ParallelTestsPlus

A Magento 2 extension that enhances the core dev:tests:run command by enabling parallel execution of developer tests using ParaTest.

This module significantly reduces execution time for static, unit, integration and integrity tests — with zero core overrides and full CI/CD compatibility.

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✨ Features

• 🚀 Parallel execution of Magento developer tests.
• 🔧 Adds --processes to set worker count.
• 🧵 Adds --runner option (default: WrapperRunner).
• ⚙ Fully compatible with Magento’s native --arguments passthrough.
• 🧩 Supports all Magento test categories:
  • Static Test Suites (Default, Legacy, JS Exemplar)
  • Unit Tests (Framework + Integration Layer)
  • Integration Tests
  • Integrity Tests
• 🛡 Clean DI override of:

  Magento\Developer\Console\Command\DevTestsRunCommand
  

• 🎯 No core hacks. Safe for production and CI pipelines.

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📦 Installation

You can install this module using Composer (recommended) or manually.

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🔹 1. Install via Composer (recommended)

Requires Packagist entry:

composer require cleatsquad/module-parallel-tests-plus --dev

Then upgrade Magento:

bin/magento setup:upgrade

🔹 2. Manual installation (app/code)

Copy the module

app/code/CleatSquad/ParallelTestsPlus

Require ParaTest

composer require --dev brianium/paratest

Then upgrade Magento:

bin/magento setup:upgrade

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🚀 Usage

Run static tests with 8 workers

bin/magento dev:tests:run static --processes=8

Run unit tests with 3 workers

bin/magento dev:tests:run unit --processes=3

Run all developer tests in parallel

bin/magento dev:tests:run all --processes=8

Use a custom runner

bin/magento dev:tests:run static --runner=WrapperRunner

Pass arguments to ParaTest/PHPUnit via Magento native --arguments

bin/magento dev:tests:run static -c" --filter=MyTest"
bin/magento dev:tests:run integration --processes 2 -c" testsuite/Magento/Catalog/Model/ResourceModel/Category/CollectionTest.php"

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🤝 Support & Contributions

Issues and pull requests are welcome.

GitHub:
https://github.com/CleatSquad/module-parallel-tests-plus

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Versioning

We use SemVer for versioning. For the versions available, see the tags on this repository.

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🙏 Acknowledgements

This module is powered by the excellent ParaTest project:

➡️ https://github.com/paratestphp/paratest

ParaTest enables efficient parallel execution of PHPUnit tests and is essential to the performance improvements provided by this module.

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Authors

• Mohamed El Mrabet - Initial work - mimou78

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📜 License

Released under the MIT License.
See the LICENSE.txt file for full details.

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