From README.rst:
Pass --max-runs=MAX_RUNS and/or --min-passes=MIN_PASSES to control the behavior of flaky if --force-flaky is specified. Flaky decorators on individual tests will override these defaults.
However, flaky decorators on individual tests do not override these defaults.
To repro the issue, consider the following test file test.py:
import pytest
@pytest.mark.flaky(max_runs=10)
def test_foo():
assert False
Then run pytest test.py --force-flaky and observe the test was run the default 2 times instead of the 10 specified by the decorator.