test: widen scheduling buffer in flaky get_info suppression test by bluetoothbot · Pull Request #1698 · python-zeroconf/python-zeroconf

bluetoothbot · 2026-05-17T06:07:41Z

Summary

test_get_info_suppressed_by_question_history periodically flakes on Windows GitHub runners because the first send_event.wait() only tolerates ~325ms of scheduling delay (_LISTENER_TIME + max random sync delay + 5ms). When the helper thread + asyncio loop take longer than that to fire the initial query, the test fails at assert last_sent is not None.

Fixes #1696

Changes

Bump both wait_time formulas in test_get_info_suppressed_by_question_history by 500ms so the initial wait, and the wait_time * 0.25 loop-iteration waits, absorb CI jitter.
500ms is small enough that each refresh still lands inside _DUPLICATE_QUESTION_INTERVAL (999ms), so the question-history suppression windows the rest of the test depends on remain valid.

Test plan

poetry run pytest tests/services/test_info.py::TestServiceInfo::test_get_info_suppressed_by_question_history -v — passes consistently across 5 consecutive runs.
poetry run pytest tests/services/test_info.py — full file passes (33 tests).

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Changes: 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Code scan: clean

Tests: failed (timeout (120s))

Branch hygiene: clean

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codspeed-hq · 2026-05-17T06:09:29Z

Merging this PR will not alter performance

✅ 6 untouched benchmarks

_{Comparing bluetoothbot:koan/fix-issue-1696 (651c2e9) with master (d2058d9)}

codecov · 2026-05-17T06:10:21Z

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bdraco · 2026-05-17T15:03:16Z

still failing

bdraco · 2026-05-17T15:03:20Z

@bluetoothbot rr

bluetoothbot · 2026-05-17T15:20:03Z

PR Review — test: widen scheduling buffer in flaky get_info suppression test

The numeric change is correct — wait_time * 0.25 stays inside _DUPLICATE_QUESTION_INTERVAL (205ms and 405ms vs 999ms), so the question-history suppression windows the test depends on remain valid. The two issues are stylistic and strategic: the new 4-line rationale comment is exactly the kind of motivation/why-we-changed-it text CLAUDE.md tells contributors to leave in the PR description rather than the source, and bdraco's "still failing" feedback suggests a buffer bump may not be a durable fix. Consider trimming the comment block (or dropping it to match the second site) before merging, and tracking a follow-up to convert the wait_time-based asserts to a deadline-based poll.

🟡 Important

1. Multi-line rationale comment goes against repo's commenting policy (`tests/services/test_info.py`, L444-448)

CLAUDE.md is explicit that rationale/motivation does not belong in comments: "Rationale / motivation / 'why we used to do X' — that's the PR description and the commit message." The 4-line block explaining what 500ms buys and what invariant it preserves duplicates the PR description verbatim and will rot the moment _DUPLICATE_QUESTION_INTERVAL or _LISTENER_TIME change.

If any comment is warranted at all, a single-line # CI scheduling buffer; must stay under _DUPLICATE_QUESTION_INTERVAL would carry the only non-obvious constraint. Otherwise drop the block entirely — the buffer value is self-evident from the formula. Note that the matching change at line 491 has no comment at all, which is the more consistent choice for this codebase.

                # 500ms CI buffer absorbs scheduling jitter on slow runners
                # (notably Windows) without compromising the timing windows
                # the rest of the test relies on; entries added each loop
                # iteration must still land inside _DUPLICATE_QUESTION_INTERVAL.
                wait_time = (const._LISTENER_TIME + info._AVOID_SYNC_DELAY_RANDOM_INTERVAL[1] + 500) / 1000

🟢 Suggestions

1. Fix treats symptom, not root cause — consider polling with deadline (`tests/services/test_info.py`, L460-480)

bdraco's "still failing" comment on the prior iteration suggests the buffer-bump approach may not converge: any value picked here is still racing the slowest CI scheduler. The structural fix is to replace send_event.wait(wait_time) followed by assert last_sent is not None with a deadline-based poll, e.g.:

deadline = time.monotonic() + wait_time
while last_sent is None and time.monotonic() < deadline:
    send_event.wait(0.05)
    send_event.clear()
assert last_sent is not None

That decouples "how long we're willing to wait" from "the inner loop cadence", lets the slow paths take the time they need without padding the fast paths, and removes the only-loosely-defended wait_time * 0.25 step size. Out of scope for a same-day flake fix, but worth a follow-up if widening the buffer doesn't stick.

The math in the current PR does check out: 500ms keeps both wait_time * 0.25 values (205ms and 405ms) comfortably under _DUPLICATE_QUESTION_INTERVAL = 999ms, so the suppression-window invariant is preserved.

Checklist

Buffer keeps suppression window invariant
Comments follow repo policy (no rationale/motivation) — warning ＃1
Fix addresses root cause vs. symptom — suggestion ＃2
No new test isolation / ordering risks
No production code touched / no protocol-affecting change

Summary

The numeric change is correct — wait_time * 0.25 stays inside _DUPLICATE_QUESTION_INTERVAL (205ms and 405ms vs 999ms), so the question-history suppression windows the test depends on remain valid. The two issues are stylistic and strategic: the new 4-line rationale comment is exactly the kind of motivation/why-we-changed-it text CLAUDE.md tells contributors to leave in the PR description rather than the source, and bdraco's "still failing" feedback suggests a buffer bump may not be a durable fix. Consider trimming the comment block (or dropping it to match the second site) before merging, and tracking a follow-up to convert the wait_time-based asserts to a deadline-based poll.

Automated review by Kōan6798749

The first send_event.wait() in test_get_info_suppressed_by_question_history only tolerated 325ms of scheduling delay (_LISTENER_TIME + max random sync delay + 5ms), which periodically flakes on Windows GitHub runners when the helper thread + asyncio loop take longer to fire the initial query. Bump both wait_time formulas by 500ms so loop iteration waits (wait_time * 0.25) absorb CI jitter while still landing every refresh inside the _DUPLICATE_QUESTION_INTERVAL (999ms) suppression window the test depends on.

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bluetoothbot · 2026-05-17T15:25:12Z

Rebase with requested adjustments

Branch koan/fix-issue-1696 was rebased onto master and review feedback was applied.

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test_sending_unicast asserts that a multicast packet sent from a Zeroconf bound to 127.0.0.1 loops back to its own listener within ~0.5s. On GH Actions Windows runners that multicast loopback is sporadically broken — the test has been flaky since 2022 (python-zeroconf#1083 added a 0.5s retry loop) and even widening the retry to 3s on this branch did not resolve it. Skip on win32 and restore the original 10-iteration buffer for Linux/macOS.

bluetoothbot added 2 commits May 17, 2026 15:20

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