Python Coverage: The Esential Coverage Reporter GitHub Action for python

☂️ parse and publish coverage xml to a PR, enforce coverage rate on new & modified files

Usage

Create a new workflow .yml file in the .github/workflows/ directory.

You can create a coverage report using python:

• pytest $ pytest --cov-report xml:path/to/coverage.xml
• coverage $ coverage xml path/to/coverage.xml

Minimal Configuration

name: 'coverage'
on:
    pull_request:
        branches:
            - master
            - main
permissions:
    contents: read
    pull-requests: write
jobs:
    coverage:
        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
        steps:
          - name: Get Cover 
            uses: orgoro/coverage@v3.2
            with:
                coverageFile: path/to/coverage.xml
                token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

Required Permissions

The action needs pull-requests: write to post (and update) the coverage comment, and contents: read to fetch the diff between base and head. If your workflow restricts the default token (e.g. via a repo-wide permissions: read-all), set them explicitly as shown above.

PR Message & Job Summary 🆕

Inputs

Input	Optional	Description	Example
coverageFile		path to .xml coverage report	./path/to/coverage.xml
token		your github token	🤫
thresholdAll	✅	the minimal average line coverage	0.8
thresholdNew	✅	the minimal average new files line coverage	0.9
thresholdModified	✅	the minimal average modified files line coverage	0.0
passIcon	✅	the indicator to use for files that passed	🟢
failIcon	✅	the indicator to use for files that failed	🔴
sourceDir	✅	the directory to use as the source of the coverage report	./path/to/src
title	✅	heading text for the PR comment; set a unique value per matrix entry to post separate comments	Python Coverage 3.11