# ReTestItems.jl status and Julia 1.13+ compatibility

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/retestitems-jl-status-and-julia-1-13-compatibility/139364>\
**Category:** Performance\
**Created:** [September 11, 2026, 1:48pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/retestitems-jl-status-and-julia-1-13-compatibility/139364 "2026-09-11T13:48:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rafael\_Brus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/rafael_brus/32/23767_2.png) [@Rafael\_Brus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Rafael_Brus)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 1:48pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/retestitems-jl-status-and-julia-1-13-compatibility/139364/1 "2026-09-11T13:48:40Z")

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Hi everyone,

Is anyone currently using [ReTestItems.jl](https://github.com/JuliaTesting/ReTestItems.jl)?

I think it is an amazing tool — the parallel test execution and test items workflow have been great for our test suites.

However, it currently fails on Julia 1.13 (and nightly) before running any tests due to changes in `ScopedValues`:

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**Author:** ![davidanthoff](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/davidanthoff/32/223493_2.png) [@davidanthoff](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/davidanthoff)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 6:07pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/retestitems-jl-status-and-julia-1-13-compatibility/139364/2 "2026-09-11T18:07:03Z")

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I’m not sure about ReTestItems status, but [https://julia-testitems.org/](https://julia-testitems.org/) now has lots of similar runners as well.

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**Author:** ![gbaraldi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/gbaraldi/32/22101_2.png) [@gbaraldi](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/gbaraldi)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 6:11pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/retestitems-jl-status-and-julia-1-13-compatibility/139364/3 "2026-09-11T18:11:41Z")

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A less fancy thing that I’ve used recently in a couple package is [GitHub - JuliaTesting/ParallelTestRunner.jl: Parallel test runner · GitHub](https://github.com/JuliaTesting/ParallelTestRunner.jl). It parallelizes only per file and your test unit is the file. But it avoids some of the pitfalls with the fancier macros, so if you don’t need the fancier/cooler features I recommend it

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**Author:** ![Rafael\_Brus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/rafael_brus/32/23767_2.png) [@Rafael\_Brus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Rafael_Brus)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2026, 4:26pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/retestitems-jl-status-and-julia-1-13-compatibility/139364/4 "2026-09-14T16:26:28Z")

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Hi everyone,

Thanks for the suggestions! Looks like we have some great alternatives here, and I’ll definitely try them out in a new app where I haven’t added parallel tests yet.

In the meantime, I wanted to give a shout-out to Drvi — the maintainer has just updated the package and the issue is fixed!