pkg/test/eventually.go

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package test

import (
	"time"
)

import (
	"github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4"
)

// A Condition is a function that returns true when a test condition is satisfied.
type Condition func() bool

// Eventually polls cond until it completes (returns true) or times out (resulting in a test failure).
func Eventually(t Failer, name string, cond Condition) {
	t.Helper()
	EventualOpts{backoff.NewExponentialBackOff()}.Eventually(t, name, cond)
}

// EventualOpts defines a polling strategy for operations that must eventually succeed. A new EventualOpts must be provided
// for each invocation of Eventually (or call Reset on a previously completed set of options).
type EventualOpts struct {
	strategy *backoff.ExponentialBackOff
}

// NewEventualOpts constructs an EventualOpts instance with the provided polling interval and deadline. EventualOpts will
// perform randomized exponential backoff using the starting interval, and will stop polling (and therefore fail) after
// deadline time as elapsed from calling Eventually.
//
// Note: we always backoff with a randomization of 0.5 (50%), a multiplier of 1.5, and a max interval of one minute.
func NewEventualOpts(interval, deadline time.Duration) *EventualOpts {
	strategy := backoff.NewExponentialBackOff()
	strategy.InitialInterval = interval
	strategy.MaxElapsedTime = deadline
	return &EventualOpts{strategy}
}

// Eventually polls cond until it succeeds (returns true) or we exceed the deadline. Eventually performs backoff while
// polling cond.
//
// name is printed as part of the test failure message when we exceed the deadline to help identify the test case failing.
// cond does not need to be thread-safe: it is only called from the current goroutine. cond itself can also fail the test early using t.Fatal.
func (e EventualOpts) Eventually(t Failer, name string, cond Condition) {
	t.Helper()

	// Check once before we start polling.
	if cond() {
		return
	}

	// We didn't get a happy fast-path, so set up timers and wait.
	// The backoff's ticker will close the channel after MaxElapsedTime, so we don't need to worry about a timeout.
	poll := backoff.NewTicker(e.strategy).C
	for {
		_, cont := <-poll
		if cond() {
			return
		} else if !cont {
			t.Fatalf("timed out waiting for condition %q to complete", name)
		}
	}
}