[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:  atagar
         Type:  defect         |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Medium         |  Milestone:
    Component:  Core Tor/Stem  |    Version:
     Severity:  Normal         |   Keywords:  testing
Actual Points:                 |  Parent ID:
       Points:                 |   Reviewer:
      Sponsor:                 |
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 A [[https://jenkins.torproject.org/job/stem-tor-ci/3443/console|recent
 Jenkins test run (`Build #3443 (May 25, 2018 9:40:56 PM) `)]] indicates
 that our `test_get_microdescriptors` test may be a bit unreliable:
 {{{
 ======================================================================
 21:43:42 ERROR: test_get_microdescriptors
 21:43:42
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 21:43:42 Traceback (most recent call last):
 21:43:42   File "/srv/jenkins-workspace/workspace/stem-tor-
 ci/test/require.py", line 58, in wrapped
 21:43:42     return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
 21:43:42   File "/srv/jenkins-workspace/workspace/stem-tor-
 ci/test/integ/control/controller.py", line 1164, in
 test_get_microdescriptors
 21:43:42     for desc in controller.get_microdescriptors():
 21:43:42   File "/srv/jenkins-workspace/workspace/stem-tor-
 ci/stem/control.py", line 488, in wrapped
 21:43:42     for val in func(self, *args, **kwargs):
 21:43:42   File "/srv/jenkins-workspace/workspace/stem-tor-
 ci/stem/control.py", line 1773, in get_microdescriptors
 21:43:42     raise stem.OperationFailed(message = "Data directory doens't
 contain cached microescriptors (%s)" % cached_descriptor_path)
 21:43:42 OperationFailed: Data directory doens't contain cached
 microescriptors (/srv/jenkins-workspace/workspace/stem-tor-ci/test/data
 /cached-microdescs)
 }}}

 Later test runs have passed, and nothing major has changed in the code.

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