From 9cfe622103d7401a4136bf9f417e8b8db331a6fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cesnimda <connor.babbington@cesnimda.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2026 01:55:03 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] ci: retry frontend runner crashes

---
 .gitea/workflows/ci-deploy.yml | 19 ++++++++++++++++++-
 docs/todo/work.md              |  1 +
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci-deploy.yml b/.gitea/workflows/ci-deploy.yml
index f3212f9..706a576 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci-deploy.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci-deploy.yml
@@ -148,7 +148,24 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: job-tracker-ui
         # Run the WHOLE suite. Never whitelist test files here again: the previous
         # whitelist silently skipped new suites and let two regressions reach main.
-        run: npm test -- --watchAll=false --runInBand
+        # The self-hosted runner can also terminate Node with SIGSEGV (139) without a
+        # Jest assertion or diagnostic. Retry only that infrastructure signature once;
+        # ordinary assertion/configuration failures still fail immediately.
+        run: |
+          set +e
+          npm test -- --watchAll=false --runInBand
+          test_status=$?
+          set -e
+
+          if [ "$test_status" -eq 0 ]; then
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          if [ "$test_status" -ne 139 ]; then
+            exit "$test_status"
+          fi
+
+          echo "Frontend test process crashed with SIGSEGV — retrying the complete suite once..."
+          npm test -- --watchAll=false --runInBand
 
       - name: Install browser smoke runtime
         working-directory: job-tracker-ui
diff --git a/docs/todo/work.md b/docs/todo/work.md
index b19a574..c069a8b 100644
--- a/docs/todo/work.md
+++ b/docs/todo/work.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 - [x] Added per-section Rows, Grid, Compact and Bubble presentation plus one/two-column controls; normalized them in the persisted settings model and rendered them through the shared preview/PDF engine.
 - [x] Added regression coverage for the revised studio workflow and shared section presentation; full verification passes with 62 frontend suites/253 tests, 709 backend tests, TypeScript and the optimized frontend build.
 - [x] Diagnosed release 271 as self-hosted-runner instability (test-host crash, then checksum-invalid NuGet cache entries) and added bounded clean-cache restore recovery without weakening signature, build or test gates.
+- [x] Diagnosed release 273's assertion-free Node exit 139 and added a single full-suite retry only for that runner crash signature; ordinary frontend test failures remain blocking.
 - [x] Fixed fresh SQLite/MySQL startup ordering so the migration-owned UI-language column is not pre-created by schema reconciliation, then proved the full fresh-database path in Playwright.
 - [x] Visually verified the revised builder at 375 px, 768 px, and 1440 px in light/dark mode, including multiple expanded sections, add-content focus return, Customize/AI surfaces, responsive overflow, multi-page preview and searchable PDF export.
 - [x] Rechecked branch/status, recent CV work, existing tests/build tooling, and current builder architecture.