test(esm/sqs): Skip flaky test_report_batch_item_failures test (#12713)

gregfurman · web-flow · commit 426eeedd046c · 2025-06-04T18:30:49.000+02:00
diff --git a/tests/aws/services/lambda_/event_source_mapping/test_lambda_integration_sqs.py b/tests/aws/services/lambda_/event_source_mapping/test_lambda_integration_sqs.py
@@ -415,6 +415,9 @@ def receive_dlq():
 
 
 @markers.aws.validated
+@pytest.mark.skip(
+    reason="Flaky as an SQS queue will not always return messages in a ReceiveMessages call."
+)
 def test_report_batch_item_failures(
     create_lambda_function,
     sqs_create_queue,
@@ -538,6 +541,7 @@ def test_report_batch_item_failures(
     # now wait for the first invocation result which is expected to have processed message 1 we wait half the retry
     # interval to wait long enough for the message to appear, but short enough to check that the DLQ is empty after
     # the first attempt.
+    # FIXME: We cannot assume that the queue will always return a message in the given time-interval.
     first_invocation = aws_client.sqs.receive_message(
         QueueUrl=destination_url, WaitTimeSeconds=int(retry_timeout / 2), MaxNumberOfMessages=1
     )
