I'm using pytest for my test suite. While catching bugs in complex inter-components test, I would like to place import ipdb; ipdb.set_trace() in the middle of my code to allow me to debug it.
However, since pytest traps sys.stdin/sys.stdout ipdb fails. How can I use ipdb while testing with pytest.
I'm not interested in jumping to pdb or ipdb after a failure, but to place breaks anywhere in the code and be able to debug it there before the failure occurs.
This is what I use
py.test tests/ --pdbcls=IPython.core.debugger:Pdb -s
How to execute ipdb.set_trace() at will while running pytest tests