[Flaky Test]: TestWaitForWatcher/Runaround_path:_marker_is_jumping_around_and_landing_on_watching – Received unexpected error: watcher did not start in time context deadline exceeded

[pchila]

Failing test case

TestWaitForWatcher

Error message

watcher did not start in time: context deadline exceeded

Build

https://buildkite.com/elastic/elastic-agent/builds/7644#018e1da8-4fc5-495e-8922-98f4a839d52f

OS

Mac

Stacktrace and notes

=== FAIL: internal/pkg/agent/application/upgrade TestWaitForWatcher/Runaround_path:_marker_is_jumping_around_and_landing_on_watching (0.69s)
    upgrade_test.go:856:
        	Error Trace:	/Users/admin/builds/bk-agent-prod-orka-1709894562206733848/elastic/elastic-agent/internal/pkg/agent/application/upgrade/upgrade_test.go:856
        	Error:      	Received unexpected error:
        	            	watcher did not start in time
        	            	context deadline exceeded
        	Test:       	TestWaitForWatcher/Runaround_path:_marker_is_jumping_around_and_landing_on_watching
        	Messages:   	waitForWatcher /tmp/TestWaitForWatcherRunaround_path_marker_is_jumping_around_and_landing_on_watching576010915/001/.update-marker, [UPG_REQUESTED UPG_SCHEDULED UPG_DOWNLOADING UPG_EXTRACTING UPG_REPLACING UPG_RESTARTING UPG_WATCHING], 1ms, 500ms)
=== FAIL: internal/pkg/agent/application/upgrade TestWaitForWatcher (1.78s)

It seems that sometimes Mac runner is too slow to manage the update marker within 500ms, will extend the timeout

[elasticmachine]

Pinging @elastic/elastic-agent (Team:Elastic-Agent)

[rdner]

Failed again in https://buildkite.com/elastic/elastic-agent/builds/7660#018e2084-a489-40fb-a47b-b383aa7bcafc

[pchila]

Reopening after a new failure on https://buildkite.com/elastic/elastic-agent/builds/7777#018e3c04-3833-49e0-8b69-477f7cff4ae7

[rdner]

It's not just Mac OS this time, also Windows https://buildkite.com/elastic/elastic-agent/builds/7778#018e3c3e-af58-4d57-bea6-0b53859aacbf

[rdner]

Another failure https://buildkite.com/elastic/elastic-agent/builds/7800#018e5237-9bb2-46ee-919e-a48dd36b4e24

[rdner]

Also failed in https://buildkite.com/elastic/elastic-agent/builds/7806#018e5259-864e-4723-b8ba-ad1c4fc0bd28