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+def pytest_addoption(parser):
+    """Add custom commands to pytest invocation.
+
+    See https://docs.pytest.org/en/8.1.x/reference/reference.html#parser"""
+    parser.addoption(
+        "--verbose-logs",
+        action="store_true",
+        default=False,
+        help="show noisy module logs",
+    )
+
+
+def pytest_configure(config):
+    """Configure pytest setup."""
+    # add noisy logging libraries.
+    if not config.getoption("--verbose-logs"):
+        pass
+        # for example:
+        # logging.getLogger("botocore").setLevel(logging.ERROR)
+        # logging.getLogger("boto3").setLevel(logging.ERROR)
+        # logging.getLogger("urllib3.connectionpool").setLevel(logging.ERROR)