Bazel CI flaky error for. src.test.shell.bazel.external_integration_test test_distdir_option_not_sticky

[sgowroji]

CI: https://buildkite.com/organizations/bazel/analytics/suites/bazel-bazel/tests/01884405-cb0a-7f9d-82a5-8bdafcaa0fa3?branch=master

BAZELCI_TASK=macos
TEST_TARGET=//src/test/shell/bazel:external_integration_test
TEST_NAME=test_distdir_option_not_sticky

bazel test //src/test/shell/bazel:external_integration_test --test_filter=test_distdir_option_not_sticky

Logs:

 adding: ext/BUILD (deflated 15%)
$TEST_TMPDIR defined: output root default is '/private/var/tmp/_bazel_buildkite/cff476a755d16eccfc51fa7c420fb41f/sandbox/darwin-sandbox/8494/execroot/_main/_tmp/b03205ad50af05e6d0cacc2be6ca2cc2' and max_idle_secs default is '15'.
Starting local Bazel server and connecting to it...
INFO: Starting clean (this may take a while). Consider using --async if the clean takes more than several minutes.
$TEST_TMPDIR defined: output root default is '/private/var/tmp/_bazel_buildkite/cff476a755d16eccfc51fa7c420fb41f/sandbox/darwin-sandbox/8494/execroot/_main/_tmp/b03205ad50af05e6d0cacc2be6ca2cc2' and max_idle_secs default is '15'.
Starting local Bazel server and connecting to it...
Computing main repo mapping: 
Loading: 
Loading: 0 packages loaded
Analyzing: target //:unrelated (1 packages loaded, 0 targets configured)
Analyzing: target //:unrelated (1 packages loaded, 0 targets configured)
[0 / 1] checking cached actions
INFO: Analyzed target //:unrelated (5 packages loaded, 7 targets configured).
INFO: Found 1 target...
Target //:unrelated up-to-date:
  bazel-bin/unrelated.txt
INFO: Elapsed time: 4.295s, Critical Path: 0.09s
INFO: 2 processes: 1 internal, 1 processwrapper-sandbox.
INFO: Build completed successfully, 2 total actions
$TEST_TMPDIR defined: output root default is '/private/var/tmp/_bazel_buildkite/cff476a755d16eccfc51fa7c420fb41f/sandbox/darwin-sandbox/8494/execroot/_main/_tmp/b03205ad50af05e6d0cacc2be6ca2cc2' and max_idle_secs default is '15'.
Computing main repo mapping: 
Loading: 
Loading: 0 packages loaded
Analyzing: target //:local (0 packages loaded, 0 targets configured)
Analyzing: target //:local (0 packages loaded, 0 targets configured)
[0 / 1] [Prepa] BazelWorkspaceStatusAction stable-status.txt
INFO: Analyzed target //:local (1 packages loaded, 2 targets configured).
INFO: Found 1 target...
Target //:local up-to-date:
  bazel-bin/local.txt
INFO: Elapsed time: 0.387s, Critical Path: 0.07s
INFO: 3 processes: 1 internal, 2 processwrapper-sandbox.
INFO: Build completed successfully, 3 total actions
-- Test log: -----------------------------------------------------------
$TEST_TMPDIR defined: output root default is '/private/var/tmp/_bazel_buildkite/cff476a755d16eccfc51fa7c420fb41f/sandbox/darwin-sandbox/8494/execroot/_main/_tmp/b03205ad50af05e6d0cacc2be6ca2cc2' and max_idle_secs default is '15'.
INFO: Starting clean (this may take a while). Consider using --async if the clean takes more than several minutes.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
test_distdir_option_not_sticky FAILED: Expected failure.
/private/var/tmp/_bazel_buildkite/cff476a755d16eccfc51fa7c420fb41f/sandbox/darwin-sandbox/8494/execroot/_main/bazel-out/darwin_x86_64-fastbuild/bin/src/test/shell/bazel/external_integration_test.runfiles/_main/src/test/shell/bazel/external_integration_test:2321: in call to test_distdir_option_not_sticky

Tear down:

INFO[external_integration_test 2024-04-11 09:25:58 (+0000)] Cleaning up workspace

CC Greenteam @meteorcloudy

[haxorz]

This test has to do with Bazel's external repo support, so I don't think team-Core is appropriate.

[meteorcloudy]

This one isn't actually causing any trouble in postsubmit, so I'll close it for now.