Noticed on NetBSD, but the same issue could happen on any other system. The issue is outputting the Reducing -maxconnections warning during startup:
Which causes the tests to abort, due to unexpected output:
python3.9 test/functional/test_runner.py --jobs=3
Temporary test directory at /tmp/test_runner_₿_🏃_20220104_002803
Running Unit Tests for Test Framework Modules
..........
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Ran 10 tests in 1.310s
OK
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/ec2-user/bitcoin/test/functional/create_cache.py", line 27, in <module>
CreateCache().main()
File "/home/ec2-user/bitcoin/test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py", line 155, in main
exit_code = self.shutdown()
File "/home/ec2-user/bitcoin/test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py", line 304, in shutdown
self.stop_nodes()
File "/home/ec2-user/bitcoin/test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py", line 555, in stop_nodes
node.stop_node(wait=wait, wait_until_stopped=False)
File "/home/ec2-user/bitcoin/test/functional/test_framework/test_node.py", line 336, in stop_node
self.stop(wait=wait)
File "/home/ec2-user/bitcoin/test/functional/test_framework/coverage.py", line 49, in __call__
return_val = self.auth_service_proxy_instance.__call__(*args, **kwargs)
File "/home/ec2-user/bitcoin/test/functional/test_framework/authproxy.py", line 142, in __call__
response, status = self._request('POST', self.__url.path, postdata.encode('utf-8'))
File "/home/ec2-user/bitcoin/test/functional/test_framework/authproxy.py", line 107, in _request
self.__conn.request(method, path, postdata, headers)
File "/usr/pkg/lib/python3.9/http/client.py", line 1279, in request
self._send_request(method, url, body, headers, encode_chunked)
File "/usr/pkg/lib/python3.9/http/client.py", line 1325, in _send_request
self.endheaders(body, encode_chunked=encode_chunked)
File "/usr/pkg/lib/python3.9/http/client.py", line 1274, in endheaders
self._send_output(message_body, encode_chunked=encode_chunked)
File "/usr/pkg/lib/python3.9/http/client.py", line 1034, in _send_output
self.send(msg)
File "/usr/pkg/lib/python3.9/http/client.py", line 974, in send
self.connect()
File "/usr/pkg/lib/python3.9/http/client.py", line 945, in connect
self.sock = self._create_connection(
File "/usr/pkg/lib/python3.9/socket.py", line 844, in create_connection
raise err
File "/usr/pkg/lib/python3.9/socket.py", line 832, in create_connection
sock.connect(sa)
ConnectionRefusedError: [Errno 61] Connection refused
2022-01-04T00:28:04.864000Z TestFramework (INFO): Initializing test directory /tmp/test_runner_₿_🏃_20220104_002803/cache
2022-01-04T00:28:05.605000Z TestFramework (ERROR): Assertion failed
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/ec2-user/bitcoin/test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py", line 131, in main
self.setup()
File "/home/ec2-user/bitcoin/test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py", line 287, in setup
self.setup_chain()
File "/home/ec2-user/bitcoin/test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py", line 378, in setup_chain
self._initialize_chain()
File "/home/ec2-user/bitcoin/test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py", line 792, in _initialize_chain
self.stop_nodes()
File "/home/ec2-user/bitcoin/test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py", line 555, in stop_nodes
node.stop_node(wait=wait, wait_until_stopped=False)
File "/home/ec2-user/bitcoin/test/functional/test_framework/test_node.py", line 350, in stop_node
raise AssertionError("Unexpected stderr {} != {}".format(stderr, expected_stderr))
AssertionError: Unexpected stderr Warning: Reducing -maxconnections from 125 to 96, because of system limitations. !=
2022-01-04T00:28:05.663000Z TestFramework (INFO): Stopping nodes
[node 0] Cleaning up leftover process
