From 833cc32b7e328713e856257e1bafc85abb5417a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: williamlardier <william.lardier@scality.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2024 10:17:44 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix locking stale

Issue: ZENKO-4941
---
 tests/ctst/steps/utils/kubernetes.ts | 13 ++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tests/ctst/steps/utils/kubernetes.ts b/tests/ctst/steps/utils/kubernetes.ts
index d7b0a4db9..a7fcc6ed0 100644
--- a/tests/ctst/steps/utils/kubernetes.ts
+++ b/tests/ctst/steps/utils/kubernetes.ts
@@ -90,10 +90,17 @@ export async function createJobAndWaitForCompletion(
     }
 
     try {
-        // Acquire lock on the file with 0.5s staleness and 1200 retries
         releaseLock = await lockFile.lock(lockFilePath, {
-            stale: 5000,
-            retries: 1200,
+            // Expect the job does not take more than 2 minutes to complete
+            stale: 2 * 60 * 1000,
+            // use a non-exponential backoff strategy
+            // try once per second for 2min
+            retries: {
+                retries: 120,
+                factor: 1,
+                minTimeout: 1000,
+                maxTimeout: 1000,
+            },
         });
         world.logger.debug(`Acquired lock for job: ${jobName}`);