Steps to reproduce:

It's the second time that system startup / shutdown test fails in the new GitHub workflow. AppVeyor equivalent test passes. So I think it's worth mentioning.

See https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda/actions/runs/16523998936/job/46733268125?pr=18560

The code changes in this PR are unrelated to startup / shutdown.

Actual behavior:

Sometimes system tests fail.

Expected behavior:

System tests should pass

NVDA logs, crash dumps and other attachments:

System configuration

NVDA installed/portable/running from source:

Installed on GitHub's worker.

NVDA version:

Commit bf96e2d from PR #18560, based on recent master (6e2cd91).

But after pushing an empty commit on top of it (commit 18e1e2c), the tests passed, i.e. on the same version of code.

Windows version:

? (the one in GitHub worker)

Name and version of other software in use when reproducing the issue:

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Other information about your system:

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Other questions

Does the issue still occur after restarting your computer?

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Have you tried any other versions of NVDA? If so, please report their behaviors.

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If NVDA add-ons are disabled, is your problem still occurring?

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Does the issue still occur after you run the COM Registration Fixing Tool in NVDA's tools menu?

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