Hi,

I had to retry a test two times to unblock systemd-cron migration.

The test alway fail at the very last step.


Example failure:
""""""""""""""""
"""""""""""
       "python_version": "3.11.5 (main, Aug 29 2023, 15:31:31) [GCC 13.2.0]",
       "api_version": "3.1",
       "self_link": "http://localhost:8001/3.1/system/versions",
       "http_etag": "\"2c68f151bb20bd0ba4086e11e7f98f20a28fdceb\""}
      autopkgtest [19:03:55]: test mailman3-api: -----------------------]



Can you please have a look ?




The CI apt resolver will pick Vixie cron as prefered
cron-daemon; so these tests are totaly pointless
from systemd-cron side anyway...
but that would be a bug for the CI system.




https://ci.debian.net/packages/m/mailman3/testing/i386/

 3.3.8-3.1	2023-09-14 19:04:02 UTC	systemd-cron/2.1.3-1
 src:systemd-cron from unstable
 8m 32s	 pass		britney	test log (53 KB)	artifacts (3.54 KB)

 3.3.8-3.1	2023-09-14 06:49:34 UTC	systemd-cron/2.1.3-1
 src:systemd-cron from unstable
 8m 24s	 fail		britney	test log (51.8 KB)	artifacts (3.56 KB)

 3.3.8-3.1	2023-09-13 15:29:34 UTC	systemd-cron/2.1.3-1
 src:systemd-cron from unstable
 8m 40s	 fail		britney	test log (52.5 KB)	artifacts (3.56 KB)

 3.3.8-3.1	2023-09-11 15:51:54 UTC	systemd-cron/2.1.2-1
 src:systemd-cron from unstable
 8m 41s	 pass		britney	test log (53.2 KB)	artifacts (3.55 KB





 T H A N K S

Hello,

Bug #1051957 in mailman3 reported by you has been fixed in the
Git repository and is awaiting an upload. You can see the commit
message below and you can check the diff of the fix at:

https://salsa.debian.org/mailman-team/mailman3/-/commit/b0f2f57ea92a52677925580d2ce718a5d1a6de67
------------------------------------------------------------------------
poll for the REST API instead of a fixed sleep to fix flaky autopkgtest

Startup time varies, causing intermittent failures with the old fixed
sleep+curl. Also add --fail/-S so error responses fail the check and
get logged, instead of curl silently accepting/hiding them.

Closes: #1051957
------------------------------------------------------------------------

(this message was generated automatically)
-- 
Greetings

https://bugs.debian.org/1051957

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
mailman3, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 1051957@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Jordi Mallach <jordi@debian.org> (supplier of updated mailman3 package)

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Format: 1.8
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2026 09:06:47 +0200
Source: mailman3
Architecture: source
Version: 3.3.10-5
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Mailman Team <pkg-mailman-hackers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Changed-By: Jordi Mallach <jordi@debian.org>
Closes: 990336 1051957 1055449 1135067
Changes:
 mailman3 (3.3.10-5) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * Add upstream patch to fix correct rotation of log files.
   * logrotate: use systemctl, handle all log files and keep 14 days
     (closes: #990336).
   * Add postgresql to After and Wants in systemd service file (closes: #1055449).
   * Poll for the REST API instead of a fixed sleep to fix flaky autopkgtest
     (closes: #1051957).
   * Don't allow autopkgtest failures on riscv64 anymore.
   * Avoid output to stderr during failed connection attempts in the curl loop.
   * Use publicsuffix data from the Debian package (closes: #1135067).
   * Mark upstream patches as Forwarded: not-needed
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