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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"[TST] qt5 backend test sometimes failing","articleBody":"\u003c!--To help us understand and resolve your issue, please fill out the form to the best of your ability.--\u003e\r\n\u003c!--You can feel free to delete the sections that do not apply.--\u003e\r\n\r\n### Bug report\r\n\r\nThe `test_backend[qt5agg]` test sometimes times out and gives a TravisCI error.  i.e. from \r\nhttps://travis-ci.org/matplotlib/matplotlib/jobs/289667741\r\n\r\nShould this timeout just be increased?  I don't think it happens all the time.  I've seen it a couple of times on my builds.\r\n\r\n**Bug summary**\r\n\r\n```\r\n_____________________________ test_backend[qt5agg] _____________________________\r\n[gw1] linux -- Python 3.6.3 /home/travis/virtualenv/python3.6.3/bin/python\r\nbackend = 'qt5agg'\r\n    @pytest.mark.parametrize(\"backend\", _get_testable_interactive_backends())\r\n    def test_backend(backend):\r\n        environ = os.environ.copy()\r\n        environ[\"MPLBACKEND\"] = backend\r\n        proc = Popen([sys.executable, \"-c\", _test_script], env=environ)\r\n        # Empirically, 1s is not enough on Travis.\r\n\u003e       assert proc.wait(timeout=5) == 0\r\nlib/matplotlib/tests/test_backends_interactive.py:49: \r\n_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ \r\nself = \u003csubprocess.Popen object at 0x7fffcdf4eef0\u003e, timeout = 5\r\nendtime = 33096.056915894\r\n\r\n```\r\n\r\n\u003c!--A short 1-2 sentences that succinctly describes the bug--\u003e\r\n\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/jklymak","@type":"Person","name":"jklymak"},"datePublished":"2017-10-18T23:20:03.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":1},"url":"https://github.com/9474/matplotlib/issues/9474"}