Release

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+### Fixed
+- Issue [#397](https://github.com/reportportal/agent-python-pytest/issues/397) pytest launch stuck with xdist, by @HardNorth
+
+## [5.5.1]
 ### Added
 - Too long BDD Step name truncation on reporting, by @HardNorth
 - `use_index` parameter for `@pytest.mark.parametrize` decorator, which replaces parameter values with their indexes in the list, by @ramir-dn

pytest_reportportal/service.py

@@ -433,12 +433,14 @@ def _merge_code(self, test_tree: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
         self._merge_code_with_separator(test_tree, "::")
 
     def _build_item_paths(self, leaf: Dict[str, Any], path: List[Dict[str, Any]]) -> None:
-        if "children" in leaf and len(leaf["children"]) > 0:
+        children = leaf.get("children", {})
+        all_background_steps = all([isinstance(child, Background) for child in children.keys()])
+        if len(children) > 0 and not all_background_steps:
             path.append(leaf)
             for name, child_leaf in leaf["children"].items():
                 self._build_item_paths(child_leaf, path)
             path.pop()
-        if leaf["type"] != LeafType.ROOT:
+        elif leaf["type"] != LeafType.ROOT:
             self._tree_path[leaf["item"]] = path + [leaf]
 
     @check_rp_enabled

setup.cfg

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 test=pytest
 
 [metadata]
-description_file = README.rst
+description_file = README.md
 
 [sdist]
 formats=gztar

setup.py

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 from setuptools import setup
 
-__version__ = "5.5.1"
+__version__ = "5.5.2"
 
 
 def read_file(fname):