Handle no_cover when coverage is disabled

AUTHORS.rst

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 Authors
 =======
 
+* GruffElixir - https://github.com/GruffElixir
 * Marc Schlaich - https://github.com/schlamar (\http://www.schlamar.org)
 * Rick van Hattem - http://wol.ph
 * Buck Evan - https://github.com/bukzor

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+* Fixed no_cover markers and fixtures when coverage is disabled with --no-cov.
+  Fixes #590.
+
 7.1.0 (2026-03-21)
 ------------------
 

src/pytest_cov/plugin.py

@@ -422,6 +422,9 @@ def pytest_terminal_summary(self, terminalreporter):
 
     @pytest.hookimpl(hookwrapper=True)
     def pytest_runtest_call(self, item):
+        if self._disabled or self.cov_controller is None:
+            yield
+            return
         if item.get_closest_marker('no_cover') or 'no_cover' in getattr(item, 'fixturenames', ()):
             self.cov_controller.pause()
             yield

tests/test_pytest_cov.py

@@ -1515,6 +1515,20 @@ def test_basic():
     result.stdout.fnmatch_lines(['mod* 2 * 1 * 50% * 2'])
 
 
+def test_no_cover_marker_with_no_cov(testdir):
+    script = testdir.makepyfile(
+        """
+import pytest
+
+@pytest.mark.no_cover
+def test_basic():
+    pass
+"""
+    )
+    result = testdir.runpytest('-p', 'pytest_cov.plugin', '-v', '--cov=.', '--no-cov', script)
+    assert result.ret == 0
+
+
 def test_no_cover_fixture(testdir):
     testdir.makepyfile(mod=MODULE)
     script = testdir.makepyfile(