aws / aws/aws-durable-execution-sdk-python
Plugin conformance tests are flaky when CloudWatch logs are not yet visible
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- Python
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Description
## Summary
The `conformance (plugin)` job can fail because expected plugin log records are not returned by CloudWatch, even though the durable execution and history validation complete successfully.
## Evidence
- Previous successful run: `33907972521` at commit `4ce54bcf`.
- Failed run: `33922277509` at commit `676c75a`.
- Attempt 1, job `101185043031`: test `10-11` (`plugin_nested_parent_linkage`) failed because both expected `operation-end` records matched 0 logs: the inner step record and the child-context record.
- Retry attempt 2, job `101188790974`: test `10-11` passed, but unrelated test `10-7` (`plugin_terminal_failure`) failed because its `invocation-start` and `invocation-end` records matched 0 logs.
The failure moving between tests on the same commit strongly suggests CloudWatch ingestion/filter timing or log-stream lookup flakiness rather than a deterministic SDK regression. The diff from the previous successful commit only changes OTel release metadata and does not affect the regular core plugin suite.
## Suggested investigation
- Increase or make configurable the CloudWatch log propagation/polling window in the conformance runner.
- Log the resolved log group, execution ARN filter, event count, and final retrieved records when `ExpectedLogs` fails.
- Pin the conformance runner to a known commit in CI instead of installing `@main`.
- Re-run the plugin suite repeatedly against the same commit to confirm the failure rate.
Relevant workflow: `.github/workflows/conformance-tests.yml`, step `Run conformance suite`.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start with .github/workflows/conformance-tests.yml and the “Run conformance suite” step, then rerun the plugin suite repeatedly against the same commit. Investigate CloudWatch propagation or log-stream lookup timing and capture the suggested log-group, execution-filter, event-count, and retrieved-record diagnostics; done means the conformance tests reliably find expected records.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- aws, python
- Domain
- ci-cd, observability, testing
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100