ci: fix ava hang in CI when v8 coverage is set#7619
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Awesome!
Congrats on getting the repro and solving it.
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closes: #9083 ## Description Breaking changes in v6: https://github.com/avajs/ava/releases/tag/v6.0.0 Relevant subset: - When tests finish, worker threads or child processes are no longer exited through proces.exit(). If your test file does not exit on its own, the test run will time out. avajs/ava#3260 - Failed assertions now throw, meaning that any subsequent code is not executed. This also impacts the type definitions. avajs/ava#3246 - [Only native errors](https://nodejs.org/api/util.html#utiltypesisnativeerrorvalue) are now considered errors by the t.throws() and t.throwsAsync() assertions. [Object.create(Error.prototype) is not a native error](https://github.com/avajs/ava/blob/v6.0.0/Object.create(Error.prototype)). avajs/ava#3229 This removes our local patches of Ava - #7619 - #7330 ### Security Considerations none, no runtime change ### Scaling Considerations none, no runtime change ### Documentation Considerations none ### Testing Considerations CI ### Upgrade Considerations none, no runtime change
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Description
This should fix the flakes we've been experiencing in CI with ava workers timing out on exit.
I believe I tracked it down to Node's v8 coverage tooling. Others have reported similar issues.
I seem to have found a work around by forcing the ava worker to write out its coverage file before exiting.
Regardless I also implemented a disablement of the timeout error if the test runner detects that coverage is set, which will allow the tests to no longer flake in CI even if the workaround is not sufficient.
Security Considerations
None
Scaling Considerations
None
Documentation Considerations
None
Testing Considerations
First I managed to locally reproduce the timeout failure fairly consistently (50+%)
Then I added and verified the timeout error disablement kicked in correctly (through the added console logging)
Finally I added the workaround and did not manage to reproduce the timeout.