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neon/test_runner/fixtures/pageserver
Christian Schwarz 62d77e263f test_remote_timeline_client_calls_started_metric: fix flakiness (#6911)
fixes https://github.com/neondatabase/neon/issues/6889

# Problem

The failure in the last 3 flaky runs on `main` is 

```
test_runner/regress/test_remote_storage.py:460: in test_remote_timeline_client_calls_started_metric
    churn("a", "b")
test_runner/regress/test_remote_storage.py:457: in churn
    assert gc_result["layers_removed"] > 0
E   assert 0 > 0
```

That's this code


cd449d66ea/test_runner/regress/test_remote_storage.py (L448-L460)

So, the test expects GC to remove some layers but the GC doesn't.

# Fix

My impression is that the VACUUM isn't re-using pages aggressively
enough, but I can't really prove that. Tried to analyze the layer map
dump but it's too complex.

So, this PR:

- Creates more churn by doing the overwrite twice.
- Forces image layer creation.

It also drive-by removes the redundant call to timeline_compact,
because, timeline_checkpoint already does that internally.
2024-02-27 10:55:10 +01:00
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