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diff --git a/results/scraper/launchpad-without-comments/1915431 b/results/scraper/launchpad-without-comments/1915431 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..831650b55 --- /dev/null +++ b/results/scraper/launchpad-without-comments/1915431 @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +QEMU processes started by Acceptance Tests are left running + +Every now and then, QEMU processes started by the Acceptance Tests (thus by Avocado) will be left running. + +From Avocado's perspective, when everything "goes well" and a test reaches completion, there's no attempt to terminate any processes it indirectly started. Some frameworks and tests built on top of Avocado, for instance Avocado-VT, will keep processes running between various tests. + +When a job (and consequently a test) is manually interrupted, then Avocado tries to terminate the entire process tree. + +It may be possible to improve the situation in which, at the very least, the user is: + * notified of left over processes + * have a configuration option that will attempt to kill all processes at the end of the test execution \ No newline at end of file |