From ebfbd74c24fe7efdc37b5d5c5691ef6b0b174f71 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Oliver Eyton-Williams <ojeytonwilliams@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2024 22:29:53 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] test: increase timeout for initial contents tests (#55355)

---
 curriculum/test/test-challenges.js | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/curriculum/test/test-challenges.js b/curriculum/test/test-challenges.js
index 3658569e211..f600fcf527f 100644
--- a/curriculum/test/test-challenges.js
+++ b/curriculum/test/test-challenges.js
@@ -417,7 +417,9 @@ function populateTestsForLang({ lang, challenges, meta, superBlocks }) {
             const timePerTest =
               challengeType === challengeTypes.python ? 10000 : 5000;
             it('Test suite must fail on the initial contents', async function () {
-              this.timeout(timePerTest * tests.length + 1000);
+              // TODO: some tests take a surprisingly long time to setup the
+              // test runner, so this timeout is large while we investigate.
+              this.timeout(timePerTest * tests.length + 20000);
               // suppress errors in the console.
               const oldConsoleError = console.error;
               console.error = () => {};