Skip unavailable requested loop factories

docs/how-to-guides/run_test_with_specific_loop_factories.rst

@@ -12,3 +12,5 @@ To run a test with only a subset of configured factories, use the ``loop_factori
    @pytest.mark.asyncio(loop_factories=["custom"])
    async def test_only_with_custom_event_loop():
        pass
+
+If a requested factory name is not available from the hook, the test variant for that factory is skipped.

docs/reference/markers/index.rst

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Subpackages do not share the loop with their parent package.
 
 Tests marked with *session* scope share the same event loop, even if the tests exist in different packages.
 
-The ``pytest.mark.asyncio`` marker also accepts a ``loop_factories`` keyword argument to select a subset of configured event loop factories for a test. If ``loop_factories`` contains unknown names, pytest-asyncio raises a ``pytest.UsageError`` during collection.
+The ``pytest.mark.asyncio`` marker also accepts a ``loop_factories`` keyword argument to select a subset of configured event loop factories for a test. If ``loop_factories`` contains names not available from the hook, those test variants are skipped.
 
 .. |auto mode| replace:: *auto mode*
 .. _auto mode: ../../concepts.html#auto-mode

pytest_asyncio/plugin.py

@@ -698,30 +698,39 @@ def pytest_generate_tests(metafunc: pytest.Metafunc) -> None:
             )
         return
 
+    factory_params: Iterable[object]
+    factory_ids: Iterable[str]
     if marker_selected_factory_names is None:
-        effective_factories = hook_factories
+        factory_params = hook_factories.values()
+        factory_ids = hook_factories.keys()
     else:
-        missing_factory_names = tuple(
-            name for name in marker_selected_factory_names if name not in hook_factories
-        )
-        if missing_factory_names:
-            msg = (
-                f"Unknown factory name(s) {missing_factory_names}."
-                f" Available names: {', '.join(hook_factories)}."
+        # Iterate in marker order to preserve explicit user selection
+        # order.
+        factory_ids = marker_selected_factory_names
+        factory_params = [
+            (
+                hook_factories[name]
+                if name in hook_factories
+                else pytest.param(
+                    None,
+                    marks=pytest.mark.skip(
+                        reason=(
+                            f"Loop factory {name!r} is not available."
+                            f" Available factories:"
+                            f" {', '.join(hook_factories)}."
+                        ),
+                    ),
+                )
             )
-            raise pytest.UsageError(msg)
-        # Build the mapping in marker order to preserve explicit user
-        # selection order in parametrization.
-        effective_factories = {
-            name: hook_factories[name] for name in marker_selected_factory_names
-        }
+            for name in marker_selected_factory_names
+        ]
     metafunc.fixturenames.append(_asyncio_loop_factory.__name__)
     default_loop_scope = _get_default_test_loop_scope(metafunc.config)
     loop_scope = marker_loop_scope or default_loop_scope
     metafunc.parametrize(
         _asyncio_loop_factory.__name__,
-        effective_factories.values(),
-        ids=effective_factories.keys(),
+        factory_params,
+        ids=factory_ids,
         indirect=True,
         scope=loop_scope,
     )

tests/test_loop_factory_parametrization.py

@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ async def test_runs_only_with_uvloop():
     result.assert_outcomes(passed=1)
 
 
-def test_asyncio_marker_loop_factories_unknown_name_errors(pytester: Pytester) -> None:
+def test_unavailable_factory_skips_with_reason(pytester: Pytester) -> None:
     pytester.makeini("[pytest]\nasyncio_default_fixture_loop_scope = function")
     pytester.makeconftest(dedent("""\
         import asyncio
@@ -385,16 +385,77 @@ def pytest_asyncio_loop_factories(config, item):
         pytest_plugins = "pytest_asyncio"
 
         @pytest.mark.asyncio(loop_factories=["missing"])
-        async def test_errors():
+        async def test_skipped():
             assert True
         """))
-    result = pytester.runpytest("--asyncio-mode=strict")
-    result.assert_outcomes(errors=1)
-    result.stdout.fnmatch_lines(
-        [
-            "*Unknown factory name(s)*Available names:*",
-        ]
-    )
+    result = pytester.runpytest("--asyncio-mode=strict", "-rs")
+    result.assert_outcomes(skipped=1)
+    result.stdout.fnmatch_lines(["*SKIPPED*Loop factory 'missing' is not available*"])
+
+
+def test_partial_intersection_runs_available_and_skips_missing(
+    pytester: Pytester,
+) -> None:
+    pytester.makeini("[pytest]\nasyncio_default_fixture_loop_scope = function")
+    pytester.makeconftest(dedent("""\
+        import asyncio
+
+        class CustomEventLoop(asyncio.SelectorEventLoop):
+            pass
+
+        def pytest_asyncio_loop_factories(config, item):
+            return {
+                "available": CustomEventLoop,
+                "other": asyncio.new_event_loop,
+            }
+        """))
+    pytester.makepyfile(dedent("""\
+        import asyncio
+        import pytest
+
+        pytest_plugins = "pytest_asyncio"
+
+        @pytest.mark.asyncio(loop_factories=["available", "missing"])
+        async def test_runs_with_available():
+            assert type(asyncio.get_running_loop()).__name__ == "CustomEventLoop"
+        """))
+    result = pytester.runpytest("--asyncio-mode=strict", "-rs")
+    result.assert_outcomes(passed=1, skipped=1)
+    result.stdout.fnmatch_lines(["*SKIPPED*Loop factory 'missing' is not available*"])
+
+
+def test_platform_conditional_factories(pytester: Pytester) -> None:
+    pytester.makeini("[pytest]\nasyncio_default_fixture_loop_scope = function")
+    pytester.makeconftest(dedent("""\
+        import asyncio
+        import sys
+
+        def pytest_asyncio_loop_factories(config, item):
+            factories = {"default": asyncio.new_event_loop}
+            if sys.platform == "a_platform_that_does_not_exist":
+                factories["exotic"] = asyncio.new_event_loop
+            return factories
+        """))
+    pytester.makepyfile(dedent("""\
+        import pytest
+
+        pytest_plugins = "pytest_asyncio"
+
+        @pytest.mark.asyncio(loop_factories=["exotic"])
+        async def test_exotic_only():
+            assert True
+
+        @pytest.mark.asyncio(loop_factories=["default"])
+        async def test_default_only():
+            assert True
+
+        @pytest.mark.asyncio(loop_factories=["default", "exotic"])
+        async def test_both():
+            assert True
+        """))
+    result = pytester.runpytest("--asyncio-mode=strict", "-rs")
+    result.assert_outcomes(passed=2, skipped=2)
+    result.stdout.fnmatch_lines(["*SKIPPED*Loop factory 'exotic' is not available*"])
 
 
 def test_asyncio_marker_loop_factories_without_hook_errors(