From d6940654f13d0341297f4b163a94d9c62e98ced8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?J=C3=B6rg=20Thalheim?= <joerg@thalheim.io>
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2025 12:25:21 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] radicle-node: cap test threads to fix timing-sensitive tests

The rad_init_sync_preferred test has a 5-second timeout waiting for
RefsSynced events. On loaded builders with many parallel tests, this
timeout can be exceeded causing test failures.

Cap RUST_TEST_THREADS to 4 (or NIX_BUILD_CORES if lower) to reduce
contention and give timing-sensitive sync tests a better chance of
completing within their timeouts.
---
 pkgs/by-name/ra/radicle-node/package.nix | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ra/radicle-node/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ra/radicle-node/package.nix
index ee91336d5ada..e9a0806c5fa2 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ra/radicle-node/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ra/radicle-node/package.nix
@@ -67,6 +67,12 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
     export PATH=$PATH:$PWD/target/${stdenv.hostPlatform.rust.rustcTargetSpec}/release
     # Tests want to open many files.
     ulimit -n 4096
+    # Cap test threads to avoid timing issues on loaded builders (sync timeout is 5s)
+    max_threads=4
+    if [[ -n "$NIX_BUILD_CORES" && "$NIX_BUILD_CORES" -lt "$max_threads" ]]; then
+      max_threads=$NIX_BUILD_CORES
+    fi
+    export RUST_TEST_THREADS=$max_threads
   '';
   checkFlags = [
     "--skip=service::message::tests::test_node_announcement_validate"