4.0.6

What's Changed

• fix the incorrect elapsed time issue by @WendyInXian in #605

Full Changelog: 4.0.5...4.0.6

4.0.5

What's Changed

• fix the filter by dynamic case/tag issue by @wendi616 in #607

New Contributors

• @wendi616 made their first contribution in #607

Full Changelog: 4.0.4...4.0.5

4.0.0

Full Changelog: 3.1.0...4.0.0

Pabot 4.0.0

Major Changes

• Improved Robot Framework 7.1 Compatibility

  • Enhanced SharedLibrary compatibility
  • Support for --legacyoutput option for compatibility with older tools

• PabotLib Now Enabled by Default: PabotLib functionality is now automatically enabled and doesn't require explicit activation

  • Old --pabotlib argument is kept for backwards compatibility but does nothing
  • New --no-pabotlib argument added to disable PabotLib when needed

• Flexible Argument Positioning: Pabot options no longer need to be placed before Robot Framework options

• Enhanced Error Handling and Test Execution:

  • Ordering file errors are now properly categorized as test data problems rather than Pabot failures
  • Improved preservation of test execution order when sharding
  • Fixed incorrect process number allocation in dryrun mode
  • Better support for non-English robot case files with --language option (e.g., pabot --language zh-CN localized.robot)

• Installation and Packaging:

  • Added wheel packages for easier installation

Breaking Changes

• PabotLib being enabled by default might affect existing workflows that assumed it was disabled
• Modified test sharding behavior for better order preservation

Contributors

• Mikko Korpela
• David Hotham (Wheel publishing)
• WendyInXian (Dryrun process allocation fix)
• Patrik William (Shards ordering)
• Yinling He (Non-English file support)

Known Issues

• Some timing-related issues have been reported (#593, #596) but appear to be related to Robot Framework core

Compatibility

• Tested against Robot Framework versions 4.1.3, 5.0.1, 6.0.2, 6.1.1, 7.0.1 and 7.1.1.
• Tested against Python versions 3.8, 3.10 and 3.12

3.1.0

What's Changed

• Fix incorrect logic to allocate processes with --dryrun option by @WendyInXian in #597
• publish wheels by @dimbleby in #604
• Fix error when running non-English robot case files by @heyinling in #586

New Contributors

• @WendyInXian made their first contribution in #597
• @dimbleby made their first contribution in #604
• @heyinling made their first contribution in #586

Full Changelog: 3.0.1...3.1.0

3.0.1

What's Changed

• Preserve shards ordering by @patrikwilliam in #558

New Contributors

• @patrikwilliam made their first contribution in #558

Full Changelog: 2.20.0...3.0.1

Pabot 2.20.0

Full Changelog: 2.19.0...2.20.0

Fixes #594 --legacyoutput with Robot Framework >= 7

2.19.0

Full Changelog: 2.18.0...2.19.0

Make SharedLibrary work with RF >=7

Thanks @olesz for your work on this issue!

Pabot 2.18.0

RF 7 support with --testlevelsplit.

Full Changelog: 2.17.0...2.18.0

Pabot 2.17.0

What's Changed

Support RF 7.

• remove support for python2 in the tests by @nestoracunablanco in #536
• ci: test against different robotframework versions by @reubenmiller in #562
• fix: exclude deprecated options based on RF version by @reubenmiller in #563

New Contributors

• @reubenmiller made their first contribution in #562

Full Changelog: 2.16.0...2.17.0

Pabot 2.16.0

What's Changed

• Updates to support Robot 6.1 by @oboehmer in #534

New Contributors

• @oboehmer made their first contribution in #534

Full Changelog: 2.15.0...2.16.0