The test parks the removed child in PostStop (ShutdownGate) to hold the
retired-but-not-terminated window open, but PostStop abandons a shutdown after
DefaultShutdownTimeout (5 s). Under a loaded suite run more than 5 s can pass
between the stop and the host processing the stale burst; the child then
terminates, the host forgets it on Terminated, and the burst sent AS it is
forwarded and re-retained. Reproduced deterministically with a 6 s sleep
before the burst. Not a production path: a terminated actor cannot send.
DriverHostActor gains a childShutdownTimeout test seam (last parameter, passed
to DriverInstanceActor.Props). The test raises it to 5 min, asserts the child
was really stopped (ShutdownCount) before the burst, checks the premise as a
positive control (no Terminated by the time the fence has passed), and expects
Terminated once the gate is released. With an 8 s sleep before the burst the
fixed test passes.
Joseph Doherty
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