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Three fixes for shared mutable state causing flaky unit tests in pkg/controller/build when run with -count=N:

  1. Use unique pool name "push-started-test-pool" in TestRecordImagePushStarted instead of "worker" which collides with controller reconciler tests.

  2. Move context.WithTimeout from parent test functions into each individual t.Run subtest so every subtest gets its own full timeout budget instead of sharing a shrinking one:

    • TestOSBuildControllerDeletesRunningBuildBeforeStartingANewOne
    • TestOSBuildControllerFailure
    • TestOSBuildControllerReconcilesJobsAfterRestart
    • TestOSBuildController
  3. Add clearPushStartTimes helper that drains the package-level pushStartTimes sync.Map, called via t.Cleanup in every metrics test that writes to it, preventing stale entries from bleeding across -count iterations.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Tests
    • Improved test isolation by clearing image-push state after test execution.
    • Added unique test pool naming to prevent conflicts between test cases.
    • Updated restart job tests to use independent timeout contexts, reducing interference between subtests.

Three fixes for shared mutable state causing flaky unit tests in
pkg/controller/build when run with -count=N:

1. Use unique pool name "push-started-test-pool" in
   TestRecordImagePushStarted instead of "worker" which collides
   with controller reconciler tests.

2. Move context.WithTimeout from parent test functions into each
   individual t.Run subtest so every subtest gets its own full
   timeout budget instead of sharing a shrinking one:
   - TestOSBuildControllerDeletesRunningBuildBeforeStartingANewOne
   - TestOSBuildControllerFailure
   - TestOSBuildControllerReconcilesJobsAfterRestart
   - TestOSBuildController

3. Add clearPushStartTimes helper that drains the package-level
   pushStartTimes sync.Map, called via t.Cleanup in every metrics
   test that writes to it, preventing stale entries from bleeding
   across -count iterations.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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The tests now isolate shared push metric state and use independent timeout contexts for build controller subtests and restart cases.

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Build controller test isolation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Push metric state cleanup
pkg/controller/build/ocl_metrics_test.go
Image-push tests clear pushStartTimes during cleanup. The start test uses a unique pool label and resets metrics for that pool.
Independent subtest contexts
pkg/controller/build/osbuildcontroller_test.go
Build controller subtests and restart cases create independent timeout contexts instead of sharing a top-level context.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Mergeability Score: 🟡 Moderate · up to 4f348

The change can make parallel metrics tests intermittently lose timing data and fail, especially under repeated test runs. The PR is not merge-ready until cleanup is limited to each test's own pool entry.

Suggested labels: do-not-merge/work-in-progress

Suggested reviewers: eric200428

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In `@pkg/controller/build/ocl_metrics_test.go`:
- Around line 17-25: Update clearPushStartTimes to accept a test-owned pool key
and delete only that key from pushStartTimes, then update every call
site—including TestRecordImagePushCompleted and TestRecordImagePushFailed—to
pass its unique pool value. Register cleanup for that key and preserve any
needed start-of-test reset without clearing entries belonging to parallel tests.
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// clearPushStartTimes removes all entries from the package-level pushStartTimes
// sync.Map so that stale entries do not accumulate across -count iterations.
func clearPushStartTimes(t *testing.T) {
t.Helper()
pushStartTimes.Range(func(key, value any) bool {
pushStartTimes.Delete(key)
return true
})
}

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Limit clearPushStartTimes to the test pool key.

clearPushStartTimes deletes every entry in the package-level pushStartTimes map. These tests call t.Parallel(), so one test's t.Cleanup can remove another test's start time between RecordImagePushStarted and RecordImagePushCompleted / RecordImagePushFailed. Duration tests can then miss an observation and fail under -count.

Delete only the pool key owned by the test. Prefer cleanup (and an optional start-of-test reset) for that key only.

Proposed fix
-// clearPushStartTimes removes all entries from the package-level pushStartTimes
-// sync.Map so that stale entries do not accumulate across -count iterations.
-func clearPushStartTimes(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Helper()
-	pushStartTimes.Range(func(key, value any) bool {
-		pushStartTimes.Delete(key)
-		return true
-	})
-}
+// clearPushStartTime removes the given pool entry from the package-level
+// pushStartTimes sync.Map so tests do not leave or remove shared state for
+// other parallel tests.
+func clearPushStartTime(t *testing.T, pool string) {
+	t.Helper()
+	pushStartTimes.Delete(pool)
+}

Update each call site to pass its pool, for example:

-	t.Cleanup(func() { clearPushStartTimes(t) })
+	t.Cleanup(func() { clearPushStartTime(t, pool) })

For TestRecordImagePushCompleted / TestRecordImagePushFailed, use "worker2" / "worker3" (or local pool variables) the same way.

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In `@pkg/controller/build/ocl_metrics_test.go` around lines 17 - 25, Update
clearPushStartTimes to accept a test-owned pool key and delete only that key
from pushStartTimes, then update every call site—including
TestRecordImagePushCompleted and TestRecordImagePushFailed—to pass its unique
pool value. Register cleanup for that key and preserve any needed start-of-test
reset without clearing entries belonging to parallel tests.

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