Re: Finding cause of test fails on the cfbot site

Here is another related question about the cfbot error reporting -

The main cfbot "status page" [1] still shows a couple of fails for the
32/2914 (for freebsd & linux). But looking more closely, those fails
are not from the latest run. e.g. I also found this execution
"history" page [2] for our patch which shows the most recent run was
ok for commit a7e715.

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So it seems like there is some kind of rule that says the main status
page will still indicate "recent* errors (even if the latest execution
was ok)...

IIUC that explains the difference between a hollow red 'X' (old fail)
and a solid red 'X' fail (new fail)? And I am guessing if our patch
continues to work ok (for how long?) then that hollow red 'X' may
morph into a solid green 'tick' (when the old fail becomes too old to
care about anymore)?

But those are just my guesses based on those icon tooltips. What
*really* are the rules for those main page status indicators, and how
long do the old failure icons linger around before changing to success
icons? (Apologies if a legend for those icons is already described
somewhere - I didn't find it).

Thanks!

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[1] http://cfbot.cputube.org/
[2] https://cirrus-ci.com/github/postgresql-cfbot/postgresql/commitfest/32/2914

Kind Regards,
Peter Smith.
Fujitsu Australia