TimelyDataflow / TimelyDataflow/timely-dataflow

Multi process tests

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Description

There are no tests to make sure timely works correctly for n > 1 cases and this may be an issue sometimes.
For example @utaal recently modified a bit of communication in a fork, and cargo test was ok, but when I tried to run some programs using that forked version of timely, I encountered different problems (crashes & hangs).
This can be avoided by including some tests that verify timely works correctly for n > 1.

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Research direction

Start with the existing test coverage and the cargo test entry point, then identify how to run timely with more than one process. Done means tests exercise n > 1 cases and detect the crashes or hangs described when using a forked version.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
distributed-systems, testing
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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