JDK-8075565 : Define @intermittent jtreg keyword and mark intermittently failuring jdk tests
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: core-libs
  • Affected Version: 9
  • Priority: P3
  • Status: Resolved
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • Submitted: 2015-03-19
  • Updated: 2015-06-04
  • Resolved: 2015-03-20
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9 b56Fixed
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Description
As proposed recently

    http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk9-dev/2015-March/001991.html

to better track intermittently failing tests, it would be helpful to mark tests known or suspected of intermittently failing with a jtreg keyword.

Besides directly documenting the condition of of the test in the test itself, it would also allow the group of intermittently failing tests to be run as a test group using jtreg -key:FOO ...
Comments
Review thread: http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2015-March/032383.html
20-03-2015