From 69fea65bf91b6094ef35e27d135f41339acbc288 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Disco DeDisco <adamcraighamilton@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 14:23:09 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] new core.runner helper to avoid local caching issues w.
 coverage tests; .settings, apps.dash.tests.ITs.test_wallet_views updated
 accordingly

---
 .../tests/integrated/test_wallet_views.py         |  5 +----
 src/core/runner.py                                | 15 +++++++++++++++
 src/core/settings.py                              | 10 ++++++++--
 3 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/core/runner.py

diff --git a/src/apps/dashboard/tests/integrated/test_wallet_views.py b/src/apps/dashboard/tests/integrated/test_wallet_views.py
index 27d5e8f..a503bd7 100644
--- a/src/apps/dashboard/tests/integrated/test_wallet_views.py
+++ b/src/apps/dashboard/tests/integrated/test_wallet_views.py
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 import lxml.html
 
-from django.test import override_settings, TestCase
+from django.test import TestCase
 
 from apps.applets.models import Applet, UserApplet
 from apps.lyric.models import Token, User, Wallet
 
 
-@override_settings(COMPRESS_ENABLED=False)
 class WalletViewTest(TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         self.user = User.objects.create(email="capman@test.io")
@@ -49,7 +48,6 @@ class WalletViewTest(TestCase):
         self.assertGreater(len(bundles), 0)
 
 
-@override_settings(COMPRESS_ENABLED=False)
 class WalletViewAppletContextTest(TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         self.user = User.objects.create(email="walletctx@test.io")
@@ -85,7 +83,6 @@ class WalletViewAppletContextTest(TestCase):
         [_] = parsed.cssselect(".gear-btn")
 
 
-@override_settings(COMPRESS_ENABLED=False)
 class ToggleWalletAppletsTest(TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         self.user = User.objects.create(email="wallettoggle@test.io")
diff --git a/src/core/runner.py b/src/core/runner.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..754f467
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/runner.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import time
+from django.test.runner import DiscoverRunner
+
+
+class RobustCompressorTestRunner(DiscoverRunner):
+    def setup_test_environment(self, **kwargs):
+        super().setup_test_environment(**kwargs)
+        from compressor.storage import CompressorFileStorage
+        _orig_save = CompressorFileStorage.save
+        def _robust_save(self, name, content):
+            for _ in range(5):
+                try: return _orig_save(self, name, content)
+                except PermissionError: time.sleep(0.05)
+            raise
+        CompressorFileStorage.save = _robust_save
diff --git a/src/core/settings.py b/src/core/settings.py
index 123a532..09c2e46 100644
--- a/src/core/settings.py
+++ b/src/core/settings.py
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ from pathlib import Path
 import dj_database_url
 import os
 import sys
-if 'test' in sys.argv:
-    COMPRESS_ENABLED = False
 
 # Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
 BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
@@ -206,3 +204,11 @@ MAILGUN_DOMAIN = "howdy.earthmanrpg.com" # Your Mailgun domain
 # Stripe payment settings
 STRIPE_PUBLISHABLE_KEY = os.environ.get("STRIPE_PUBLISHABLE_KEY", "")
 STRIPE_SECRET_KEY = os.environ.get("STRIPE_SECRET_KEY", "")
+
+if 'test' in sys.argv:
+    import shutil
+    _cache_dir = BASE_DIR / 'static' / 'CACHE'
+    if _cache_dir.exists():
+        shutil.rmtree(_cache_dir, ignore_errors=True)
+    COMPRESS_CACHE_BACKEND = 'default'
+    TEST_RUNNER = 'core.runner.RobustCompressorTestRunner'