Appveyor Build failure: EPICS Base 7 base-7.0-1997

["Johnson, Andrew N. via Core-talk" <core-talk at aps.anl.gov>]

The test failure here was unusual:

make[5]: Entering directory 'C:/projects/epics-base/modules/database/test/ioc/db/O.win32-x86-static'

perl -CSD dbCaLinkTest.t -tap > dbCaLinkTest.tap

epicsEventMustTriggerCRITICAL ERROR Thread CAC-event (009311E8) can't proceed, suspending.

Dumping a stack trace of thread 'CAC-event':

[ 0021C695]: C:\projects\epics-base\modules\libcom\src\osi\os\WIN32\osdBackTrace.cpp[line 23](epicsBackTrace+0x25)

[ 00210420]: C:\projects\epics-base\modules\libcom\src\osi\epicsStackTrace.c[line 80](epicsStackTrace+0x70)

[ 001E722C]: C:\projects\epics-base\modules\libcom\src\misc\cantProceed.c[line 67](cantProceed+0x4c)

[ 001E769A]: C:\projects\epics-base\modules\libcom\src\osi\epicsEvent.cpp[line 122](epicsEventMustTrigger+0x2a)u

[ 001510A8]: C:\projects\epics-base\modules\database\src\ioc\db\dbCa.c[line 213](testdbCaWaitForEventCB+0x58)

[ 0015291A]: C:\projects\epics-base\modules\database\src\ioc\db\dbCa.c[line 966](eventCallback+0x35a)

[ 001BC74F]: C:\projects\epics-base\modules\ca\src\client\oldSubscription.cpp[line 67](oldSubscription::current+0xaf)

[ 00182DFD]: C:\projects\epics-base\modules\database\src\ioc\db\dbContext.cpp[line 191](dbContext::callStateNotify+0x27d)

[ 0019D040]: C:\projects\epics-base\modules\database\src\ioc\db\dbChannelIO.h[line 111](dbChannelIO::callStateNotify+0x30)

[ 0019C7D5]: C:\projects\epics-base\modules\database\src\ioc\db\dbSubscriptionIO.cpp[line 121](dbSubscriptionEventCallback+0x35)

[ 0014E190]: C:\projects\epics-base\modules\database\src\ioc\db\dbEvent.c[line 989](event_read+0x1c0)

[ 0014E3FE]: C:\projects\epics-base\modules\database\src\ioc\db\dbEvent.c[line 1059](event_task+0x18e)

[ 001E58C3]: C:\projects\epics-base\modules\libcom\src\osi\os\WIN32\osdThread.c[line 508](epicsWin32ThreadEntry+0x73)

[ 00288998]: minkernel\crts\ucrt\src\appcrt\startup\thread.cpp[line 97](thread_start<unsigned int (__stdcall*)(void *),1>+0xb8)

[ 750D05C9](BaseThreadInitThunk+0x19)

[ 77157C5D](RtlGetAppContainerNamedObjectPath+0xed)

[ 77157C2D](RtlGetAppContainerNamedObjectPath+0xbd)

Thread CAC-event (009311E8) suspended

dbCaLinkTest.t: Timed out './dbCaLinkTest.exe' after 500 seconds

make[5]: Leaving directory 'C:/projects/epics-base/modules/database/test/ioc/db/O.win32-x86-static'

This happened after 2 passing tests, the remaining 99 tests weren’t run. Is this something we’ve seen before?

- Andrew

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Build EPICS Base 7 base-7.0-1997 failed

Commit 4b6a6ddc7a by Minijackson on 12/8/2025 6:14 PM:
iocsh.h: import documentation from AppDevGuide, minor tweaks

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