[tor-bugs] #26225 [Core Tor/Stem]: Jenkins test failure: test_get_microdescriptors - test may be unreliable

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#26225: Jenkins test failure: test_get_microdescriptors - test may be unreliable
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 Reporter:  dmr            |          Owner:  dmr
     Type:  defect         |         Status:  needs_review
 Priority:  Medium         |      Milestone:
Component:  Core Tor/Stem  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal         |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  testing        |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                 |         Points:
 Reviewer:  atagar         |        Sponsor:
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Changes (by dmr):

 * status:  assigned => needs_review


Comment:

 I tried for a while to reproduce this, but wasn't able to.
 However, some of the test output tripped me up to the potential cause.

 So I've pushed a set of changes that I //think// will make this test more
 reliable.
 [[https://github.com/torproject/stem/pull/3|GitHub pull request]] (branch
 head `6ddc67f62689e5b34a1a969a1d022c3c653599b5`)

 I dug into the original implementation of `get_microdescriptors()` and the
 evolution of its test case, just to try to understand if something more
 was going on here. As far as I can reason about this without reproducing
 the failure, these are appropriate changes to make. Please feel free to
 take all or a subset!

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