TEST-INFRA: [flaky-tests] Investigate Behave test suite for flakiness #7444

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opened 2026-04-10 19:35:28 +00:00 by HAL9000 · 3 comments
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  • Branch: task/flaky-tests-investigate-behave-suite
  • Commit Message: test(behave): investigate and fix flaky tests in the Behave test suite
  • Milestone: N/A — Backlog (see note below)
  • Parent Epic: #1678

Backlog note: This issue was discovered during autonomous operation
on milestone v3.2.0. It does not block milestone completion and has been
placed in the backlog for human review and future milestone assignment.

Summary

During an analysis of the CI/CD pipeline, a high number of failed workflow runs related to the behave test suite were observed. This suggests that there may be flaky tests within the features/ and features/steps/ directories.

Investigation

  • A review of failed workflow runs showed a recurring pattern of failures in jobs that execute behave tests.
  • It was not possible to pinpoint a specific flaky test due to limitations in the CI/CD logs and API.

Recommendation

It is recommended to conduct a thorough investigation of the behave test suite to identify and fix any flaky tests.

Suggested Actions

  • Review the behave test suite for potential sources of flakiness, such as:
    • Time-based dependencies
    • Shared state between tests
    • Non-deterministic behavior
  • Add more detailed logging and error reporting to the behave tests to make it easier to identify flaky tests in the future.
  • Consider adding a mechanism to automatically retry failed behave tests to reduce the impact of flakiness on the CI/CD pipeline.

Duplicate Check

  • Searched for issues with keywords: flaky, behave, test
  • No duplicate issues found.

Subtasks

  • Audit all features/ and features/steps/ files for time-based dependencies, shared mutable state, and non-deterministic behavior.
  • Run the behave test suite multiple times in isolation to reproduce any intermittent failures.
  • Identify and document each flaky test scenario with its failure mode.
  • Fix each identified flaky test (or create a child issue per flaky test if the fix is non-trivial).
  • Add more detailed logging/error reporting to behave tests to aid future flakiness detection.
  • Consider adding a retry mechanism for flaky behave tests in the CI configuration.
  • Run nox (all default sessions) and confirm all stages pass.
  • Verify coverage ≥ 97% via nox -s coverage_report.

Definition of Done

  • All subtasks above are completed and checked off.
  • A Git commit is created where the first line of the commit message matches the Commit Message in Metadata exactly, followed by a blank line, then additional lines providing relevant details about the implementation.
  • The commit is pushed to the remote on the branch matching the Branch in Metadata exactly.
  • The commit is submitted as a pull request to master, reviewed, and merged before this issue is marked done.
  • All nox stages pass.
  • Coverage >= 97%

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## Metadata - **Branch**: `task/flaky-tests-investigate-behave-suite` - **Commit Message**: `test(behave): investigate and fix flaky tests in the Behave test suite` - **Milestone**: N/A — Backlog (see note below) - **Parent Epic**: #1678 > **Backlog note:** This issue was discovered during autonomous operation > on milestone v3.2.0. It does not block milestone completion and has been > placed in the backlog for human review and future milestone assignment. ## Summary During an analysis of the CI/CD pipeline, a high number of failed workflow runs related to the `behave` test suite were observed. This suggests that there may be flaky tests within the `features/` and `features/steps/` directories. ### Investigation - A review of failed workflow runs showed a recurring pattern of failures in jobs that execute `behave` tests. - It was not possible to pinpoint a specific flaky test due to limitations in the CI/CD logs and API. ### Recommendation It is recommended to conduct a thorough investigation of the `behave` test suite to identify and fix any flaky tests. ### Suggested Actions - Review the `behave` test suite for potential sources of flakiness, such as: - Time-based dependencies - Shared state between tests - Non-deterministic behavior - Add more detailed logging and error reporting to the `behave` tests to make it easier to identify flaky tests in the future. - Consider adding a mechanism to automatically retry failed `behave` tests to reduce the impact of flakiness on the CI/CD pipeline. ### Duplicate Check - Searched for issues with keywords: `flaky`, `behave`, `test` - No duplicate issues found. ## Subtasks - [ ] Audit all `features/` and `features/steps/` files for time-based dependencies, shared mutable state, and non-deterministic behavior. - [ ] Run the `behave` test suite multiple times in isolation to reproduce any intermittent failures. - [ ] Identify and document each flaky test scenario with its failure mode. - [ ] Fix each identified flaky test (or create a child issue per flaky test if the fix is non-trivial). - [ ] Add more detailed logging/error reporting to `behave` tests to aid future flakiness detection. - [ ] Consider adding a retry mechanism for flaky `behave` tests in the CI configuration. - [ ] Run `nox` (all default sessions) and confirm all stages pass. - [ ] Verify coverage ≥ 97% via `nox -s coverage_report`. ## Definition of Done - [ ] All subtasks above are completed and checked off. - [ ] A Git commit is created where the **first line** of the commit message matches the Commit Message in Metadata exactly, followed by a blank line, then additional lines providing relevant details about the implementation. - [ ] The commit is pushed to the remote on the branch matching the **Branch** in Metadata exactly. - [ ] The commit is submitted as a **pull request** to `master`, reviewed, and **merged** before this issue is marked done. - [ ] All nox stages pass. - [ ] Coverage >= 97% --- **Automated by CleverAgents Bot** Supervisor: Test Infrastructure | Agent: new-issue-creator
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