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Observation¶

After #167395 openQA-in-openQA tests use devel:openQA:testing which is a snapshot of devel:openQA created before triggering tests. Unfortunately this snapshot can be created at a bad time where the repository is inconsistent. At least that's how it looks like on https://openqa.opensuse.org/tests/4704845#step/openqa_worker/1 where the installation of openQA-worker fails with The to be installed openQA-worker-4.6.17… requires 'openqa-common = 4.6.17… … but this requirement cannot be provided. Then it suggests do downgrade to packages from openSUSE.

The tests retries the installation but because devel:openQA:testing is snapshotted after #167395 this is in vain now.

I checked the video and it looks like the test really only adds devel:openQA:testing (and not e.g. devel:openQA in addition). So I think an inconsistent snapshot of devel:openQA:testing is the most likely explanation.

Acceptance criteria¶

• AC1: Tests are only triggered from a consistent snapshot of devel:openQA

Suggestions¶

• Familiarize yourself with https://github.com/os-autoinst/scripts/blob/master/trigger-openqa_in_openqa and https://github.com/os-autoinst/scripts/blob/master/os-autoinst-obs-auto-submit and http://jenkins.qa.suse.de/job/submit-openQA-TW-to-oS_Fctry/ to understand the current pipeline and the involved scripts / #167395
• Ensure that the repository devel:openQA is "consistent" (supposedly everything is in the published state) before "releasing" it on devel:openQA:testing.
• After the releasing has been done, check whether a consistent state has been released. (All split packages have the same version.)
• Ask on OBS channels about this problem of the release command and how it is usually dealt with.