nim: unbreak CI; testament: add allowedFailure logic for tests that may fail but should still run (#17513)

Author: timotheecour

testament/categories.nim

@@ -448,7 +448,10 @@ proc testNimblePackages(r: var TResults; cat: Category; packageFilter: string) =
           (outp, status) = execCmdEx(cmd, workingDir = workingDir2)
           status == QuitSuccess
         if not ok:
-          addResult(r, test, targetC, "", cmd & "\n" & outp, reFailed)
+          if pkg.allowFailure:
+            inc r.passed
+            inc r.failedButAllowed
+          addResult(r, test, targetC, "", cmd & "\n" & outp, reFailed, allowFailure = pkg.allowFailure)
           continue
         outp
 
@@ -461,7 +464,7 @@ proc testNimblePackages(r: var TResults; cat: Category; packageFilter: string) =
         discard tryCommand("nimble install --depsOnly -y", maxRetries = 3)
       discard tryCommand(pkg.cmd, reFailed = reBuildFailed)
       inc r.passed
-      r.addResult(test, targetC, "", "", reSuccess)
+      r.addResult(test, targetC, "", "", reSuccess, allowFailure = pkg.allowFailure)
 
     errors = r.total - r.passed
     if errors == 0:

testament/important_packages.nim

@@ -22,39 +22,40 @@ When this is the case, a workaround is to test this package here by adding `--pa
 type NimblePackage* = object
   name*, cmd*, url*: string
   useHead*: bool
+  allowFailure*: bool
+    ## When true, we still run the test but the test is allowed to fail.
+    ## This is useful for packages that currently fail but that we still want to
+    ## run in CI, e.g. so that we can monitor when they start working again and
+    ## are reminded about those failures without making CI fail for unrelated PRs.
 
 var packages*: seq[NimblePackage]
 
-proc pkg(name: string; cmd = "nimble test"; url = "", useHead = true) =
-  packages.add NimblePackage(name: name, cmd: cmd, url: url, useHead: useHead)
+proc pkg(name: string; cmd = "nimble test"; url = "", useHead = true, allowFailure = false) =
+  packages.add NimblePackage(name: name, cmd: cmd, url: url, useHead: useHead, allowFailure: allowFailure)
 
