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Async/await tests throwing `revert` error randomly

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[Y] I’ve asked for help in the Truffle Gitter before filing this issue.

Issue

The following error causes tests to fail randomly. Error: VM Exception while processing transaction: revert

Steps to Reproduce

It’s hard to reproduce although here’s a link to the repo: https://github.com/kermankohli/ethme

Expected Behavior

Tests should consistently pass all the time.

Actual Results

The same test will fail, and then pass when rerun again. It seems to be some kind of caching issue or race condition.

Environment

Operating System: Mac OSX
Ethereum client: Gananche
Truffle version (truffle version): 4.1.7
node version (node --version): 9.10.1
npm version (npm --version): 5.6.0

Issue Analytics

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Created 5 years ago
Comments:30 (14 by maintainers)

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cgeweckecommented, May 9, 2018

@barakman Nice catch!!

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kermankohlicommented, Apr 26, 2018

Okay so gave that a go and the same 12 tests fail which is good since at leas there’s consistency in what’s not working. Although still not sure what exactly is going on here.

await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 1000)); worked instead 😉

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