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[CI][JS] Javascript Release verification tests are extremely slow

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4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale

Research direction

Start with the release verification job linked in the issue and the JavaScript entry point at /arrow/js/gulpfile.js, then run or inspect cross-env NODE_NO_WARNINGS=1 gulp test to identify why each test target takes several minutes. Done means the release verification JavaScript tests complete substantially faster than the reported hour without losing their existing coverage.

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Description

Type: bug
Describe the bug, including details regarding any error messages, version, and platform.

In the release verification builds, the Javascript tests are extremely slow.
For example, in the build below, the tests took an entire hour.
https://github.com/ursacomputing/crossbow/actions/runs/6447710112/job/17504244473#step:6:737

$ cross-env NODE_NO_WARNINGS=1 gulp test
[12:55:48] Using gulpfile /arrow/js/gulpfile.js
[12:55:48] Starting 'test'...
[12:55:48] Starting 'test:ts'...
[13:01:11] Finished 'test:ts' after 5.38 min
[13:01:11] Starting 'test:src'...
[13:07:11] Finished 'test:src' after 5.98 min
[13:07:11] Starting 'test:apache-arrow'...
[13:12:16] Finished 'test:apache-arrow' after 5.08 min
[13:12:16] Starting 'test:es5:cjs'...
[13:17:17] Finished 'test:es5:cjs' after 5 min
[13:17:17] Starting 'test:es2015:cjs'...
[13:22:10] Finished 'test:es2015:cjs' after 4.87 min
[13:22:10] Starting 'test:esnext:cjs'...
[13:26:46] Finished 'test:esnext:cjs' after 4.6 min
[13:26:46] Starting 'test:es5:esm'...
[13:32:12] Finished 'test:es5:esm' after 5.43 min
[13:32:12] Starting 'test:es2015:esm'...
[13:37:29] Finished 'test:es2015:esm' after 5.27 min
[13:37:29] Starting 'test:esnext:esm'...
[13:42:37] Finished 'test:esnext:esm' after 5.13 min
[13:42:37] Starting 'test:es5:umd'...
[13:46:40] Finished 'test:es5:umd' after 4.03 min
[13:46:40] Starting 'test:es2015:umd'...
[13:50:29] Finished 'test:es2015:umd' after 3.82 min
[13:50:29] Starting 'test:esnext:umd'...
[13:54:16] Finished 'test:esnext:umd' after 3.77 min
[13:54:16] Finished 'test' after 58 min
Done in 3509.95s.
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Continuous Integration, JavaScript, Release

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