Report error for coverage 5+ in ansible-test.

changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-coverage-version-check.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+minor_changes:
+    - ansible-test now checks for the minimum and maximum supported versions when importing ``coverage``
+    - ansible-test now provides a more helpful error when loading coverage files created by ``coverage`` version 5 or later

test/lib/ansible_test/_internal/coverage/__init__.py

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from ..encoding import (
 )
 
 from ..io import (
+    open_binary_file,
     read_json_file,
 )
 
@@ -79,6 +80,22 @@ def initialize_coverage(args):  # type: (CoverageConfig) -> coverage_module
     if not coverage:
         raise ApplicationError('You must install the "coverage" python module to use this command.')
 
+    coverage_version_string = coverage.__version__
+    coverage_version = tuple(int(v) for v in coverage_version_string.split('.'))
+
+    min_version = (4, 2)
+    max_version = (5, 0)
+
+    supported_version = True
+    recommended_version = '4.5.4'
+
+    if coverage_version < min_version or coverage_version >= max_version:
+        supported_version = False
+
+    if not supported_version:
+        raise ApplicationError('Version %s of "coverage" is not supported. Version %s is known to work and is recommended.' % (
+            coverage_version_string, recommended_version))
+
     return coverage
 
 
@@ -145,7 +162,14 @@ def enumerate_python_arcs(
     try:
         original.read_file(path)
     except Exception as ex:  # pylint: disable=locally-disabled, broad-except
+        with open_binary_file(path) as file:
+            header = file.read(6)
+
+        if header == b'SQLite':
+            display.error('File created by "coverage" 5.0+: %s' % os.path.relpath(path))
+        else:
             display.error(u'%s' % ex)
+
         return
 
     for filename in original.measured_files():