2 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/library/unittest.rst b/Doc/library/unittest.rst
index b8aed9b..e1d416d 100644
--- a/Doc/library/unittest.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/unittest.rst
@@ -1318,6 +1318,20 @@ Loading and running tests
       The default implementation does nothing.
 
 
+   .. method:: startTestRun(test)
+
+      Called once before any tests are executed.
+
+      .. versionadded:: 2.7
+
+
+   .. method:: stopTestRun(test)
+
+      Called once before any tests are executed.
+
+      .. versionadded:: 2.7
+
+
    .. method:: addError(test, err)
 
       Called when the test case *test* raises an unexpected exception *err* is a
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst
index 3243c0a..9182c453 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst
@@ -517,6 +517,10 @@ changes, or look through the Subversion logs for all the details.
   If False ``main`` doesn't call :func:`sys.exit` allowing it to
   be used from the interactive interpreter. :issue:`3379`.
 
+  :class:`TestResult` has new :meth:`startTestRun` and
+  :meth:`stopTestRun` methods; called immediately before
+  and after a test run. :issue:`5728` by Robert Collins.
+
 * The :func:`is_zipfile` function in the :mod:`zipfile` module will now
   accept a file object, in addition to the path names accepted in earlier
   versions.  (Contributed by Gabriel Genellina; :issue:`4756`.)