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Adding Timeouts to Pester Tests

Adam Bertram runs out of time:

Have you ever had a Pester test hang indefinitely, blocking your entire test suite? Maybe it’s waiting for a network response that never comes, or stuck in an infinite loop. Without proper timeout handling, one bad test can ruin your entire CI/CD pipeline.

In this article, you’ll learn how to implement robust timeout handling for Pester tests using PowerShell runspaces, ensuring your test suite always completes in a predictable timeframe.

Click through for the code and explanation.

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