opensafely-core / opensafely-core/reports

CI test run can be flaky due to exceeding GitHub API limits

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Description

The tests in CI do pass without any change. But when running the tests, I did get for one run:

FAILED tests/reports/test_views.py::test_report_view_last_updated - osgithub.github.GithubAPIException: {"message": "API rate limit exceeded for (redacted IP address). (But here's the good news: Authenticated requests get a higher rate limit. Check out the documentation for more details.)", "documentation_url": "https://docs.github.com/rest/overview/resources-in-the-rest-api#rate-limiting"}

The environment variables are configured in the test workflow. The GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable is unset as this commit.

There might be a good reason why we leave this unset, but it's not documented in the commit history or PR thread.

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Start with tests/reports/test_views.py::test_report_view_last_updated and inspect the test workflow's environment variables. Review commit 7fa98d3101aa1d79db04b4d0b1fa398611010492 and its surrounding history to understand why GITHUB_TOKEN is unset. Done means the rate-limit cause and intended CI configuration or documentation are established.

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Assessment

Tech stack
github, python
Domain
ci-cd, testing
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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