974111 - xpcshell doesn't continue with other tests after one test times out

Status: NEW

(Testing :: XPCShell Harness, defect)

Description

[Dana Keeler (she/her) (use needinfo) [:keeler] (on leave)]

Looks like bug 597064 added the ability for the xpcshell test harness to detect and fail tests when they time out. However, as far as I can tell, the harness doesn't do anything useful (like print the output from that test and then continue with the others) when this happens.

STR:
1. Modify a test so it won't finish (e.g. take out one of it's run_next_test calls)
2. Run ./mach xpcshell-test directory/containing/test/

Expected results: that test hangs, the test harness discovers this, dumps the output from that test, kills the test, and continues with other tests

Actual results: the test hangs, the test harness discovers this, and then just sits there.

This seems similar to bug 870781. Maybe they have the same root cause. See also bug 804648.