Issue #19872 has been reported by vo.x (Vit Ondruch). ---------------------------------------- Bug #19872: TestRequireLib#test_thread_size test case is unstable https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/19872 * Author: vo.x (Vit Ondruch) * Status: Open * Priority: Normal * ruby -v: ruby 3.3.0dev (2023-09-05 master 7c8932365f) [x86_64-linux] * Backport: 3.0: UNKNOWN, 3.1: UNKNOWN, 3.2: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- Just exploring the difference in skipped test cases, it seems to be due to `TestRequireLib#test_thread_size`. One test run might look like: ~~~ 84) Skipped: TestRequireLib#test_thread_size:/builddir/build/BUILD/ruby-3.3.0-7c8932365f/lib/reline/history.rb [/builddir/build/BUILD/ruby-3.3.0-7c8932365f/test/ruby/test_require_lib.rb:21]: uninitialized constant Reline 85) Skipped: TestRequireLib#test_thread_size:/builddir/build/BUILD/ruby-3.3.0-7c8932365f/lib/reline/line_editor.rb [/builddir/build/BUILD/ruby-3.3.0-7c8932365f/test/ruby/test_require_lib.rb:21]: uninitialized constant Reline 86) Skipped: TestRequireLib#test_thread_size:/builddir/build/BUILD/ruby-3.3.0-7c8932365f/lib/net/http/generic_request.rb [/builddir/build/BUILD/ruby-3.3.0-7c8932365f/test/ruby/test_require_lib.rb:21]: uninitialized constant Net 87) Skipped: TestRequireLib#test_thread_size:/builddir/build/BUILD/ruby-3.3.0-7c8932365f/lib/rdoc/markup/formatter.rb [/builddir/build/BUILD/ruby-3.3.0-7c8932365f/test/ruby/test_require_lib.rb:21]: uninitialized constant RDoc 88) Skipped: TestRequireLib#test_thread_size:/builddir/build/BUILD/ruby-3.3.0-7c8932365f/lib/rdoc/generator/pot/message_extractor.rb [/builddir/build/BUILD/ruby-3.3.0-7c8932365f/test/ruby/test_require_lib.rb:21]: uninitialized constant RDoc 89) Skipped: TestRequireLib#test_thread_size:/builddir/build/BUILD/ruby-3.3.0-7c8932365f/lib/rdoc/markup/block_quote.rb [/builddir/build/BUILD/ruby-3.3.0-7c8932365f/test/ruby/test_require_lib.rb:21]: uninitialized constant RDoc 90) Skipped: TestRequireLib#test_thread_size:/builddir/build/BUILD/ruby-3.3.0-7c8932365f/lib/irb/context.rb [/builddir/build/BUILD/ruby-3.3.0-7c8932365f/test/ruby/test_require_lib.rb:21]: uninitialized constant IRB 91) Skipped: TestRequireLib#test_thread_size:/builddir/build/BUILD/ruby-3.3.0-7c8932365f/lib/rdoc/markup/indented_paragraph.rb [/builddir/build/BUILD/ruby-3.3.0-7c8932365f/test/ruby/test_require_lib.rb:21]: uninitialized constant RDoc 92) Skipped: TestRequireLib#test_thread_size:/builddir/build/BUILD/ruby-3.3.0-7c8932365f/lib/rdoc/parser/text.rb [/builddir/build/BUILD/ruby-3.3.0-7c8932365f/test/ruby/test_require_lib.rb:21]: uninitialized constant RDoc 93) Skipped: TestRequireLib#test_thread_size:/builddir/build/BUILD/ruby-3.3.0-7c8932365f/lib/rdoc/markup/to_label.rb [/builddir/build/BUILD/ruby-3.3.0-7c8932365f/test/ruby/test_require_lib.rb:21]: uninitialized constant RDoc ~~~ While in the other run, there is e.g. just one test skipped: ~~~ 40) Skipped: TestRequireLib#test_thread_size:/builddir/build/BUILD/ruby-3.3.0-7c8932365f/lib/rdoc/markdown/entities.rb [/builddir/build/BUILD/ruby-3.3.0-7c8932365f/test/ruby/test_require_lib.rb:21]: uninitialized constant RDoc ~~~ I can't help myself, but this test case contains too much randomness to my taste. -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/