Skipping multiprocessing tests with PyPY Python due to unstable behavior - sometimes processes hang and cause action timeouts. Enabling all long running pipeline jobs to be started after the initial fast checks.

Author: petyaslavova

.github/workflows/integration.yaml

@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ jobs:
 
   python-compatibility-tests:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [ redis_version, tests ]
+    needs: [ redis_version ]
     timeout-minutes: 60
     strategy:
       max-parallel: 15
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ jobs:
 
   hiredis-tests:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [redis_version, tests]
+    needs: [redis_version]
     timeout-minutes: 60
     strategy:
       max-parallel: 15
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ jobs:
 
   uvloop-tests:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [redis_version, tests]
+    needs: [redis_version]
     timeout-minutes: 60
     strategy:
       max-parallel: 15
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ jobs:
   build-and-test-package:
     name: Validate building and installing the package
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [tests]
+    needs: [redis_version]
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:

tests/test_multiprocessing.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import contextlib
 import multiprocessing
+import platform
 
 import pytest
 import redis
@@ -17,6 +18,13 @@ def exit_callback(callback, *args):
         callback(*args)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    platform.python_implementation() == "PyPy",
+    reason=(
+        "Pypy has issues with multiprocessing using fork as start method. "
+        "Causes processes to hang quite often"
+    ),
+)
 class TestMultiprocessing:
     # On macOS and newly non-macOS POSIX systems (since Python 3.14),
     # the default method has been changed to forkserver.