[release/v7.4] Skip the flaky Update-Help test for the PackageManagement module (#26871)

adityapatwardhan · daxian-dbw · web-flow · commit 44f2ffebce6b · 2026-02-20T22:50:32.000Z
Co-authored-by: Dongbo Wang &lt;dongbow@microsoft.com&gt;
diff --git a/test/powershell/engine/Help/UpdatableHelpSystem.Tests.ps1 b/test/powershell/engine/Help/UpdatableHelpSystem.Tests.ps1
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ function RunUpdateHelpTests
 
             It ('Validate Update-Help for module ''{0}'' in {1}' -F $moduleName, [PSCustomObject] $updateScope) -Skip:(!(Test-CanWriteToPsHome) -and $userscope -eq $false) {
 
-                if ($markAsPending) {
+                if ($markAsPending -or ($IsLinux -and $moduleName -eq "PackageManagement")) {
                     Set-ItResult -Pending -Because "Update-Help from the web has intermittent connectivity issues. See issues #2807 and #6541."
                     return
                 }
@@ -333,9 +333,7 @@ Describe "Validate Update-Help from the Web for one PowerShell module." -Tags @(
         $ProgressPreference = $SavedProgressPreference
     }
 
-    ## Update-Help from the web has intermittent connectivity issues that cause CI failures.
-    ## Tests are marked as Pending to unblock work. See issues #2807 and #6541.
-    RunUpdateHelpTests -Tag "CI" -MarkAsPending
+    RunUpdateHelpTests -Tag "CI"
 }
 
 Describe "Validate Update-Help from the Web for one PowerShell module for user scope." -Tags @('CI', 'RequireAdminOnWindows', 'RequireSudoOnUnix') {
@@ -347,9 +345,7 @@ Describe "Validate Update-Help from the Web for one PowerShell module for user s
         $ProgressPreference = $SavedProgressPreference
     }
 
-    ## Update-Help from the web has intermittent connectivity issues that cause CI failures.
-    ## Tests are marked as Pending to unblock work. See issues #2807 and #6541.
-    RunUpdateHelpTests -Tag "CI" -UserScope -MarkAsPending
+    RunUpdateHelpTests -Tag "CI" -UserScope
 }
 
 Describe "Validate Update-Help from the Web for all PowerShell modules." -Tags @('Feature', 'RequireAdminOnWindows', 'RequireSudoOnUnix') {

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ function RunUpdateHelpTests`
`215`	`215`
`216`	`216`	`It ('Validate Update-Help for module ''{0}'' in {1}' -F $moduleName, [PSCustomObject] $updateScope) -Skip:(!(Test-CanWriteToPsHome) -and $userscope -eq $false) {`
`217`	`217`
`218`		`- if ($markAsPending) {`
	`218`	`+ if ($markAsPending -or ($IsLinux -and $moduleName -eq "PackageManagement")) {`
`219`	`219`	`Set-ItResult -Pending -Because "Update-Help from the web has intermittent connectivity issues. See issues #2807 and #6541."`
`220`	`220`	`return`
`221`	`221`	`}`
`@@ -333,9 +333,7 @@ Describe "Validate Update-Help from the Web for one PowerShell module." -Tags @(`
`333`	`333`	`$ProgressPreference = $SavedProgressPreference`
`334`	`334`	`}`
`335`	`335`
`336`		`- ## Update-Help from the web has intermittent connectivity issues that cause CI failures.`
`337`		`- ## Tests are marked as Pending to unblock work. See issues #2807 and #6541.`
`338`		`- RunUpdateHelpTests -Tag "CI" -MarkAsPending`
	`336`	`+ RunUpdateHelpTests -Tag "CI"`
`339`	`337`	`}`
`340`	`338`
`341`	`339`	`Describe "Validate Update-Help from the Web for one PowerShell module for user scope." -Tags @('CI', 'RequireAdminOnWindows', 'RequireSudoOnUnix') {`
`@@ -347,9 +345,7 @@ Describe "Validate Update-Help from the Web for one PowerShell module for user s`
`347`	`345`	`$ProgressPreference = $SavedProgressPreference`
`348`	`346`	`}`
`349`	`347`
`350`		`- ## Update-Help from the web has intermittent connectivity issues that cause CI failures.`
`351`		`- ## Tests are marked as Pending to unblock work. See issues #2807 and #6541.`
`352`		`- RunUpdateHelpTests -Tag "CI" -UserScope -MarkAsPending`
	`348`	`+ RunUpdateHelpTests -Tag "CI" -UserScope`
`353`	`349`	`}`
`354`	`350`
`355`	`351`	`Describe "Validate Update-Help from the Web for all PowerShell modules." -Tags @('Feature', 'RequireAdminOnWindows', 'RequireSudoOnUnix') {`