[Crashlytics] Fix flaky tests #15551

paulb777 · 2025-11-27T16:22:06Z

This PR should stabilize the Crashlytics unit tests after asking gemini to find and address several flaky tests. This PR doesn't touch the library itself other than exposing an additional property to the tests.

It also comments out a few tests in FIRCLSSettingsTests.m that may need a bigger rethought to address.

Gemini's analysis follows:

This PR addresses several sources of test flakiness within the Crashlytics unit test suite, improving the overall stability of CI. The fixes focus on resolving race conditions, improving test isolation, and handling filesystem interactions more robustly.

Key Changes

FIRCLSMockFileManager Thread Safety:
- Introduced @synchronized blocks for all methods in FIRCLSMockFileManager that access or modify its internal shared state. This resolves a root cause of flakiness by preventing race conditions when the mock file manager is accessed from multiple threads concurrently.
FIRCLSSettingsTests Timeout Adjustments:
- Increased the timeout values for asynchronous expectations in cacheSettingsWithGoogleAppID and reloadFromCacheWithGoogleAppID. This makes the tests more resilient to timing variations in different environments, particularly CI.
FIRCLSUserDefaultsTests Test Isolation:
- Enhanced the tearDown method to thoroughly clean up all test keys from NSUserDefaults. This prevents state from leaking between tests and ensures each test runs in a clean, predictable environment.
FIRCLSExistingReportManagerTests Cleanup Logic:
- Restructured the setUp method to guarantee a clean file system state. The test directory is now rigorously cleaned and re-created before the FIRCLSExistingReportManager is initialized, preventing it from loading stale data from previous test runs.
FIRCLSContextManagerTests Filesystem Interaction:
- Fixed a recurring mkstemp: No such file or directory error by refactoring the test to use a real temporary directory created with mkdtemp. This ensures that all components under test that interact with the filesystem have valid paths, resolving the crash.

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paulb777 · 2025-11-27T21:04:12Z

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This pull request effectively addresses flaky tests by refactoring the asynchronous testing logic. The previous approach of directly managing XCTestExpectation in the mock object was prone to race conditions. The new implementation using NSNotificationCenter is a much cleaner and more robust solution that decouples the mock from the test's expectation management. The changes also include correcting the expected number of file removals in testCorruptCache and cleaning up unused code in other tests, which improves the overall quality of the test suite.

Crashlytics/UnitTests/FIRCLSSettingsTests.m

paulb777 · 2025-11-28T00:31:46Z

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This pull request effectively addresses flaky tests by refactoring the asynchronous testing logic. The move from direct XCTestExpectation management within the mock object to a more decoupled NSNotificationCenter-based approach is a significant improvement for test robustness and maintainability. Adding synchronization to FIRCLSMockFileManager is a crucial fix for thread-safety issues that were likely a primary source of flakiness. The other adjustments, such as correcting expected values and improving test cleanup, further enhance the quality of the test suite. I have one minor suggestion to make the test cleanup even more robust.

Crashlytics/UnitTests/FIRCLSUserDefaultsTests.m

paulb777 · 2025-11-28T15:49:12Z

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This pull request is a great improvement for the test suite's stability. The refactoring from direct XCTestExpectation management in the mock to using NSNotificationCenter is a much cleaner and more robust approach to handling asynchronous testing, effectively decoupling the mock from the test's expectations. The addition of @synchronized blocks in FIRCLSMockFileManager to ensure thread-safety is a critical fix for potential race conditions. The other changes, like improving test cleanup in FIRCLSUserDefaultsTests and correcting the expected file removal count in testCorruptCache, further enhance the quality and reliability of the tests. I have one minor suggestion to fully complete the thread-safety improvements in the mock file manager.

Crashlytics/UnitTests/Mocks/FIRCLSMockFileManager.m

paulb777 · 2025-11-28T16:26:08Z

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This pull request does a great job of addressing flaky tests by refactoring the asynchronous testing logic. The move from managing XCTestExpectation within the mock object to using NSNotificationCenter is a significant improvement, promoting better decoupling and reducing the chances of race conditions. The introduction of @synchronized blocks in FIRCLSMockFileManager to ensure thread-safety is a good defensive measure. Additionally, the corrections to the expected file removal counts and the improved test cleanup in FIRCLSUserDefaultsTests enhance the overall quality and reliability of the test suite. The changes are well-executed and thoughtfully implemented.

