From af9cd9fa24918ac68806dc40824d8e4669aa4909 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Neil <4138956+nwparker@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:55:42 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] test(terminal): always restore forced GC flag

---
 src/shared/forced-gc-for-retention-tests.ts | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/shared/forced-gc-for-retention-tests.ts b/src/shared/forced-gc-for-retention-tests.ts
index de36da4125e..3a6c0c30fed 100644
--- a/src/shared/forced-gc-for-retention-tests.ts
+++ b/src/shared/forced-gc-for-retention-tests.ts
@@ -9,9 +9,12 @@ export function resolveForcedGc(): (() => void) | null {
   }
   try {
     setFlagsFromString('--expose-gc')
-    const exposed = runInNewContext('gc') as unknown
-    setFlagsFromString('--no-expose-gc')
-    return typeof exposed === 'function' ? (exposed as () => void) : null
+    try {
+      const exposed = runInNewContext('gc') as unknown
+      return typeof exposed === 'function' ? (exposed as () => void) : null
+    } finally {
+      setFlagsFromString('--no-expose-gc')
+    }
   } catch {
     return null
   }