[Flaky Test]: `TestAgentMetricsInput/otel` – `Condition never satisfied`

[ebeahan]

Failing test case

TestAgentMetricsInput/otel

Error message

Condition never satisfied

Build

https://buildkite.com/elastic/elastic-agent-extended-testing/builds/10752#019a0c16-abe1-4897-80be-037ea34d318d

OS

Linux

Stacktrace and notes

=== Failed
=== FAIL: testing/integration/ess TestAgentMetricsInput/otel (70.63s)
    fetcher.go:102: Using existing artifact elastic-agent-8.19.5-SNAPSHOT-linux-arm64.tar.gz
    fixture.go:311: Extracting artifact elastic-agent-8.19.5-SNAPSHOT-linux-arm64.tar.gz to /tmp/TestAgentMetricsInput-otel3586380145
    fixture.go:329: Completed extraction of artifact elastic-agent-8.19.5-SNAPSHOT-linux-arm64.tar.gz to /tmp/TestAgentMetricsInput-otel3586380145
    fixture.go:1012: Components were not modified from the fetched artifact
    fixture.go:812: >> running binary with: [/tmp/TestAgentMetricsInput-otel3586380145/elastic-agent-8.19.5-SNAPSHOT-linux-arm64/elastic-agent status --output json]
    fixture.go:812: >> running binary with: [/tmp/TestAgentMetricsInput-otel3586380145/elastic-agent-8.19.5-SNAPSHOT-linux-arm64/elastic-agent status --output json]
    beat_receivers_test.go:531: waiting for agent healthy: agent isn't healthy, current status: STARTING
    fixture.go:812: >> running binary with: [/tmp/TestAgentMetricsInput-otel3586380145/elastic-agent-8.19.5-SNAPSHOT-linux-arm64/elastic-agent status --output json]
    beat_receivers_test.go:531: waiting for agent healthy: agent isn't healthy, current status: STARTING
    fixture.go:812: >> running binary with: [/tmp/TestAgentMetricsInput-otel3586380145/elastic-agent-8.19.5-SNAPSHOT-linux-arm64/elastic-agent status --output json]
    beat_receivers_test.go:531: waiting for agent healthy: agent isn't healthy, current status: STARTING
    fixture.go:812: >> running binary with: [/tmp/TestAgentMetricsInput-otel3586380145/elastic-agent-8.19.5-SNAPSHOT-linux-arm64/elastic-agent status --output json]
    beat_receivers_test.go:531: waiting for agent healthy: agent isn't healthy, current status: DEGRADED
    fixture.go:812: >> running binary with: [/tmp/TestAgentMetricsInput-otel3586380145/elastic-agent-8.19.5-SNAPSHOT-linux-arm64/elastic-agent status --output json]

[elasticmachine]

Pinging @elastic/elastic-agent (Team:Elastic-Agent)

[elasticmachine]

Pinging @elastic/elastic-agent-control-plane (Team:Elastic-Agent-Control-Plane)

[swiatekm]

From https://buildkite.com/elastic/elastic-agent/builds/29116#019a0d9c-d149-41dd-9e84-7649f2ca05a5, this actually happens when the beat is running as a process, which explains the failure. The bug, then, involves the conditions under which we add the input.