Running tests on remote machine and capture output using pytest

Question

If I execute tests on local machine, I can see the console output from the test case. However, the console output is not captured while running tests on remote machine using pytest. Here is the sample test case -

test_sample.py

import os
import pytest

@pytest.mark.set1
def test_command():
    output = os.popen("ifconfig")
    print(output.read())

pytest.ini

[pytest]
markers =
    set1: mark a test as a set1.
    set2: mark a test as a set2.

~/.ssh/config

Host ubuntu
    HostName 10.203.114.68
    User root
    Port 22
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa

Pytest Command to execute tests on local VM

py.test -s -m set1 -k test_command -v

Console Output

========================================================================================================= test session starts =========================================================================================================
platform linux -- Python 3.6.12, pytest-6.0.2, py-1.9.0, pluggy-0.13.1 -- /usr/bin/python3.6
cachedir: .pytest_cache
metadata: {'Python': '3.6.12', 'Platform': 'Linux-4.4.0-142-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-16.04-xenial', 'Packages': {'pytest': '6.0.2', 'py': '1.9.0', 'pluggy': '0.13.1'}, 'Plugins': {'html': '2.1.1', 'forked': '1.3.0', 'xdist': '2.1.0', 'metadata': '1.11.0'}}
rootdir: /home/kulkarniabhi/pytaf, configfile: pytest.ini
plugins: html-2.1.1, forked-1.3.0, xdist-2.1.0, metadata-1.11.0
collected 19 items / 18 deselected / 1 selected                                                                                                                                                                                       

test_demo5.py::test_command ens160    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:50:56:93:9a:1d  
          inet addr:10.198.36.31  Bcast:10.198.39.255  Mask:255.255.252.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::250:56ff:fe93:9a1d/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:1748980902 errors:0 dropped:5419 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:54277009 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:252392842770 (252.3 GB)  TX bytes:101276948055 (101.2 GB)

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1
          RX packets:5683112 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:5683112 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1 
          RX bytes:1720657136 (1.7 GB)  TX bytes:1720657136 (1.7 GB)


PASSED

================================================================================================== 1 passed, 18 deselected in 0.03s ===================================================================================================

Pytest Command to execute tests on remote VM ubuntu

py.test -d --tx ssh=ubuntu//python=python3 --rsyncdir ~/pytaf/ -s -m set1 -k test_command -v

Console Output

========================================================================================================= test session starts =========================================================================================================
platform linux -- Python 3.6.12, pytest-6.0.2, py-1.9.0, pluggy-0.13.1 -- /usr/bin/python3.6
cachedir: .pytest_cache
metadata: {'Python': '3.6.12', 'Platform': 'Linux-4.4.0-142-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-16.04-xenial', 'Packages': {'pytest': '6.0.2', 'py': '1.9.0', 'pluggy': '0.13.1'}, 'Plugins': {'html': '2.1.1', 'forked': '1.3.0', 'xdist': '2.1.0', 'metadata': '1.11.0'}}
rootdir: /home/kulkarniabhi/pytaf, configfile: pytest.ini
plugins: html-2.1.1, forked-1.3.0, xdist-2.1.0, metadata-1.11.0
gw0 [email protected]'s password: **********
[gw0] linux Python 3.8.5 cwd: /home/bit9qa/pyexecnetcache
[gw0] Python 3.8.5 (default, Jul 28 2020, 12:59:40)  -- [GCC 9.3.0]
gw0 [1]
scheduling tests via LoadScheduling

test_demo5.py::test_command 
[gw0] PASSED test_demo5.py::test_command

========================================================================================================== 1 passed in 8.04s =========================================================================================================

**My pytest version on both local and remote vm ==> **

[root@localhost]$ python3.6 -m py.test --version
pytest 6.0.2

I have already verified that --capture / -s option is supported by the latest pytest-xdist
https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/680

There is NO need to apply the following workaround
pytest + xdist without capturing output?