1036593 - Eideticker tests sometimes die halfway through on the Flame, probably due to a crash

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Testing Graveyard :: Eideticker, defect)

Description

[William Lachance (:wlach)]

We've had a few jenkins jobs for the Flame fail like this:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./bin/update-dashboard.py", line 263, in <module>
Gaia compatibility version: master
Gaia compatibility version: master
Running test b2g-contacts-startup (try 1 of 3)
Gaia compatibility version: master
    main()
  File "./bin/update-dashboard.py", line 247, in main
    options.capture_name + " #%s" % i)
  File "./bin/update-dashboard.py", line 49, in runtest
    profile_filename=profile_filename, capture_name=capture_name)
  File "<http://eideticker-ci1.ateam.phx1.mozilla.com:8080/job/b2g.flame.mozilla-central.tests/ws/src/eideticker/eideticker/runtest.py",> line 109, in run_test
    device.restartB2G()
  File "<http://eideticker-ci1.ateam.phx1.mozilla.com:8080/job/b2g.flame.mozilla-central.tests/ws/src/eideticker/eideticker/device.py",> line 548, in restartB2G
    self.startB2G()
  File "<http://eideticker-ci1.ateam.phx1.mozilla.com:8080/job/b2g.flame.mozilla-central.tests/ws/src/eideticker/eideticker/device.py",> line 528, in startB2G
    self.gaiaDevice.unlock()
  File "<http://eideticker-ci1.ateam.phx1.mozilla.com:8080/job/b2g.flame.mozilla-central.tests/ws/.env/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/gaiatest/gaia_test.py",> line 624, in unlock
    result = self.marionette.execute_async_script('GaiaLockScreen.unlock()')
  File "<http://eideticker-ci1.ateam.phx1.mozilla.com:8080/job/b2g.flame.mozilla-central.tests/ws/.env/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/marionette/marionette.py",> line 1166, in execute_async_script
    filename=os.path.basename(frame[0]))
  File "<http://eideticker-ci1.ateam.phx1.mozilla.com:8080/job/b2g.flame.mozilla-central.tests/ws/.env/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/marionette/decorators.py",> line 35, in _
    return func(*args, **kwargs)
  File "<http://eideticker-ci1.ateam.phx1.mozilla.com:8080/job/b2g.flame.mozilla-central.tests/ws/.env/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/marionette/marionette.py",> line 590, in _send_message
    response = self.client.send(message)
  File "<http://eideticker-ci1.ateam.phx1.mozilla.com:8080/job/b2g.flame.mozilla-central.tests/ws/.env/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/marionette_transport/transport.py",> line 100, in send
    response = self.receive()
  File "<http://eideticker-ci1.ateam.phx1.mozilla.com:8080/job/b2g.flame.mozilla-central.tests/ws/.env/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/marionette_transport/transport.py",> line 57, in receive
    raise IOError(self.connection_lost_msg)
IOError: Connection to Marionette server is lost. Check gecko.log (desktop firefox) or logcat (b2g) for errors.


According to :jgriffin, this is likely due to the b2g process crashing halfway through the tests. We should have some logic in Eideticker to detect this case and handle it appropriately. At least we should continue trying to test in this case, possibly also we should report the crash.

I guess we should look in the existing gaia automation (gaia-ui-test, b2gperf) for examples of this?

Comment 1

[Jonathan Griffin (:jgriffin)]

We don't yet have this capability in gaia-ui-test or b2gperf, but davehunt is going to work on adding it to both.

Comment 2

[William Lachance (:wlach)]

Not working on Eideticker or B2G anymore.