Nice!

Ismael

On Fri, Feb 9, 2024 at 3:43 PM Greg Harris <greg.har...@aiven.io.invalid>
wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> I implemented a fairly aggressive PR [1] to demote flaky tests to
> integration tests, and the end result is a much faster (10m locally,
> 1h on Jenkins) build which is also very reliable.
>
> I believe this would make unitTest suitable for use in the merge
> queue, with the caveat that it doesn't run 25k integration tests, and
> doesn't perform the mockito strict stubbing verification.
> This would still be a drastic improvement, as we would then be running
> the build and 87k unit tests that we aren't running today.
>
> Thanks!
> Greg
>
> [1] https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/15349
>
> On Fri, Feb 9, 2024 at 9:25 AM Ismael Juma <m...@ismaeljuma.com> wrote:
> >
> > Please check https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/14186 before making
> the
> > `unitTest` and `integrationTest` split.
> >
> > Ismael
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 9, 2024 at 9:16 AM Josep Prat <josep.p...@aiven.io.invalid>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Regarding "Split our CI "test" job into unit and integration so we can
> > > start collecting data on those suites", can we run these 2 tasks in the
> > > same machine? So they won't need to compile classes twice for the same
> > > exact code?
> > >
> > > On Fri, Feb 9, 2024 at 6:05 PM Ismael Juma <m...@ismaeljuma.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Why can't we add @Tag("integration") for all of those tests? Seems
> like
> > > > that would not be too hard.
> > > >
> > > > Ismael
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, Feb 9, 2024 at 9:03 AM Greg Harris
> <greg.har...@aiven.io.invalid
> > > >
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi David,
> > > > >
> > > > > +1 on that strategy.
> > > > >
> > > > > I see several flaky tests that aren't marked with
> @Tag("integration")
> > > > > or @IntegrationTest, and I think those would make using the
> unitTest
> > > > > target ineffective here. We could also start a new tag
> @Tag("flaky")
> > > > > and exclude that.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > Greg
> > > > >
> > > > > On Fri, Feb 9, 2024 at 8:57 AM David Arthur <mum...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I do think we can add a PR to the merge queue while bypassing
> branch
> > > > > > potections (like we do for the Merge button today), but I'm not
> 100%
> > > > > sure.
> > > > > > I like the idea of running unit tests, though I don't think we
> have
> > > > data
> > > > > on
> > > > > > how long just the unit tests run on Jenkins (since we run the
> "test"
> > > > > target
> > > > > > which includes all tests). I'm also not sure how flaky the unit
> test
> > > > > suite
> > > > > > is alone.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Since we already bypass the PR checks when merging, it seems that
> > > > adding
> > > > > a
> > > > > > required compile/check step before landing on trunk is strictly
> an
> > > > > > improvement.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > What about this as a short term plan:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 1) Add the merge queue, only run compile/check
> > > > > > 2) Split our CI "test" job into unit and integration so we can
> start
> > > > > > collecting data on those suites
> > > > > > 3) Add "unitTest" to merge queue job once we're satisfied it
> won't
> > > > cause
> > > > > > disruption
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Fri, Feb 9, 2024 at 11:43 AM Josep Prat
> > > <josep.p...@aiven.io.invalid
> > > > >
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Hi David,
> > > > > > > I like the idea, it will solve the problem we've seen a couple
> of
> > > > > times in
> > > > > > > the last 2 weeks where compilation for some Scala version
> failed,
> > > it
> > > > > was
> > > > > > > probably overlooked during the PR build because of the
> flakiness of
> > > > > tests
> > > > > > > and the compilation failure was buried among the amount of
> failed
> > > > > tests.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Regarding the type of check, I'm not sure what's best, have a
> real
> > > > > quick
> > > > > > > check or a longer one including unit tests. A full test suite
> will
> > > > run
> > > > > per
> > > > > > > each commit in each PR (these we have definitely more than 8
> per
> > > day)
> > > > > and
> > > > > > > this should be used to ensure changes are safe and sound. I'm
> not
> > > > sure
> > > > > if
> > > > > > > having unit tests run as well before the merge itself would
> cause
> > > too
> > > > > much
> > > > > > > of an extra load on the CI machines.
> > > > > > > We can go with `gradlew unitTest` and see if this takes too
> long or
> > > > > causes
> > > > > > > too many delays with the normal pipeline.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Best,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 9, 2024 at 4:16 PM Ismael Juma <m...@ismaeljuma.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Hi David,
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > I think this is a helpful thing (and something I hoped we
> would
> > > use
> > > > > when
> > > > > > > I
> > > > > > > > learned about it), but it does require the validation checks
> to
> > > be
> > > > > > > reliable
> > > > > > > > (or else the PR won't be merged). Sounds like you are
> suggesting
> > > to
> > > > > skip
> > > > > > > > the tests for the merge queue validation. Could we perhaps
> > > include
> > > > > the
> > > > > > > unit
> > > > > > > > tests as well? That would incentivize us to ensure the unit
> tests
> > > > are
> > > > > > > fast
> > > > > > > > and reliable. Getting the integration tests to the same state
> > > will
> > > > > be a
> > > > > > > > longer journey.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Ismael
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 9, 2024 at 7:04 AM David Arthur <
> mum...@gmail.com>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Hey folks,
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > I recently learned about Github's Merge Queue feature, and
> I
> > > > think
> > > > > it
> > > > > > > > could
> > > > > > > > > help us out.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Essentially, when you hit the Merge button on a PR, it
> will add
> > > > > the PR
> > > > > > > > to a
> > > > > > > > > queue and let you run a CI job before merging. Just
> something
> > > > > simple
> > > > > > > like
> > > > > > > > > compile + static analysis would probably save us from a
> lot of
> > > > > > > headaches
> > > > > > > > on
> > > > > > > > > trunk.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > I can think of two situations this would help us avoid:
> > > > > > > > > * Two valid PRs are merged near one another, but they
> create a
> > > > code
> > > > > > > > > breakage (rare)
> > > > > > > > > * A quick little "fixup" commit on a PR actually breaks
> > > something
> > > > > (less
> > > > > > > > > rare)
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Looking at our Github stats, we are averaging under 40
> commits
> > > > per
> > > > > > > week.
> > > > > > > > > Assuming those primarily come in on weekdays, that's 8
> commits
> > > > per
> > > > > day.
> > > > > > > > If
> > > > > > > > > we just run "gradlew check -x tests" for the merge queue
> job, I
> > > > > don't
> > > > > > > > think
> > > > > > > > > we'd get backlogged.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Thoughts?
> > > > > > > > > David
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > --
> > > > > > > > > David Arthur
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
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