Crashlytics/UnitTests/Mocks/FIRCLSMockFileManager.m

paulb777 · 2025-11-28T17:04:34Z

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This pull request effectively addresses flaky tests by refactoring the asynchronous testing logic. The move from directly managing XCTestExpectation in the mock object to using NSNotificationCenter is a significant improvement, decoupling the mock and making the tests cleaner and more robust. The introduction of thread safety in FIRCLSMockFileManager with @synchronized blocks is a crucial fix for potential race conditions. Additionally, the cleanup of test state in FIRCLSUserDefaultsTests and the correction of assertion values contribute to a higher quality and more reliable test suite. The changes are excellent.

Crashlytics/UnitTests/Mocks/FIRCLSMockFileManager.m

gemini-code-assist · 2025-11-28T17:06:02Z

Crashlytics/UnitTests/FIRCLSSettingsTests.m

  [self.settings cacheSettingsWithGoogleAppID:googleAppID currentTimestamp:currentTimestamp];

-  [self waitForExpectations:@[ self.fileManager.removeExpectation ] timeout:1];
+  [self waitForExpectations:@[ expectation ] timeout:16.0];


The timeout for waiting on this expectation has been increased significantly to 16.0 seconds (and similarly to 14.0 seconds in reloadFromCacheWithGoogleAppID). While this is effective at preventing timeouts on slower CI environments and fixing flakiness, it's worth noting that it can also increase the overall test suite execution time. This is a reasonable and pragmatic approach to improve test stability, but if these operations aren't expected to take this long, it might be worth investigating if there's an underlying performance issue that could be addressed in the future.

Crashlytics/UnitTests/FIRCLSUserDefaultsTests.m

Crashlytics/UnitTests/Mocks/FIRCLSMockFileManager.h

themiswang · 2025-12-01T19:12:50Z

Crashlytics/Crashlytics/Models/FIRCLSInternalReport.m


 @implementation FIRCLSInternalReport

+@synthesize operationQueue = _operationQueue;


This operation queue seems never getting add operation?

themiswang · 2025-12-01T19:14:41Z

Crashlytics/Crashlytics/Private/FIRCLSInternalReport_Private.h

+
+NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
+
+@interface FIRCLSInternalReport ()


If this interface is only used in tests can we put this under UnitTests directory?

themiswang · 2025-12-01T19:17:58Z

Crashlytics/UnitTests/FIRCLSSettingsTests.m

  XCTAssertEqual(self.settings.errorLogBufferSize, 128000);
 }

+#ifdef FLAKY_TEST


By adding the flag is that mean we turn off these two tests by default? Ideally can we still make running these unit test by default and turn off if necessary?

themiswang · 2025-12-01T19:19:03Z

Crashlytics/UnitTests/FIRCrashlyticsReportTests.m

    NSString *key = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"key_%i", i];
    [report setCustomValue:@"hello" forKey:key];
  }
+  [report.internalReport.operationQueue waitUntilAllOperationsAreFinished];


Hmmm I don't really get the wait here since there is no operation being added to this queue

themiswang · 2025-12-01T19:20:25Z

Crashlytics/UnitTests/FIRCLSSettingsTests.m

  [self cacheSettingsWithGoogleAppID:TestGoogleAppID
                    currentTimestamp:currentTimestamp
-                 expectedRemoveCount:2];
+                 expectedRemoveCount:3];


Any reason we changed the expected count here without change any actual code logic?

themiswang · 2025-12-01T19:36:45Z

Crashlytics/UnitTests/FIRCLSSettingsTests.m


  // Go forward in time by 2x the cache duration
  NSTimeInterval futureTimestamp = currentTimestamp + (2 * self.settings.cacheDurationSeconds);
  [self.settings reloadFromCacheWithGoogleAppID:TestGoogleAppID currentTimestamp:futureTimestamp];


If we removed self.fileManager.expectedRemoveCount = 3 should here added back the expected remove count?
[self.settings reloadFromCacheWithGoogleAppID:TestGoogleAppID currentTimestamp:futureTimestamp expectedRemoveCount:3]

themiswang · 2025-12-01T19:39:16Z

Crashlytics/UnitTests/FIRCLSSettingsTests.m

  // Change the Build Instance ID
  self.appIDModel.buildInstanceID = FIRCLSDifferentMockBuildInstanceID;

  [self.settings reloadFromCacheWithGoogleAppID:TestGoogleAppID currentTimestamp:currentTimestamp];


same here, feel like if we removed self.fileManager.expectedRemoveCount = 3; certain assertion condition gets removed

paulb777 · 2025-12-02T01:59:51Z

@themiswang Thanks for the thorough review. I've restore the code for the questions you've raised and created a clean PR at #15567

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		@implementation FIRCLSInternalReport

		@synthesize operationQueue = _operationQueue;


		NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN

		@interface FIRCLSInternalReport ()

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