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Use time.monotonic to avoid endless loop when using time machine in tests

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Fixes #329

Signed-off-by: christian.lutnik <christian.lutnik@dynatrace.com>
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This pull request addresses a critical issue where tests using time manipulation tools could lead to infinite loops in gRPC connection attempts. By adopting time.monotonic() for timeout calculations, the system ensures robust and predictable behavior regardless of system clock adjustments, thereby enhancing test reliability and overall stability. Additionally, it includes an update to the grpcio dependency.

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  • Preventing Endless Loops in Tests: The core change involves switching from time.time() to time.monotonic() for timeout calculations within gRPC connection logic. This prevents potential endless loops in tests that manipulate system time using 'time machine' utilities.
  • Dependency Update: The grpcio dependency has been updated from version 1.68.1 to 1.76.0 in pyproject.toml.
  • Code Simplification: The self.start_time attribute and its assignments have been removed from GrpcResolver and GrpcWatcher classes, as it is no longer necessary with the use of time.monotonic().
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This pull request correctly replaces time.time() with time.monotonic() for timeout calculations, which prevents issues with system clock changes, particularly in test environments. This is a solid improvement for robustness. The removal of the unused self.start_time attribute is also a good cleanup.

I've added a couple of suggestions to further improve the synchronization logic by using threading.Event instead of a busy-wait loop. This would make the implementation more efficient and idiomatic.

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✅ All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests.
✅ Project coverage is 95.51%. Comparing base (9ad25a4) to head (c66ecf2).

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@chrfwow chrfwow marked this pull request as draft January 16, 2026 10:42
@chrfwow chrfwow marked this pull request as ready for review January 16, 2026 11:02
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thanks, looks good 🍻 as you stated no need to tackle the suggestion in this PR

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[FlagD] Do not use real time in GrpcResolver.connect()

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