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Fix Win32Exception when stopping Elastic Agent service in transient state during test cleanup #348

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22 changes: 20 additions & 2 deletions src/agent-qa/helpers.ps1
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Expand Up @@ -334,8 +334,26 @@ Function Clean-ElasticAgentInstaller {

Function Clean-ElasticAgentService {

if (Get-Service 'Elastic Agent' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) {
Stop-Service 'Elastic Agent'
$service = Get-Service 'Elastic Agent' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
if ($service) {
# Wait up to 30 seconds for any transient state (e.g. StartPending, StopPending) to resolve
# before attempting to stop the service, otherwise Stop-Service throws a Win32Exception.
$timeout = (Get-Date).AddSeconds(30)
$service.Refresh()
while ($service.Status -notin @('Running', 'Stopped') -and (Get-Date) -lt $timeout) {
Start-Sleep -Seconds 1
$service.Refresh()
}
if ($service.Status -notin @('Running', 'Stopped')) {
Write-Warning "Timed out waiting for 'Elastic Agent' service to reach a stable state. Current status: $($service.Status)"
}
if ($service.Status -ne 'Stopped') {
try {
Stop-Service 'Elastic Agent' -Force
} catch {
Write-Warning "Failed to stop 'Elastic Agent' service: $_"
}
}
Remove-Service 'Elastic Agent'
}
}
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