Merge pull request #7955 from nicoddemus/backport-7914

[6.1.x] Increase temp dir deletion period to 3 days (#7914)
pytest-dev · Oct 28, 2020 · cd221df · cd221df
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diff --git a/changelog/7911.bugfix.rst b/changelog/7911.bugfix.rst
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+Directories created by `tmpdir` are now considered stale after 3 days without modification (previous value was 3 hours) to avoid deleting directories still in use in long running test suites.
diff --git a/src/_pytest/pathlib.py b/src/_pytest/pathlib.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 __all__ = ["Path", "PurePath"]
 
 
-LOCK_TIMEOUT = 60 * 60 * 3
+LOCK_TIMEOUT = 60 * 60 * 24 * 3
 
 
 _AnyPurePath = TypeVar("_AnyPurePath", bound=PurePath)