Brad Fitzpatrick 525f9921fe cmd/testwrapper/flakytest: use t.Attr annotation on flaky tests
Updates #17460

Change-Id: I7381e9a6dd73514c73deb6b863749eef1a87efdc
Signed-off-by: Brad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@tailscale.com>
2025-10-06 10:58:48 -07:00

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// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
// Package flakytest contains test helpers for marking a test as flaky. For
// tests run using cmd/testwrapper, a failed flaky test will cause tests to be
// re-run a few time until they succeed or exceed our iteration limit.
package flakytest
import (
"fmt"
"os"
"path"
"regexp"
"sync"
"testing"
"tailscale.com/util/mak"
)
// FlakyTestLogMessage is a sentinel value that is printed to stderr when a
// flaky test is marked. This is used by cmd/testwrapper to detect flaky tests
// and retry them.
const FlakyTestLogMessage = "flakytest: this is a known flaky test"
// FlakeAttemptEnv is an environment variable that is set by cmd/testwrapper
// when a flaky test is being (re)tried. It contains the attempt number,
// starting at 1.
const FlakeAttemptEnv = "TS_TESTWRAPPER_ATTEMPT"
var issueRegexp = regexp.MustCompile(`\Ahttps://github\.com/[a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+/[a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+/issues/\d+\z`)
var (
rootFlakesMu sync.Mutex
rootFlakes map[string]bool
)
// Mark sets the current test as a flaky test, such that if it fails, it will
// be retried a few times on failure. issue must be a GitHub issue that tracks
// the status of the flaky test being marked, of the format:
//
// https://github.com/tailscale/myRepo-H3re/issues/12345
func Mark(t testing.TB, issue string) {
if !issueRegexp.MatchString(issue) {
t.Fatalf("bad issue format: %q", issue)
}
if _, ok := os.LookupEnv(FlakeAttemptEnv); ok {
// We're being run under cmd/testwrapper so send our sentinel message
// to stderr. (We avoid doing this when the env is absent to avoid
// spamming people running tests without the wrapper)
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s: %s\n", FlakyTestLogMessage, issue)
}
t.Attr("flaky-test-issue-url", issue)
// The Attr method above also emits human-readable output, so this t.Logf
// is somewhat redundant, but we keep it for compatibility with
// old test runs, so cmd/testwrapper doesn't need to be modified.
// TODO(bradfitz): switch testwrapper to look for Action "attr"
// instead:
// "Action":"attr","Package":"tailscale.com/cmd/testwrapper/flakytest","Test":"TestMarked_Root","Key":"flaky-test-issue-url","Value":"https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale/issues/0"}
// And then remove this Logf a month or so after that.
t.Logf("flakytest: issue tracking this flaky test: %s", issue)
// Record the root test name as flakey.
rootFlakesMu.Lock()
defer rootFlakesMu.Unlock()
mak.Set(&rootFlakes, t.Name(), true)
}
// Marked reports whether the current test or one of its parents was marked flaky.
func Marked(t testing.TB) bool {
n := t.Name()
for {
if rootFlakes[n] {
return true
}
n = path.Dir(n)
if n == "." || n == "/" {
break
}
}
return false
}