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Benoît Cortier (CBenoit) merged 1 commit into from
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ci: retry the Pester installs from PSGallery #2171

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56 changes: 52 additions & 4 deletions .github/workflows/ci.yml
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Expand Up @@ -282,7 +282,19 @@ jobs:

- name: Install Pester
if: ${{ steps.changes.outputs.changed == 'true' }}
run: Install-Module Pester -RequiredVersion 5.6.0 -Force
run: |
# Retry because PSGallery intermittently answers that no module named Pester matches.
# The retry is inline because this job may check out an older commit that lacks any shared helper.
for ($Attempt = 1; $true; $Attempt++) {
try {
Install-Module Pester -RequiredVersion 5.6.0 -Force -ErrorAction Stop
break
} catch {
if ($Attempt -ge 4) { throw }
Write-Warning "Installing Pester failed on attempt ${Attempt}: $_"
Start-Sleep -Seconds (30 * $Attempt)
}
}
shell: pwsh

- name: Pester tests
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -696,7 +708,19 @@ jobs:

- name: Install Pester
id: prepare
run: Install-Module Pester -RequiredVersion 5.6.0
run: |
# Retry because PSGallery intermittently answers that no module named Pester matches.
# The retry is inline because this job may check out an older commit that lacks any shared helper.
for ($Attempt = 1; $true; $Attempt++) {
try {
Install-Module Pester -RequiredVersion 5.6.0 -ErrorAction Stop
break
} catch {
if ($Attempt -ge 4) { throw }
Write-Warning "Installing Pester failed on attempt ${Attempt}: $_"
Start-Sleep -Seconds (30 * $Attempt)
}
}
shell: pwsh

- name: Build module
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -743,7 +767,19 @@ jobs:
ref: ${{ needs.preflight.outputs.ref }}

- name: Install Pester for Windows PowerShell
run: Install-Module Pester -RequiredVersion 5.6.0 -Scope CurrentUser -Force
run: |
# Retry because PSGallery intermittently answers that no module named Pester matches.
# The retry is inline because this job may check out an older commit that lacks any shared helper.
for ($Attempt = 1; $true; $Attempt++) {
try {
Install-Module Pester -RequiredVersion 5.6.0 -Scope CurrentUser -Force -ErrorAction Stop
break
} catch {
if ($Attempt -ge 4) { throw }
Write-Warning "Installing Pester failed on attempt ${Attempt}: $_"
Start-Sleep -Seconds (30 * $Attempt)
}
}
shell: powershell

- name: Run service account tests in Windows PowerShell
Expand All @@ -756,7 +792,19 @@ jobs:
shell: powershell

- name: Install Pester for PowerShell 7
run: Install-Module Pester -RequiredVersion 5.6.0 -Scope CurrentUser -Force
run: |
# Retry because PSGallery intermittently answers that no module named Pester matches.
# The retry is inline because this job may check out an older commit that lacks any shared helper.
for ($Attempt = 1; $true; $Attempt++) {
try {
Install-Module Pester -RequiredVersion 5.6.0 -Scope CurrentUser -Force -ErrorAction Stop
break
} catch {
if ($Attempt -ge 4) { throw }
Write-Warning "Installing Pester failed on attempt ${Attempt}: $_"
Start-Sleep -Seconds (30 * $Attempt)
}
}
shell: pwsh

- name: Run service account tests in PowerShell 7
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