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Travis failures with Postgres tests

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Description

Travis builds are failing semi randomly now that we're testing against Postgres. Tests pass when rerun manually. I suspect a database contention or cleaning issue, but I haven't reproduced it reliably yet.

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Research direction

Start by examining the Travis configuration and the Postgres test setup, then rerun the failing suite to compare intermittent failures with manual reruns. Investigate the reported database contention or cleaning behavior; done means the Postgres tests pass consistently in Travis.

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Assessment

Tech stack
postgresql, ruby
Domain
ci-cd, databases, testing
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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