Fix CI/CD segmentation fault by disabling parallel test execution

🔧 **CRITICAL FIX**: Disable pytest-xdist to prevent segfaults

## Problem
- CI pipeline experiencing segmentation faults at ~2 hours
- Caused by nested multiprocessing: pytest-xdist + ProcessPoolExecutor
- Tests hang indefinitely, blocking all CI/CD

## Solution (Workaround)
- Removed `-n auto` flag from pytest command (disable parallel execution)
- All tests now run serially to ensure stability
- Performance tests already isolated (run separately)

## Impact
- ✅ CI pipeline completes successfully
- ⚠️  Runtime increased from ~15min to ~30-40min (serial execution)
- ✅ No more hangs or segfaults

## Technical Details
- Attempted: multiprocessing.set_start_method("spawn") - insufficient
- Working: Complete disable of pytest-xdist parallel execution
- TODO: Investigate root cause and re-enable parallel execution

## Files Modified
- .github/workflows/ci.yml: Removed -n auto, added workaround comments
- CHANGELOG.md: Documented workaround and known issues

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: hipvlady

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -179,24 +179,24 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Run comprehensive test suite with automatic discovery
       id: test-runner
+      env:
+        # Fix multiprocessing segfaults by forcing spawn method
+        PYTEST_XDIST_WORKER_COUNT: "0"
       run: |
         echo "🚀 Running comprehensive test suite with automatic discovery..."
         echo ""
 
         # Determine number of CPUs for parallel execution
         NUM_CPUS=$(python -c "import os; print(os.cpu_count())")
         echo "💻 Available CPUs: $NUM_CPUS"
-        echo "🔄 Parallel workers: auto (pytest-xdist will optimize)"
+        echo "⚠️  Running in SERIAL mode due to multiprocessing segfault"
         echo ""
 
-        # Run ALL tests in tests/ directory with enhancements:
-        # - Parallel execution with pytest-xdist (-n auto)
-        # - Retry failed tests up to 2 times (--reruns 2 --reruns-delay 1)
-        # - Timeout for hanging tests (--timeout 300 = 5 minutes per test)
-        # - Exclude performance benchmarks from regular runs
+        # TEMPORARY FIX: Run without -n auto to avoid segfault
+        # The multiprocessing code conflicts with pytest-xdist
+        # TODO: Re-enable parallel execution after fixing multiprocessing issues
         python -m pytest tests/ \
           --ignore=tests/performance/ \
-          -n auto \
           --reruns 2 \
           --reruns-delay 1 \
           --timeout=300 \
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ jobs:
         if [ "${TEST_EXIT_CODE:-0}" -eq 0 ]; then
           echo ""
           echo "✅ All tests passed!"
-          echo "🚀 Performance: Parallel execution with $NUM_CPUS CPUs"
+          echo "⚙️  Mode: Serial execution (parallel disabled due to segfault)"
           echo "🔄 Reliability: Failed tests auto-retried up to 2 times"
           echo "⏱️  Safety: 5-minute timeout per test"
         else

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -21,21 +21,27 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ## [1.0.2] - 2025-10-05
 
 ### Fixed
-- **CI/CD Segmentation Fault**
-  - Fixed segmentation fault in CI pipeline caused by nested multiprocessing conflicts
-  - Added platform-specific multiprocessing configuration (use `spawn` method on Linux)
-  - Separated performance tests to run serially (without pytest-xdist) to avoid multiprocessing conflicts
-  - Added `@pytest.mark.no_parallel` marker for tests using ProcessPoolExecutor
-  - CI/CD pipeline now completes in ~20-25 minutes instead of hanging at ~2 hours
+- **CI/CD Segmentation Fault (Workaround)**
+  - **CRITICAL**: Disabled pytest-xdist parallel execution to prevent segmentation faults
+  - Root cause: Nested multiprocessing (pytest-xdist + ProcessPoolExecutor) causes segfaults on Linux
+  - All tests now run serially to ensure pipeline stability
+  - CI/CD pipeline completes successfully (~30-40 minutes vs hanging at ~2 hours)
 
 ### Changed
-- Performance tests now run separately from main test suite to prevent multiprocessing conflicts
-- Updated pytest configuration to use `spawn` multiprocessing method on Linux (CI environment)
-- Regular tests still run in parallel for optimal performance; only performance tests run serially
+- **TEMPORARY**: Disabled parallel test execution (`-n auto` removed from pytest command)
+- Performance tests run separately from main test suite
+- Added multiprocessing configuration in `tests/conftest.py` (not sufficient alone)
+- Added `@pytest.mark.no_parallel` marker for multiprocessing tests
+
+### Known Issues
+- Tests run serially, increasing CI time from ~15 min to ~30-40 min
+- Need to investigate root cause of multiprocessing conflicts
+- Future fix should re-enable parallel execution after resolving conflicts
 
 ### Technical Details
-- Root cause: pytest-xdist worker processes + ProcessPoolExecutor created nested multiprocessing
-- Solution: Force `spawn()` instead of `fork()` on Linux + isolate multiprocessing tests
+- Root cause: pytest-xdist worker processes + ProcessPoolExecutor create nested multiprocessing
+- Attempted fix: `multiprocessing.set_start_method("spawn")` in pytest_configure (insufficient)
+- Working solution: Disable pytest-xdist entirely until multiprocessing conflicts resolved
 - Files modified: `tests/conftest.py`, `.github/workflows/ci.yml`, `tests/performance/test_cpu_bound_multiprocessing.py`
 
 ## [1.0.1] - 2025-10-05