-# pkg "alea"
+pkg "alea", allowFailure = true
 pkg "argparse"
-when false:
-  pkg "arraymancer", "nim c tests/tests_cpu.nim"
-# pkg "ast_pattern_matching", "nim c -r --oldgensym:on tests/test1.nim"
+pkg "arraymancer", "nim c tests/tests_cpu.nim", allowFailure = true
+pkg "ast_pattern_matching", "nim c -r --oldgensym:on tests/test1.nim", allowFailure = true
 pkg "awk"
 pkg "bigints", url = "https://github.com/Araq/nim-bigints"
 pkg "binaryheap", "nim c -r binaryheap.nim"
 pkg "BipBuffer"
-# pkg "blscurve" # pending https://github.com/status-im/nim-blscurve/issues/39
+pkg "blscurve", allowFailure = true # pending https://github.com/status-im/nim-blscurve/issues/39
 pkg "bncurve"
 pkg "brainfuck", "nim c -d:release -r tests/compile.nim"
 pkg "bump", "nim c --gc:arc --path:. -r tests/tbump.nim", "https://github.com/disruptek/bump"
 pkg "c2nim", "nim c testsuite/tester.nim"
 pkg "cascade"
 pkg "cello"
 pkg "chroma"
-# pkg "chronicles", "nim c -o:chr -r chronicles.nim"
-# when not defined(osx): # testdatagram.nim(560, 54): Check failed
-#   pkg "chronos", "nim c -r -d:release tests/testall"
-  # pending https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/17130
-
+pkg "chronicles", "nim c -o:chr -r chronicles.nim", allowFailure = true # pending https://github.com/status-im/nim-chronos/issues/169
+pkg "chronos", "nim c -r -d:release tests/testall", allowFailure = true # pending https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/17130
 pkg "cligen", "nim c --path:. -r cligen.nim"
 pkg "combparser", "nimble test --gc:orc"
 pkg "compactdict"
 pkg "comprehension", "nimble test", "https://github.com/alehander42/comprehension"
-# pkg "criterion" # pending https://github.com/disruptek/criterion/issues/3 (wrongly closed)
+pkg "criterion", allowFailure = true # pending https://github.com/disruptek/criterion/issues/3 (wrongly closed)
 pkg "dashing", "nim c tests/functional.nim"
 pkg "delaunay"
 pkg "docopt"
@@ -66,12 +67,12 @@ pkg "fusion"
 pkg "gara"
 pkg "glob"
 pkg "ggplotnim", "nim c -d:noCairo -r tests/tests.nim"
-# pkg "gittyup", "nimble test", "https://github.com/disruptek/gittyup"
+pkg "gittyup", "nimble test", "https://github.com/disruptek/gittyup", allowFailure = true
 pkg "gnuplot", "nim c gnuplot.nim"
 # pkg "gram", "nim c -r --gc:arc --define:danger tests/test.nim", "https://github.com/disruptek/gram"
   # pending https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/16509
 pkg "hts", "nim c -o:htss src/hts.nim"
-# pkg "httpauth"
+pkg "httpauth", allowFailure = true
 pkg "illwill", "nimble examples"
 pkg "inim"
 pkg "itertools", "nim doc src/itertools.nim"
@@ -87,28 +88,28 @@ pkg "memo"
 pkg "msgpack4nim", "nim c -r tests/test_spec.nim"
 pkg "nake", "nim c nakefile.nim"
 pkg "neo", "nim c -d:blas=openblas tests/all.nim"
-# pkg "nesm", "nimble tests" # notice plural 'tests'
-# pkg "nico"
+pkg "nesm", "nimble tests", allowFailure = true # notice plural 'tests'
+pkg "nico", allowFailure = true
 pkg "nicy", "nim c -r src/nicy.nim"
 pkg "nigui", "nim c -o:niguii -r src/nigui.nim"
 pkg "nimcrypto", "nim r --path:. tests/testall.nim" # `--path:.` workaround needed, see D20210308T165435
 pkg "NimData", "nim c -o:nimdataa src/nimdata.nim"
 pkg "nimes", "nim c src/nimes.nim"
 pkg "nimfp", "nim c -o:nfp -r src/fp.nim"
-# pkg "nimgame2", "nim c nimgame2/nimgame.nim" # XXX Doesn't work with deprecated 'randomize', will create a PR.
+pkg "nimgame2", "nim c nimgame2/nimgame.nim", allowFailure = true # XXX Doesn't work with deprecated 'randomize', will create a PR.
 pkg "nimgen", "nim c -o:nimgenn -r src/nimgen/runcfg.nim"
 pkg "nimlsp"
 pkg "nimly", "nim c -r tests/test_readme_example.nim"
-# pkg "nimongo", "nimble test_ci"
-# pkg "nimph", "nimble test", "https://github.com/disruptek/nimph"
+pkg "nimongo", "nimble test_ci", allowFailure = true
+pkg "nimph", "nimble test", "https://github.com/disruptek/nimph", allowFailure = true
 pkg "nimpy", "nim c -r tests/nimfrompy.nim"
 pkg "nimquery"
 pkg "nimsl"
 pkg "nimsvg"
 pkg "nimterop", "nimble minitest"
 pkg "nimwc", "nim c nimwc.nim"
-# pkg "nimx", "nim c --threads:on test/main.nim"
-# pkg "nitter", "nim c src/nitter.nim", "https://github.com/zedeus/nitter"
+pkg "nimx", "nim c --threads:on test/main.nim", allowFailure = true
+pkg "nitter", "nim c src/nitter.nim", "https://github.com/zedeus/nitter", allowFailure = true
 pkg "norm", "nim c -r tests/sqlite/trows.nim"
 pkg "npeg", "nimble testarc"
 pkg "numericalnim", "nim c -r tests/test_integrate.nim"
@@ -150,7 +151,7 @@ pkg "unicodedb", "nim c -d:release -r tests/tests.nim"
 pkg "unicodeplus", "nim c -d:release -r tests/tests.nim"
 pkg "unpack"
 pkg "websocket", "nim c websocket.nim"
-# pkg "winim"
+pkg "winim", allowFailure = true
 pkg "with"
 pkg "ws"
 pkg "yaml", "nim build"

testament/testament.nim

@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ proc isNimRepoTests(): bool =
 type
   Category = distinct string
   TResults = object
-    total, passed, skipped: int
+    total, passed, failedButAllowed, skipped: int
+      ## xxx rename passed to passedOrAllowedFailure
     data: string
   TTest = object
     name: string
@@ -212,6 +213,7 @@ proc callCCompiler(cmdTemplate, filename, options: string,
 proc initResults: TResults =
   result.total = 0
   result.passed = 0
+  result.failedButAllowed = 0
   result.skipped = 0
   result.data = ""
 
@@ -239,16 +241,20 @@ template maybeStyledEcho(args: varargs[untyped]): untyped =
 
 
 proc `$`(x: TResults): string =
-  result = ("Tests passed: $1 / $3 <br />\n" &
-            "Tests skipped: $2 / $3 <br />\n") %
-            [$x.passed, $x.skipped, $x.total]
+  result = """
+Tests passed or allowed to fail: $2 / $1 <br />
+Tests failed and allowed to fail: $3 / $1 <br />
+Tests skipped: $4 / $1 <br />
+""" % [$x.total, $x.passed, $x.failedButAllowed, $x.skipped]
 
 proc addResult(r: var TResults, test: TTest, target: TTarget,
-               expected, given: string, successOrig: TResultEnum) =
+               expected, given: string, successOrig: TResultEnum, allowFailure = false) =
   # test.name is easier to find than test.name.extractFilename
   # A bit hacky but simple and works with tests/testament/tshould_not_work.nim
   var name = test.name.replace(DirSep, '/')
   name.add ' ' & $target
+  if allowFailure:
+    name.add " (allowed to fail) "
   if test.options.len > 0: name.add ' ' & test.options
 
   let duration = epochTime() - test.startTime