Improving Reliability of Tests in CI Pipeline (snarkVM)
Issue: Flaky Tests during CI
Description:
I've noticed intermittent test failures in the CI pipeline, particularly around the networking module during stress tests.
These failures seem environment-specific and could be related to race conditions or timing issues within the test suite.
Suggested Improvement:
Introduce Timeouts: For some tests that are highly dependent on network conditions, applying timeouts and ensuring async handling is more robust could reduce the occurrence of flaky tests.
Test Isolation: Consider isolating integration tests from unit tests in separate pipelines. This will help pinpoint whether the issue is network-related or logic-related.
3.Mock Network Conditions: Integrate a mocking library for network conditions, such as tokio-test, to simulate failures or timeouts without depending on external environments.
These steps should improve the stability of the CI pipeline and reduce the need for reruns.
Improving Reliability of Tests in CI Pipeline (snarkVM)
Issue: Flaky Tests during CI
Description:
I've noticed intermittent test failures in the CI pipeline, particularly around the networking module during stress tests.
These failures seem environment-specific and could be related to race conditions or timing issues within the test suite.
Suggested Improvement:
tokio-test, to simulate failures or timeouts without depending on external environments.These steps should improve the stability of the CI pipeline and reduce the need for reruns.