[Flaky Test] auditbeat.tests.system.test_file_integrity.Test test_file_modified__kprobes
Author: elastic-vault-github-plugin-prod[bot]Created May 18, 2026Updated Sep 18, 2026
Labelsflaky-testTeam:Security-Linux Platform
Flaky Test
- Test Name: test_file_modified__kprobes
- Scope: auditbeat.tests.system.test_file_integrity.Test
- File: auditbeat/tests/system/test_file_integrity.py
- Location: auditbeat/tests/system/test_file_integrity.py:352
- Buildkite Link: https://buildkite.com/organizations/elastic/analytics/suites/beats/tests/c77ad58f-3c6e-8099-8242-f7a759115be7
- Flaky Instances: 2
- Latest Occurrence: 2026-05-18T07:25:04.560Z
Details
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"id": "c77ad58f-3c6e-8099-8242-f7a759115be7",
"web_url": "https://buildkite.com/organizations/elastic/analytics/suites/beats/tests/c77ad58f-3c6e-8099-8242-f7a759115be7",
"scope": "auditbeat.tests.system.test_file_integrity.Test",
"name": "test_file_modified__kprobes",
"location": "auditbeat/tests/system/test_file_integrity.py:352",
"file_name": "auditbeat/tests/system/test_file_integrity.py",
"instances": 2,
"latest_occurrence_at": "2026-05-18T07:25:04.560Z",
"most_recent_instance_at": "2026-05-18T07:25:04.560Z",
"last_resolved_at": null,
"ownership_team_ids": [],
"failure_examples_count": 1
}Failure Examples
Example 1: Run: https://api.buildkite.com/v2/analytics/organizations/elastic/suites/beats/runs/17d16a83-f584-88ef-b255-ffda7199a00e Time: 2026-05-18T06:50:56.253Z Stacktrace:
self = <test_file_integrity.Test testMethod=test_file_modified__kprobes>
@unittest.skipUnless(is_platform_supported(), "Requires Linux 3.10.0+ and arm64/amd64 arch")
@unittest.skipUnless(is_root(), "Requires root")
def test_file_modified__kprobes(self):
> self._test_file_modified("kprobes")
tests/system/test_file_integrity.py:356:
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tests/system/test_file_integrity.py:314: in _test_file_modified
self.wait_output(1)
tests/system/test_file_integrity.py:84: in wait_output
self.wait_until(lambda: wrap_except(lambda: len(self.read_output()) >= min_events))
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self = <test_file_integrity.Test testMethod=test_file_modified__kprobes>, cond = <function Test.wait_output.<locals>.<lambda> at 0xffff8f4649a0>
max_timeout = 20, poll_interval = 0.1, name = 'cond', err_msg = ''
def wait_until(self, cond, max_timeout=20, poll_interval=0.1, name="cond", err_msg=""):
"""
TODO: this can probably be a "wait_until_output_count", among other things, since that could actually use `self`, and this can become an internal function
Waits until the cond function returns true,
or until the max_timeout is reached. Calls the cond
function every poll_interval seconds.
If the max_timeout is reached before cond() returns
true, an exception is raised.
"""
start = datetime.now()
while not cond():
if datetime.now() - start > timedelta(seconds=max_timeout):
print("Test has failed, here are the Beat logs")
if self.output_lines() == 0:
print("\n\nBeat had no output file")
else:
print("\n\nHere is the beat's output file:")
for entry in self.read_output():
print(entry)
> raise WaitTimeoutError(
f"Timeout waiting for condition '{name}'. Waited {max_timeout} seconds: {err_msg}")
E beat.beat.WaitTimeoutError: Timeout waiting for condition 'cond'. Waited 20 seconds:
../libbeat/tests/system/beat/beat.py:453: WaitTimeoutErrorSource: elastic/beats