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Flaky test: TestInitializeFromClientHangs

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
42/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
go
Domain
cli, testing

Research direction

Start with the cli/command TestInitializeFromClientHangs failure reported at cli_test.go:252, then reproduce the case where the server never receives an init request. Trace the test's initialization and request timing; done means the test no longer flakes and passes reliably.

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Description

area/testing kind/bug
Description
65.51 === Failed
65.51 === FAIL: cli/command TestInitializeFromClientHangs (1.00s)
65.51     cli_test.go:252: server never received an init request

Observed in: https://github.com/docker/cli/pull/6002#issuecomment-2796916289

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