runtests: add retry option to reduce flakiness #17091
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runtests.pl: skip retry for torture tests runtests.pl: count retries and fail if any (temp) runtests.pl: count total (without retries) vs executed (with retries) runtests.pl: count retries and fail if any, stop failing
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Add `--retry=<num>` option to tell runtests to retry the first `<num>` tests that failed. Retries aren't run right away, but added to the end of the test queue. Once all retry slots are used, test fail as normal. In CI, typically a single test fails for flakiness, and rarely over 5. Make the `ci-test` targets default to `--retry=5`. Closes curl#17091
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Add `--retry=<num>` option to tell runtests to retry the first `<num>` tests that failed. Retries aren't run right away, but added to the end of the test queue. Once all retry slots are used, test fail as normal. In CI, typically a single test fails for flakiness, and rarely over 5. Make the `ci-test` targets default to `--retry=5`. Closes curl#17091
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Add
--retry=<num>option to tell runtests to retry the first<num>tests that failed. Retries aren't run right away, but added to the end
of the test queue. Once all retry slots are used, test fail as normal.
In CI, typically a single test fails for flakiness, and rarely over 5.
Make the
ci-testtargets default to--retry=5.