From 0c7c7419886ba1879564e20eaaf44ffbf01ffc75 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mario Zechner <badlogicgames@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2026 07:29:13 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix(chord): channel test attaches its expectation before the
 deadline can pass

---
 packages/chord/test/link/channel.test.ts | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/chord/test/link/channel.test.ts b/packages/chord/test/link/channel.test.ts
index 5e974720f..dee0e3e72 100644
--- a/packages/chord/test/link/channel.test.ts
+++ b/packages/chord/test/link/channel.test.ts
@@ -95,10 +95,13 @@ forEachCodec(() =>
 			const [a, b] = memoryLinkPair();
 			client.connect(a, { principal: { kind: "server" }, codec: testCodec() }, context);
 			const peer = new RawPeer(b, { hello: false });
-			const got = client.get(Thing, {}, context, { readyTimeout: 20 });
+			// The expectation is attached at once: on a slow machine the 20 ms pass before `flushed` returns.
+			const failed = expect(client.get(Thing, {}, context, { readyTimeout: 20 })).rejects.toThrow(
+				"app.thing: did not become live within 20 ms",
+			);
 			await flushed();
 			expect(peer.kinds()).toEqual(["hello"]);
-			await expect(got).rejects.toThrow("app.thing: did not become live within 20 ms");
+			await failed;
 			peer.send({ kind: "hello", protocol: PROTOCOL_VERSION, incarnation: RAW_PEER, calls: 256 });
 			await transported();
 			expect(peer.kinds()).toEqual(["hello", "hold", "release"]);