Understanding test errors in pull requests

When you submit a new pull request, GitHub will trigger the test suite to run against it. This will take several minutes, as it needs to create a new virtual machine, and start a lint test using Pylint, as well as tests on popular platforms such as CentOS and Ubuntu:

Understanding test errors in pull requests

As the tests are running, you can check progress by clicking the Details button on the right:

Understanding test errors in pull requests

Click on one of the tests to see more information. You will see output such as error messages, stacktraces, and standard output and standard error output. ...

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