From: Tomas Krizek <tomas.krizek@nic.cz>
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2019 13:44:46 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: gitlabci: use retry for flaky tests
X-Git-Tag: v4.0.0~24^2~83
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=2dff0dfd54a5b192f1c075a252553ec5cb2623c3;p=thirdparty%2Fknot-resolver.git

gitlabci: use retry for flaky tests
---

diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 00ec716b0..be2a58c63 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -120,13 +120,10 @@ srpm:
 
 .test_flaky: &test_flaky
   <<: *test
-  except:
-    refs:
-      - master
-    variables:
-      # prevent flaky test from cancelling the rest of pipeline
-      - $SKIP_FLAKY == "1"  # TODO use this variable in schedules
-
+  retry:
+    max: 1
+    when:
+      - script_failure
 
 lint:pedantic:
   stage: test  # could be in build already, but let's not block the test stage if this fails
@@ -273,6 +270,10 @@ pytests 2/2:
   <<: *test_flaky
   script:
     - ${MESON_TEST} pytests.parallel
+  # NOTE using start_in to delay this job is an experimental attempt to reduce chance
+  # this resource-intensive job is started on the same machine as the other pytests
+  when: delayed
+  start_in: 30
 
 respdiff:basic:
   stage: test