Intermittent trash_spec.lua test flakes #27

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opened 2026-09-21 18:54:19 +00:00 by barrettruth · 0 comments

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2026-09-21 18:54:19 +00:00

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Original issue: barrettruth/canola.nvim#158
Original author: barrettruth
Original date: 2026-03-17T00:01:35Z

Problem

spec/trash_spec.lua (added by canola, not present in upstream stevearc/oil.nvim) occasionally fails with timing-dependent errors:

@ 65 — "freedesktop deleting a file from trash deletes it permanently" — Could not find file a.txt
@ 137 — "freedesktop can have multiple files with the same name in trash" — wait_for_autocmd timed out

These are not consistently reproducible — 3 consecutive runs on clean main all pass (118/0/0). The failures were observed once during a CI run, likely under system load.

Notes

Upstream has no trash_spec.lua — these are canola-only tests
The tests depend on actual OS trash infrastructure (XDG_DATA_HOME) and async operations with timeouts via test_util.wait_for_autocmd
May need longer timeouts or retry logic in the test helpers

> Original issue: barrettruth/canola.nvim#158 > Original author: `barrettruth` > Original date: 2026-03-17T00:01:35Z ## Problem `spec/trash_spec.lua` (added by canola, not present in upstream stevearc/oil.nvim) occasionally fails with timing-dependent errors: - `@ 65` — "freedesktop deleting a file from trash deletes it permanently" — `Could not find file a.txt` - `@ 137` — "freedesktop can have multiple files with the same name in trash" — `wait_for_autocmd timed out` These are not consistently reproducible — 3 consecutive runs on clean main all pass (118/0/0). The failures were observed once during a CI run, likely under system load. ## Notes - Upstream has no `trash_spec.lua` — these are canola-only tests - The tests depend on actual OS trash infrastructure (`XDG_DATA_HOME`) and async operations with timeouts via `test_util.wait_for_autocmd` - May need longer timeouts or retry logic in the test helpers

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