Task: Fix Valgrind failing to run unit tests

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This page documents a task in the Build quality story. It captures the goal, current status, acceptance, and any notes or results.

Goal

Stabilise the test run under Valgrind so the nightly memcheck pipeline produces useful output rather than crashing partway.

Status

Field Value
State DONE
Parent story Build quality
Now Completed 2024-07-09.
Waiting on None.
Next None.
Last touched 2024-07-09

Acceptance

  • Valgrind runs the unit-test binaries to completion.
  • Nightly output contains memcheck results for every test.

Notes

  • Total time spent in v0: ~1:12.
  • Root cause was on the test-harness side; no Valgrind patch needed.

Result

  • Valgrind nightly stabilised; no further crash reports.

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