux, a helper script has been created: scripts/./qt_generate.sh
Debugging
In order to debug testium or your python script executed within testium.
In VSCODE
This is the prefered method :
- Create a debug configuration like the following:
"configurations": [
{
"name": "Python : testium",
"type": "python",
"request": "launch",
"program": "${workspaceFolder}/src/testium",
"console": "integratedTerminal",
"args": ["-g"],
"justMyCode": true
},
]
-
Install debugpy module in python
python -m pip install debugpy
-
Then get to the "RUN AND DEBUG" tab and press the play button.
-
A testium window will pops up ; start execution of your tum.
-
Do not forget to put breakpoints where you want to investigate.
Icons
Icons are coming from the following site: https://github.com/free-icons/free-icons.git
testium Release
Pre-requisite
A python virtual environment must have been set as described above.
Install pyinstaller
Install pyinstaller package using pip.
Generate the binary package
The procedure for a binary release is as follows:
- update the
release_note.txtfile - modify the version in
src/VERSIONfile - be sure that the documentation is up to date, and if not execute
doc/manual/sphinx/build_doc.shscript - push modifications and create a tag with the new version on the git repository
- generate an executable file by calling
package/pyinstaller/./build.sh - run the complete validation test for each generated binary
- check that all the validation results are OK
Troubleshooting
The testium exe crashes wl_proxy_marshal_flags
Error message
/testium: symbol lookup error: /tmp/_MEIOhDCPF/libQt6WaylandClient.so.6: undefined symbol: wl_proxy_marshal_flags
Solution
Set the appropriate environment variable
export QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb
testium
xcb plugin missing
Error message
qt.qpa.plugin: Could not load the Qt platform plugin "xcb" in "" even though it was found.
Solution
A package is missing
sudo apt install libxcb-cursor0
sudo apt-get install libicu-dev
sudo apt-get install libxcb-cursor-dev
The testium appimage crashes when opening a file
This is usually because wayland is defined as the default X server.
To change it :
-
Disable Wayland by uncommenting WaylandEnable=false in the
/etc/gdm3/daemon.conf -
Add
QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcbin/etc/environment -
After a reboot, check that the environment variable value returns
x11:$ echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE x11