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+# Copyright (C) Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
+#
+# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+# License, v. 2.0.  If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+# file, you can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+#
+# See the COPYRIGHT file distributed with this work for additional
+# information regarding copyright ownership.
+
+[pytest]
+addopts = --tb=short -rA
+log_format = %(asctime)s %(levelname)s:%(name)s %(message)s
+log_date_format = %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S
+log_cli = 1
+log_level = INFO
+python_files = tests_*.py