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  • Tests
    • Improved validation of contact force calculations with enhanced penetration detection between objects
    • Added diagnostic reporting capability to contact force tests for better troubleshooting without blocking execution
    • Extended collision geometry constraint verification to ensure proper object spacing and positioning throughout simulations
    • Removed platform-specific test restrictions to improve test consistency across all environments

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A test helper function in newton/tests/test_mujoco_solver.py is modified to return an additional body_pos value. The function's callers are updated accordingly. A previously macOS-skipped test is now executed unconditionally, enhanced with a penetration check assertion and a soft-fail wrapper around a force-balance assertion.

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Test Helper & Callers
newton/tests/test_mujoco_solver.py
Modified _run_and_collect_forces() to return (total_force, shape0, body_pos) instead of (total_force, shape0). Updated callers in test_pyramidal_cone_weight() and test_elliptic_cone_weight() to unpack the new return value. Removed @unittest.skipIf decorator from test_contact_forces_on_incline(), added a hard penetration check using signed distance calculation based on body_pos, and wrapped the force-balance assertion in a try/except block for soft-fail behavior.

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Verify each finding against the current code and only fix it if needed.

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In `@newton/tests/test_mujoco_solver.py`:
- Around line 4397-4402: The force-balance assertion is being swallowed by the
try/except; remove the try/except around np.testing.assert_allclose so the
assertion in test_contact_forces_on_incline becomes authoritative (i.e., let
np.testing.assert_allclose(force[2], expected_fz, rtol=0.05) raise on failure).
If the check is genuinely flaky, instead split the penetration invariant into
its own test and mark this specific force-balance test with pytest.mark.xfail
(or pytest.mark.flaky/skip with an explicit reason) rather than catching
AssertionError and printing it.
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Comment on lines +4397 to +4402
# Soft check: force balance (known flaky on some CI platforms, see GH-2239).
expected_fz = -self.BOX_MASS * self.GRAVITY if shape0 == ramp_shape else self.BOX_MASS * self.GRAVITY
np.testing.assert_allclose(force[2], expected_fz, rtol=0.05)
try:
np.testing.assert_allclose(force[2], expected_fz, rtol=0.05)
except AssertionError as e:
print(f"\nGH-2239: test_contact_forces_on_incline soft-fail: {e}")
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⚠️ Potential issue | 🟠 Major

Keep the force-balance assertion authoritative.

Catching AssertionError and only printing it makes this test pass even when the contact-force regression is still present. That removes CI coverage for the behavior this test is supposed to protect. If this is still flaky, split the new penetration invariant into its own test and keep the force check as a real failure/skip/expected-failure instead of a silent pass.

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against the current code and only fix it if needed.

In `@newton/tests/test_mujoco_solver.py` around lines 4397 - 4402, The
force-balance assertion is being swallowed by the try/except; remove the
try/except around np.testing.assert_allclose so the assertion in
test_contact_forces_on_incline becomes authoritative (i.e., let
np.testing.assert_allclose(force[2], expected_fz, rtol=0.05) raise on failure).
If the check is genuinely flaky, instead split the penetration invariant into
its own test and mark this specific force-balance test with pytest.mark.xfail
(or pytest.mark.flaky/skip with an explicit reason) rather than catching
AssertionError and printing it.

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camevor commented Apr 9, 2026

Closing experimental branch

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@camevor camevor deleted the fix-flaky-incline-test branch April 21, 2026 13:27
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