Add BuiltIn.robot_running and BuiltIn.dry_run_active

New propertys for libraries and other extensions. Fixes #4666.

atest/robot/standard_libraries/builtin/builtin_propertys.robot

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+*** Settings ***
+Resource          atest_resource.robot
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+Normal run
+    Run Tests    ${EMPTY}    standard_libraries/builtin/builtin_propertys.robot
+    Check Test Case    Test propertys
+
+Dry-run
+    Run Tests    --dryrun --variable DRYRUN:True    standard_libraries/builtin/builtin_propertys.robot
+    Check Test Case    Test propertys

atest/testdata/standard_libraries/builtin/BuiltInPropertys.py

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+from robot.libraries.BuiltIn import BuiltIn
+
+
+class BuiltInPropertys:
+
+    def __init__(self, dry_run=False):
+        assert BuiltIn().robot_running is True
+        assert BuiltIn().dry_run_active is dry_run
+
+    def keyword(self):
+        assert BuiltIn().robot_running is True
+        assert BuiltIn().dry_run_active is False

atest/testdata/standard_libraries/builtin/builtin_propertys.robot

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+*** Settings ***
+Library          BuiltInPropertys.py    ${DRYRUN}
+
+*** Variables ***
+${DRYRUN}        False
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+Test propertys
+    Keyword

src/robot/libraries/BuiltIn.py

@@ -54,6 +54,28 @@ def decorator(method):
 
 class _BuiltInBase:
 
+    @property
+    def robot_running(self) -> bool:
+        """Return True/False depending on is Robot Framework running or not.
+
+        Can be used by libraries and other extensions.
+
+        New in Robot Framework 6.1.
+        """
+        return EXECUTION_CONTEXTS.current is not None
+
+    @property
+    def dry_run_active(self) -> bool:
+        """Return True/False depending on is dry-run active or not.
+
+        Can be used by libraries and other extensions. Notice that library
+        keywords are not run at all in dry-run, but library ``__init__``
+        can utilize this information.
+
+        New in Robot Framework 6.1.
+        """
+        return self.robot_running and self._context.dry_run
+
     @property
     def _context(self):
         return self._get_context()

utest/api/test_using_libraries.py

@@ -26,6 +26,15 @@ def test_suite_doc_and_metadata(self):
                                BuiltIn().set_suite_metadata, 'name', 'value')
 
 
+class TestBuiltInPropertys(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_robot_running(self):
+        assert_equal(BuiltIn().robot_running, False)
+
+    def test_dry_run_active(self):
+        assert_equal(BuiltIn().dry_run_active, False)
+
+
 class TestDateTime(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_date_seconds(self):