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Making PyPI's test suite faster

by "Alexis Challande" blog.trailofbits.com published 2025-05-019 min read

See how we slashed PyPI’s test suite runtime from 163 to 30 seconds. The techniques we share can help you dramatically improve your own project’s testing performance without sacrificing coverage.

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