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test_runner: don't await the same promise for each test #52185

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6 changes: 5 additions & 1 deletion lib/internal/test_runner/harness.js
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async function startSubtest(subtest) {
await reportersSetup;
if (reportersSetup) {
// Only incur the overhead of awaiting the Promise once.
await reportersSetup;
reportersSetup = undefined;
}
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Do you happen to have any benchmarking for this change?
Did anything specific raise this change?

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@cjihrig I am curious as well what impact this has. is it that expensive to await the same promise multiple times?

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@MoLow see my comment in #52185 (comment). The issue is just that even after the promise is settled, awaiting it costs another tick. Quoting MDN:

Even when the used promise is already fulfilled, the async function's execution still pauses until the next tick.

It just seemed like a simple way to eliminate some overhead.


const root = getGlobalRoot();
if (!root.harness.bootstrapComplete) {
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8 changes: 5 additions & 3 deletions test/fixtures/test-runner/output/default_output.js
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test('should pass', () => {});
test('should fail', () => { throw new Error('fail'); });
test('should skip', { skip: true }, () => {});
test('parent', () => {
test('should fail', () => { throw new Error('fail'); });
test('should pass but parent fail', () => {});
test('parent', (t) => {
t.test('should fail', () => { throw new Error('fail'); });
t.test('should pass but parent fail', (t, done) => {
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setImmediate(done);
});
});
10 changes: 10 additions & 0 deletions test/fixtures/test-runner/output/default_output.snapshot
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