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ci: report Rust tests over 2 s and fail those over 4 s - #1408
Every Rust test now has a wall-time budget, which CI checks after each nextest run. A test should take up to 2 s, and each one over it shows up as a warning on the run. The Rust tests job fails when a test takes over 4 s, or a listed test over its own ceiling. The 249 tests that have already reached 2 s in CI are listed, so none of them can fail a pull request for being near the limit, and the list can only shrink.
Why two thresholds. On a loaded runner a test's slowest run is often about twice its median: 1.67 times at the median and 2.23 times at the 90th percentile, across 826 tests in 28 CI runs. Failing at 2 s would fail pull requests for tests they did not touch. In two CI runs of the same code, unlisted tests that took 1.0 s in one took 2.2 s in the other. Failing at 4 s still stops a new test that waits out a real multi-second timeout.
Why. The Rust tests job runs in PR CI, the merge queue and main, and its nextest run ends with its slowest tests. In 24 successful merge-queue and Main CI Rust tests jobs from 2026-11-02 to 2026-11-04, 251 tests took over 2 s in at least one run. In merge-queue run 41749164320, nextest ran for 149 s, and two tests that started late set its end, while every other test was done by 91 s (#1407 fixes those two). Nothing stops a new one.
What changes.
Report..config/nextest.toml has nextest write its JUnit report and pins its store at target/nextest. nextest writes the store under the workspace's target/, whatever CARGO_TARGET_DIR says, so the report is at target/nextest/default/junit.xml.
Check.ci/scripts/check-test-durations.py reads that report against ci/test-duration-budget.toml, skipping the suites nextest writes for its setup scripts. A retried test counts at its slowest attempt: nextest records the passing retry as the test's time and each failed attempt separately. It reports each unlisted test over limit_seconds (2) as a GitHub warning, and fails, naming the test and its time, when an unlisted test takes over fail_seconds (4) or a listed test over its ceiling. It refuses a ceiling at or below fail_seconds, which would change nothing. A retried attempt that errored (flakyError, rerunError) counts like one that failed. It names up to 20 listed tests that this run found under the limit, whose entries can go. Unreadable input exits 2.
Wiring.ci/scripts/run-rust-checks.sh runs it after both nextest runs, in GitHub CI only (GITHUB_ACTIONS=true), because a local machine's times are not the runners'. Its failure fails the step, after the nextest result.
Budget.ci/test-duration-budget.toml lists, keyed by nextest binary id and test name, the 249 tests that took 2 s or more in at least one of those 24 runs or in this stack's own CI runs. Each ceiling is 1.5 times the test's slowest time, rounded up and at least 5 s, so a listed test cannot get slower. The two tests test: shorten the Rust tests job's slowest tail #1407 makes fast are listed only if they still reach 2 s.
Docs.docs/rust/space-conventions.md states the rule: make a listed test faster and delete its entry, and never raise a ceiling.
an unlisted test over 2 s warns without failing, and one over 4 s fails;
a listed test over its ceiling fails;
a retried test is held to its slowest attempt, failed or errored;
a missing fail_seconds, one below the limit, and a ceiling at or below it are refused;
a listed test under the limit is named for removal;
an unreadable budget and a missing report exit 2.
Against a real nextest JUnit report (pplx-space-archcheck --test repository), the check found its three tests within budget; the suites are named by binary id, as the budget keys assume.
Flakes. An unlisted test fails only at twice the limit, and a listed one only past 1.5 times its slowest recent run. A test that still crosses its bound needs fixing; raising its ceiling would undo the guard, so fix or quarantine it instead.
Gaps. A new test between 2 and 4 s does not fail CI; it is reported as a warning on every run until someone makes it faster.
Rollback. Revert this PR.
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Added automated checks that report Rust tests exceeding 2 seconds and fail the check when tests exceed 4 seconds, subject to capped allowances for existing slower tests.
When a test is retried, its slowest attempt is used to assess its duration.
Test runs now generate JUnit reports for duration checks.
Documentation
Added guidance on keeping Rust tests within the duration limits and removing allowances when tests become faster.
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The change configures nextest to produce a JUnit report, adds a checker and TOML budget for Rust test durations, and runs the check after regular and privileged nextest runs in GitHub Actions.
Changes: Rust test duration enforcement
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Summary
JUnit output and duration budget .config/nextest.toml, ci/test-duration-budget.toml
Nextest writes junit.xml. The budget sets a 2-second warning limit, a 4-second failure limit, and ceilings for listed tests.
Duration checker and validation ci/scripts/check-test-durations.py, scripts/tests/test_check_test_durations.py
The checker evaluates the slowest recorded attempt, skips setup-script suites, reports violations and removable exceptions, and uses distinct statuses for violations and invalid inputs. Tests cover these behaviors.
CI test-flow integration and convention ci/scripts/run-rust-checks.sh, docs/rust/space-conventions.md
GitHub Actions checks durations after regular and privileged nextest runs. Nextest failures take precedence over duration-check failures. The conventions document describes the duration limits and exception rules.
sequenceDiagram
participant run-rust-checks.sh
participant nextest
participant check-test-durations.py
participant duration-budget.toml
run-rust-checks.sh->>nextest: Run tests and write junit.xml
nextest-->>run-rust-checks.sh: Return test status
run-rust-checks.sh->>check-test-durations.py: Check JUnit report and budget
check-test-durations.py->>duration-budget.toml: Read limits and exceptions
check-test-durations.py-->>run-rust-checks.sh: Return duration-check status
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Possibly related PRs
perplexityai/SPACE#1417: Removes entries from the same duration budget and changes its inclusion and ceiling rules.
perplexityai/SPACE#1426: Refreshes the same duration budget, including changes to its test entries.
perplexityai/SPACE#1422: Removes exceptions from the same budget and changes test-build settings to reduce test durations.
Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 17168
CI warns above two seconds and fails above four seconds, with exceptions. No material merge risk is identified.
Security architecture risk: Low · up to 17168
The change is confined to CI test gating and preserves failed-test status. No expanded credential or service authority was identified. Report ownership depends on ordered execution; behavior for overlapping runs sharing one checkout remains unestablished.
Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.
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Security Blast Radius
inferred — The newly added outcome is CI diagnostics and test-job status, including the existing privileged test phase. The inspected checker introduces no report-derived command execution, network operation, or credential access; no new tenant or production-service exposure was established.
Trust Boundaries and Controls
observed — The CI caller supplies repository-root-relative report and budget paths rather than request-selected paths. Report names and durations influence classifications and printed diagnostics, not executable selection or shell arguments.
Resilience and Maintainability Implications
inferred — If nextest fails or returns after interruption, a stale or partial report cannot make that invocation pass: its captured nonzero status takes precedence over the checker result. Stale diagnostics remain possible, and concurrent report attribution outside the ordered workflow remains unresolved.
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The Rust tests job runs in PR CI, the merge queue and main, and its
nextest run ends with its slowest tests. Nothing stopped a new slow test.
After each nextest run, ci/scripts/check-test-durations.py reads
nextest's JUnit report against ci/test-duration-budget.toml. A test
should take up to limit_seconds (2): each one over it is reported as a
GitHub warning. The job fails when a test takes over fail_seconds (4), or,
for a listed test, over its own ceiling. On a loaded runner a test's
slowest run is often twice its median (1.67x at the median and 2.23x at
the 90th percentile, over 28 CI runs), so failing at 2 s would fail pull
requests for code they did not touch.
- .config/nextest.toml writes the JUnit report and pins the store at
target/nextest, where nextest writes it whatever CARGO_TARGET_DIR says.
- A retried test counts at its slowest attempt: nextest records the
passing retry as the test's time and each failed attempt separately.
- The budget lists the 176 tests whose ceiling, 1.5 times their slowest
time in 24 merge-queue and Main CI runs, is above 4 s; the check
refuses a ceiling at or below fail_seconds, which would change nothing.
- run-rust-checks.sh runs the check after both nextest runs, in GitHub CI
only, since a local machine's times are not the runners'.
- docs/rust/space-conventions.md states the rule.
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Summary
Every Rust test now has a wall-time budget, which CI checks after each nextest run. A test should take up to 2 s, and each one over it shows up as a warning on the run. The Rust tests job fails when a test takes over 4 s, or a listed test over its own ceiling. The 249 tests that have already reached 2 s in CI are listed, so none of them can fail a pull request for being near the limit, and the list can only shrink.
Why two thresholds. On a loaded runner a test's slowest run is often about twice its median: 1.67 times at the median and 2.23 times at the 90th percentile, across 826 tests in 28 CI runs. Failing at 2 s would fail pull requests for tests they did not touch. In two CI runs of the same code, unlisted tests that took 1.0 s in one took 2.2 s in the other. Failing at 4 s still stops a new test that waits out a real multi-second timeout.
Why. The Rust tests job runs in PR CI, the merge queue and main, and its nextest run ends with its slowest tests. In 24 successful merge-queue and Main CI Rust tests jobs from 2026-11-02 to 2026-11-04, 251 tests took over 2 s in at least one run. In merge-queue run 41749164320, nextest ran for 149 s, and two tests that started late set its end, while every other test was done by 91 s (#1407 fixes those two). Nothing stops a new one.
What changes.
.config/nextest.tomlhas nextest write its JUnit report and pins its store attarget/nextest. nextest writes the store under the workspace'starget/, whateverCARGO_TARGET_DIRsays, so the report is attarget/nextest/default/junit.xml.ci/scripts/check-test-durations.pyreads that report againstci/test-duration-budget.toml, skipping the suites nextest writes for its setup scripts. A retried test counts at its slowest attempt: nextest records the passing retry as the test's time and each failed attempt separately. It reports each unlisted test overlimit_seconds(2) as a GitHub warning, and fails, naming the test and its time, when an unlisted test takes overfail_seconds(4) or a listed test over its ceiling. It refuses a ceiling at or belowfail_seconds, which would change nothing. A retried attempt that errored (flakyError,rerunError) counts like one that failed. It names up to 20 listed tests that this run found under the limit, whose entries can go. Unreadable input exits 2.ci/scripts/run-rust-checks.shruns it after both nextest runs, in GitHub CI only (GITHUB_ACTIONS=true), because a local machine's times are not the runners'. Its failure fails the step, after the nextest result.ci/test-duration-budget.tomllists, keyed by nextest binary id and test name, the 249 tests that took 2 s or more in at least one of those 24 runs or in this stack's own CI runs. Each ceiling is 1.5 times the test's slowest time, rounded up and at least 5 s, so a listed test cannot get slower. The two tests test: shorten the Rust tests job's slowest tail #1407 makes fast are listed only if they still reach 2 s.docs/rust/space-conventions.mdstates the rule: make a listed test faster and delete its entry, and never raise a ceiling.Stack
Validation
scripts/tests/test_check_test_durations.py(14 tests) covers:fail_seconds, one below the limit, and a ceiling at or below it are refused;pplx-space-archcheck --test repository), the check found its three tests within budget; the suites are named by binary id, as the budget keys assume.Severity and risk
Severity: does not apply; this is a CI guard.
Risk:
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