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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions docs/known-limitations.rst
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Expand Up @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ pytest-xdist has some limitations that may be supported in pytest but can't be s
Order and amount of test must be consistent
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Is is not possible to have tests that differ in order or their amount across workers.
It is not possible to have tests that differ in order or their amount across workers.

This is especially true with ``pytest.mark.parametrize``, when values are produced with sets or other unordered iterables/generators.

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -59,6 +59,6 @@ Output (stdout and stderr) from workers

The ``-s``/``--capture=no`` option is meant to disable pytest capture, so users can then see stdout and stderr output in the terminal from tests and application code in real time.

However this option does not work with ``pytest-xdist`` because `execnet <https://github.com/pytest-dev/execnet>`__ the underlying library used for communication between master and workers, does not support transferring stdout/stderr from workers.
However, this option does not work with ``pytest-xdist`` because `execnet <https://github.com/pytest-dev/execnet>`__ the underlying library used for communication between master and workers, does not support transferring stdout/stderr from workers.

Currenlty there are no plans ot support this in ``pytest-xdist``.
Currently, there are no plans to support this in ``pytest-xdist``.