From 6cffb9ae2d8d06f61828a6eb372091f8bc111ce1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Melissa DeLucchi <delucchi@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2026 14:42:49 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Give more helpful messages during CI failures.

---
 .github/workflows/smoke-test.yml                               | 2 +-
 .github/workflows/testing-and-coverage.yml                     | 2 +-
 pyproject.toml                                                 | 3 +++
 python-project-template/.github/workflows/smoke-test.yml.jinja | 2 +-
 .../.github/workflows/testing-and-coverage.yml.jinja           | 2 +-
 python-project-template/pyproject.toml.jinja                   | 1 +
 6 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/smoke-test.yml b/.github/workflows/smoke-test.yml
index 43e5b49..c9ee305 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/smoke-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/smoke-test.yml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Run unit tests with pytest /  pytest-copie
       run: |
         git config --global init.defaultBranch main
-        python -m pytest tests --python_version ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        python -m pytest tests -o log_cli=true -vv --python_version ${{ matrix.python-version }}
     - name: Send status to Slack app
       if: ${{ failure() && github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' }}
       id: slack
diff --git a/.github/workflows/testing-and-coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/testing-and-coverage.yml
index dcf1ae8..cbcc57b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/testing-and-coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/testing-and-coverage.yml
@@ -36,4 +36,4 @@ jobs:
     - name: Run unit tests with pytest /  pytest-copie
       run: |
         git config --global init.defaultBranch main
-        python -m pytest tests --python_version ${{ matrix.python-version }}
\ No newline at end of file
+        python -m pytest tests -o log_cli=true -vv --python_version ${{ matrix.python-version }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d4aab3f..a30848a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -67,3 +67,6 @@ line-length = 110
 [tool.isort]
 profile = "black"
 line_length = 110
+
+[tool.pytest.ini_options]
+log_cli_level = "INFO"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/python-project-template/.github/workflows/smoke-test.yml.jinja b/python-project-template/.github/workflows/smoke-test.yml.jinja
index 2f7f17d..209785b 100644
--- a/python-project-template/.github/workflows/smoke-test.yml.jinja
+++ b/python-project-template/.github/workflows/smoke-test.yml.jinja
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
         pip list
     - name: Run unit tests with pytest
       run: |
-        python -m pytest
+        python -m pytest -o log_cli=true -vv 
 {%- if 'email' in failure_notification %}
     - name: Send status to author's email      
       if: {% raw %}${{ failure() }} && github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' }}{% endraw %} # Only email if the workflow failed and was not manually started. Customize this as necessary.
diff --git a/python-project-template/.github/workflows/testing-and-coverage.yml.jinja b/python-project-template/.github/workflows/testing-and-coverage.yml.jinja
index fa62317..53d6e82 100644
--- a/python-project-template/.github/workflows/testing-and-coverage.yml.jinja
+++ b/python-project-template/.github/workflows/testing-and-coverage.yml.jinja
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
         if [ -f requirements.txt ]; then uv pip install --system -r requirements.txt; fi
     - name: Run unit tests with pytest
       run: |
-        python -m pytest --cov={{package_name}} --cov-report=xml
+        python -m pytest -o log_cli=true -vv --cov={{package_name}} --cov-report=xml
     - name: Upload coverage report to codecov
       uses: codecov/codecov-action@v7
       with:
diff --git a/python-project-template/pyproject.toml.jinja b/python-project-template/pyproject.toml.jinja
index 24998d6..43324fa 100644
--- a/python-project-template/pyproject.toml.jinja
+++ b/python-project-template/pyproject.toml.jinja
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ testpaths = [
     "docs",
 ]
 addopts = "--doctest-modules --doctest-glob=*.rst"
+log_cli_level = "INFO"
 
 {% if 'black' in enforce_style -%}
 [tool.black]