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Test Case Fixes #2761

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🔗 Related Issue

Closes #2521


📝 Summary

What does this PR do and why?

This PR is intended to fix the TTL expiration when the test case suite is run.


🏷️ Type of Change

  • Bug fix
  • Feature / Enhancement
  • Documentation
  • Refactor
  • Chore (deps, CI, tooling)
  • Other (describe below)

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Lint suite make lint
Unit tests make test
Coverage ≥ 80% make coverage 84%

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  • Code formatted (make black isort pre-commit)
  • [ ] Tests added/updated for changes
  • [ ] Documentation updated (if applicable)
  • [ ] No secrets or credentials committed

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crivetimihai commented Feb 10, 2026

Thanks for working on the flaky tests, @gDINESH13! The tool_lookup_cache.invalidate_all_local() addition is the right fix for the tool service test - shared cache state was the real cause of pollution there.

However, I'd suggest a different approach for the assertion relaxations:

  1. TTL test: Relaxing to "1 or 2 entries is fine" means when len(bucket) == 2, we skip verifying that expired tokens are cleaned from the index. Issue [BUG][TESTING]: Flaky tests: TTL expiration and tool listing error handling #2521 suggested using time-machine or freezegun to mock time, which would make the test fully deterministic. That's the preferred approach.
  2. Tool service test: With the cache invalidation fix in place, the assertion should remain == 2 (not >= 2), since with proper isolation the result is deterministic.

The root causes here are real-time dependency (TTL) and shared state (cache). The cache fix is correct; the TTL test needs time-mocking rather than looser assertions.

Merging this for now, but would welcome a new PR to address the root cause. Thanks!

Signed-off-by: gDINESH13 <dinesh13g@gmail.com>
@crivetimihai crivetimihai merged commit 53b3170 into IBM:main Feb 10, 2026
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Thank you for feedback @crivetimihai it sure does makes lot of sense I will raise a new PR later implementing the changes.

kcostell06 pushed a commit to kcostell06/mcp-context-forge that referenced this pull request Feb 24, 2026
Signed-off-by: gDINESH13 <dinesh13g@gmail.com>
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[BUG][TESTING]: Flaky tests: TTL expiration and tool listing error handling

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