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test-error-serdes times out #52630

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@aduh95
aduh95
opened on Apr 21, 2024

Test

test-error-serdes

Platform

Linux x64

Console output

not ok 1683 parallel/test-error-serdes
  ---
  duration_ms: 120121.49300
  severity: fail
  exitcode: -15
  stack: |-
    timeout
  ...

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  1. aduh95
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    flaky-testIssues and PRs involving tests that fail intermittently in CI.
    on Apr 21, 2024
  2. github-actions
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    linuxIssues and PRs related to the Linux platform.
    on Apr 21, 2024

  3. targos commented on Apr 22, 2024

    @targos
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    on Apr 22, 2024
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    It's possible V8 12.3 introduced it.

  4. targos commented on Apr 22, 2024

    @targos
    targos
    on Apr 22, 2024
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    I think I'm able to reproduce on my mac, but I got one timeout out of 1000 runs, which makes it difficult to debug.

  5. avivkeller commented on Apr 22, 2024

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    on Apr 22, 2024
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    I've gotten the timeout on several CI runs for #52509, so it's not system specific.

  6. avivkeller
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  7. mhdawson commented on Apr 22, 2024

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    on Apr 22, 2024
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    Again - https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-commit-arm/52055/

  8. joyeecheung commented on Apr 23, 2024

    @joyeecheung
    joyeecheung
    on Apr 23, 2024
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    Report from nodejs/reliability#842

    Reason parallel/test-error-serdes
    Type JS_TEST_FAILURE
    Failed PR 26 (https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/52584/, https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/52365/, https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/52545/, https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/52573/, https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/49709/, https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/52592/, https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/52505/, https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/51050/, https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/52611/, https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/52435/, https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/51340/, https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/51657/, https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/52616/, https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/52625/, https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/52347/, https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/52465/, https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/52595/, https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/52108/, https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/52372/, https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/52624/, https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/52164/, https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/52577/, https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/52645/, https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/52047/, https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/52509/, https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/52632/)
    Appeared test-digitalocean-ubuntu2204_sharedlibs_container-x64-6, test-ibm-ubuntu2204_sharedlibs_container-x64-3, test-digitalocean-ubuntu2204_sharedlibs_container-x64-9, test-digitalocean-ubuntu2204_sharedlibs_container-x64-8, test-digitalocean-ubuntu2204_sharedlibs_container-x64-10, test-digitalocean-ubuntu2204_sharedlibs_container-x64-1, test-ibm-ubuntu2204_sharedlibs_container-x64-5, test-ibm-ubuntu2204_sharedlibs_container-x64-1, test-osuosl-ubuntu2004_container-armv7l-1, test-orka-macos11-x64-2, test-digitalocean-alpine319_container-x64-2, test-azure_msft-win11_vs2022-x64-4, test-digitalocean-alpine319_container-x64-1, test-ibm-ubi81_container-x64-1, test-equinix-debian11_container-armv7l-2, test-equinix-ubuntu2004_container-armv7l-1, test-digitalocean-ubuntu2204_sharedlibs_container-x64-4, test-digitalocean-rhel9-x64-1, test-digitalocean-alpine318_container-x64-1, test-digitalocean-ubuntu2204_sharedlibs_container-x64-3, test-ibm-rhel8-x64-1, test-digitalocean-ubuntu2204_sharedlibs_container-x64-5, test-ibm-ubuntu2204_sharedlibs_container-x64-2, test-ibm-ubuntu2204_sharedlibs_container-x64-4, test-digitalocean-ubuntu2204_sharedlibs_container-x64-7, test-equinix-rhel8_container-arm64-1, test-equinix-ubuntu2004_container-arm64-2, test-orka-macos11-x64-1, test-osuosl-ubuntu2004_sharedlibs_container-arm64-1
    First CI https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-pull-request/58526/
    Last CI https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-pull-request/58617/
    Example 
    not ok 1397 parallel/test-error-serdes
  ---
  duration_ms: 120079.51800
  severity: fail
  exitcode: -15
  stack: |-
    timeout
  ...

  9. joyeecheung commented on Apr 23, 2024

    @joyeecheung
    joyeecheung
    on Apr 23, 2024
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    On container builds where this does pass, the test finishes in 3-5 seconds, so this is likely a bug with V8.

  10. joyeecheung commented on Apr 23, 2024

    @joyeecheung
    joyeecheung
    on Apr 23, 2024
    Member

    Looking at other recent flakes that are at the top of the list, it seems the V8 update introduced quite a lot of timeouts, it could be some kind of deadlock.

  11. joyeecheung commented on Apr 23, 2024

    @joyeecheung
    joyeecheung
    on Apr 23, 2024
    Member

    Another clue - I don't see this flaking in the V8 CI (Linux x64 only), so it should be our bug.

  12. LiviaMedeiros commented on Apr 24, 2024

    @LiviaMedeiros
    LiviaMedeiros
    on Apr 24, 2024
    Member

    Not sure what's the root cause, but it could be that the update made exceeding the max stack size less stable.

    node/test/parallel/test-error-serdes.js

    Lines 88 to 93 in 708bffa

    let e = cycle(new ErrorWithCyclicCause('Error with cause'));
    while (e.cause) {
    e = e.cause;
    depth++;
    }
    assert(depth > 1);

    When I run this part with Node.js v20.12.1, I observe pretty much reproducible depth === 1542.
    When I run it with current main build, the cycle ends with fluctuating numbers like 1717, 1649, etc.
    Increasing stack size leads to exponential increase in time, e.g. node --stack-size=4096 test/parallel/test-error-serdes.js easily exceeds 120 seconds for me (ulimit -s is 8192).
    Maybe under some "lucky" conditions this cycle can go abnormally deep?

  13. aduh95
    added 2 commits that reference this issue on Apr 28, 2024

    test: mark `test-error-serdes` as flaky

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    test: mark `test-error-serdes` as flaky

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  14. marco-ippolito
    added 2 commits that reference this issue on May 2, 2024

    test: mark `test-error-serdes` as flaky

    da290a5

    test: mark `test-error-serdes` as flaky

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  15. eliphazbouye
    added a commit that references this issue on Jun 20, 2024

    test: mark `test-error-serdes` as flaky

    227f0f6
  16. jasnell
    added a commit that references this issue on Sep 11, 2024

    test: reduce stack size for test-error-serdes

    3783499
  17. aduh95
    added 3 commits that reference this issue on Sep 12, 2024

    test: reduce stack size for test-error-serdes

    784189b

    test: reduce stack size for test-error-serdes

    b875f2d

  18. github-actions commented on May 22, 2026

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    This issue has been marked as stale due to 210 days of inactivity.
    It will be automatically closed in 30 days if no further activity occurs. If this is still relevant, please leave a comment or update it to keep it open.

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    This issue has been automatically closed after 30 days of inactivity following its stale status (no activity for a total of 240 days).
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  21. github-actions
    closed this as not plannedon Jun 21, 2026
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