https://github.com/nedbat/coveragepy/issues/1303 Looks like the race condition is between erasing and creating... COVERAGE_DEBUG=dataio,pid,process,self pytest "./test/." \ -q -s -m unittest \ --cov-report=xml --cov-report=term-missing \ --cov="./pji/." \ \ 7715.ea8c: cwd is now '/src/bugs/bug1303/pji' 7715.ea8c: New process: executable: '/usr/local/bin/python' 7715.ea8c: New process: cmd: ['/usr/local/bin/pytest', './test/.', '-q', '-s', '-m', 'unittest', '--cov-report=xml', '--cov-report=term-missing', '--cov=./pji/.'] 7715.ea8c: New process: pid: 7715, parent pid: 7714 7715.ea8c: Erasing data file '/src/bugs/bug1303/pji/.coverage' 7715.ea8c: self: _have_used=False _has_lines=False _has_arcs=False _current_context=None _current_context_id=None _query_context_ids=None> ....................... 7720.ea8c: Opening data file '/src/bugs/bug1303/pji/.coverage' 7720.ea8c: self: _have_used=False _has_lines=False _has_arcs=False _current_context=None _current_context_id=None _query_context_ids=None> 7725.ea8c: Opening data file '/src/bugs/bug1303/pji/.coverage' 7725.ea8c: self: _have_used=False _has_lines=False _has_arcs=False _current_context=None _current_context_id=None _query_context_ids=None> . 7732.ea8c: Opening data file '/src/bugs/bug1303/pji/.coverage' 7732.ea8c: self: _have_used=False _has_lines=False _has_arcs=False _current_context=None _current_context_id=None _query_context_ids=None> 7737.ea8c: Opening data file '/src/bugs/bug1303/pji/.coverage' 7737.ea8c: self: _have_used=False _has_lines=False _has_arcs=False _current_context=None _current_context_id=None _query_context_ids=None> ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 7715.ea8c: Erasing data file '/src/bugs/bug1303/pji/.coverage.docker-desktop.7715.157477' 7715.ea8c: self: _have_used=False _has_lines=False _has_arcs=False _current_context=None _current_context_id=None _query_context_ids=None> 7715.ea8c: Creating data file '/src/bugs/bug1303/pji/.coverage.docker-desktop.7715.157477' 7715.ea8c: self: _have_used=True _has_lines=True _has_arcs=False _current_context=None _current_context_id=None _query_context_ids=None> 7715.ea8c: Opening data file '/src/bugs/bug1303/pji/.coverage' 7715.ea8c: self: _have_used=False _has_lines=False _has_arcs=False _current_context=None _current_context_id=None _query_context_ids=None> INTERNALERROR> Traceback (most recent call last): INTERNALERROR> File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/coverage/sqldata.py", line 1100, in execute INTERNALERROR> return self.con.execute(sql, parameters) INTERNALERROR> sqlite3.OperationalError: no such table: coverage_schema INTERNALERROR> INTERNALERROR> During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: INTERNALERROR> INTERNALERROR> Traceback (most recent call last): INTERNALERROR> File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/coverage/sqldata.py", line 1105, in execute INTERNALERROR> return self.con.execute(sql, parameters) INTERNALERROR> sqlite3.OperationalError: no such table: coverage_schema INTERNALERROR> INTERNALERROR> The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception: INTERNALERROR> INTERNALERROR> Traceback (most recent call last): INTERNALERROR> File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/coverage/sqldata.py", line 290, in _read_db INTERNALERROR> schema_version, = db.execute_one("select version from coverage_schema") INTERNALERROR> File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/coverage/sqldata.py", line 1133, in execute_one INTERNALERROR> rows = list(self.execute(sql, parameters)) INTERNALERROR> File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/coverage/sqldata.py", line 1122, in execute INTERNALERROR> raise DataError(f"Couldn't use data file {self.filename!r}: {msg}") from exc INTERNALERROR> coverage.exceptions.DataError: Couldn't use data file '/src/bugs/bug1303/pji/.coverage': no such table: coverage_schema INTERNALERROR> INTERNALERROR> The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception: INTERNALERROR> INTERNALERROR> Traceback (most recent call last): INTERNALERROR> File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/_pytest/main.py", line 269, in wrap_session INTERNALERROR> session.exitstatus = doit(config, session) or 0 INTERNALERROR> File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/_pytest/main.py", line 323, in _main INTERNALERROR> config.hook.pytest_runtestloop(session=session) INTERNALERROR> File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pluggy/_hooks.py", line 265, in __call__ INTERNALERROR> return self._hookexec(self.name, self.get_hookimpls(), kwargs, firstresult) INTERNALERROR> File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pluggy/_manager.py", line 80, in _hookexec INTERNALERROR> return self._inner_hookexec(hook_name, methods, kwargs, firstresult) INTERNALERROR> File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pluggy/_callers.py", line 55, in _multicall INTERNALERROR> gen.send(outcome) INTERNALERROR> File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pytest_cov/plugin.py", line 294, in pytest_runtestloop INTERNALERROR> self.cov_controller.finish() INTERNALERROR> File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pytest_cov/engine.py", line 44, in ensure_topdir_wrapper INTERNALERROR> return meth(self, *args, **kwargs) INTERNALERROR> File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pytest_cov/engine.py", line 230, in finish INTERNALERROR> self.cov.stop() INTERNALERROR> File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/coverage/control.py", line 446, in load INTERNALERROR> self._data.read() INTERNALERROR> File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/coverage/sqldata.py", line 778, in read INTERNALERROR> with self._connect(): # TODO: doesn't look right INTERNALERROR> File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/coverage/sqldata.py", line 316, in _connect INTERNALERROR> self._open_db() INTERNALERROR> File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/coverage/sqldata.py", line 284, in _open_db INTERNALERROR> self._read_db() INTERNALERROR> File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/coverage/sqldata.py", line 296, in _read_db INTERNALERROR> ) from exc INTERNALERROR> coverage.exceptions.DataError: Data file '/src/bugs/bug1303/pji/.coverage' doesn't seem to be a coverage data file: Couldn't use data file '/src/bugs/bug1303/pji/.coverage': no such table: coverage_schema 312 passed, 1 warning in 62.60s (0:01:02) 7715.ea8c: atexit: pid: 7715, instance: 7715.ea8c: self: make: *** [Makefile:17: unittest] Error 3