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Test mock Popen streams causing non-EOF spin issue

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #116852 on 20 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These issues and PRs address a problem where mocked kernel streams in local-env tests return non-EOF MagicMock values instead of terminating, causing reader threads to spin indefinitely. The work involves fixing fake Popen fixtures to properly end kernel streams with EOF.

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  • #116852 fix(tests): local-env Popen fixture ends the kernel streams, reader threads no longer spin on MagicMock (#115912, salvage #115917)

    merged to main

    files: plugin-catalog/intelligent-tool-break.yaml, tests/tools/test_local_env_blocklist.py

2 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: merged via another change 1 · superseded by another PR 1

  • #115917 fix(tests): terminate mocked kernel streams · merged via another change → d0b71c9, #116852, #115912, #115917
  • #115919 test(code-exec): feed read1() EOF from the fake Popen in the PYTHONPATH test · superseded by another PR → #115917
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#115912tests: local-env Popen mock feeds non-EOF MagicMock values to kernel read1 readers
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20 Sep 2026

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