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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"addons/stringbytes-external-exceed-max tests flake on AIX","articleBody":"These are flaking in a strange way: they are supposed to be skipped due to not having enough memory, but the test hangs instead of exiting (presumably, since the printing already happened, `process.exit()` should have been called from `common.skip()`)\n\nFor example: https://github.com/nodejs/reliability/blob/main/reports/2025-10-30.md\n\n| Reason | \u003ccode\u003eaddons/stringbytes-external-exceed-max/test-stringbytes-external-exceed-max-by-1-utf8\u003c/code\u003e |\n| - | :- |\n| Type | JS_TEST_FAILURE |\n| Failed PR | 5 ([https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60434/](https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-pull-request/69907/), [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60388/](https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-pull-request/69924/), [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60387/](https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-pull-request/69940/), [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60380/](https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-pull-request/69948/), [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60427/](https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-pull-request/69949/)) |\n| Appeared | [test-osuosl-aix72-ppc64_be-4](https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-commit-aix/nodes=aix72-ppc64/59581/console) |\n| First CI | https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-pull-request/69907/ |\n| Last CI | https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-pull-request/69949/ |\n\n\u003cdetails open\u003e\n\u003csummary\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-commit-aix/nodes=aix72-ppc64/59581/console\"\u003eExample\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/summary\u003e\n\n```\nnot ok 4623 addons/stringbytes-external-exceed-max/test-stringbytes-external-exceed-max-by-1-utf8\n  ---\n  duration_ms: 120069.84700\n  severity: fail\n  exitcode: -15\n  stack: |-\n    timeout\n    1..0 # Skipped: intensive toString tests due to memory confinements\n  ...\n\n```\n\u003c/details\u003e\n\ncc @nodejs/platform-aix ","author":{"url":"https://github.com/joyeecheung","@type":"Person","name":"joyeecheung"},"datePublished":"2025-10-30T12:07:56.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":2},"url":"https://github.com/60494/node/issues/60494"}