From 068cb35022f5b495526442f4c00239fde20570cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Frank Elsinga <frank@elsinga.de>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 06:41:37 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] retry check() sets status to UP for XMPP server with valid
 certificate (STARTTLS)

---
 test/backend-test/monitors/test-tcp.js | 21 ++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/test/backend-test/monitors/test-tcp.js b/test/backend-test/monitors/test-tcp.js
index 4626fe34f..9946376ba 100644
--- a/test/backend-test/monitors/test-tcp.js
+++ b/test/backend-test/monitors/test-tcp.js
@@ -186,8 +186,23 @@ describe("TCP Monitor", () => {
             status: PENDING,
         };
 
-        await tcpMonitor.check(monitor, heartbeat, {});
-
-        assert.strictEqual(heartbeat.status, UP);
+        // Retry up to 5 times for external service reliability
+        let lastError;
+        for (let attempt = 1; attempt <= 5; attempt++) {
+            try {
+                await tcpMonitor.check(monitor, heartbeat, {});
+                assert.strictEqual(heartbeat.status, UP);
+                return; // Success, exit test
+            } catch (error) {
+                lastError = error;
+                // Reset heartbeat for next attempt
+                heartbeat.msg = "";
+                heartbeat.status = PENDING;
+                // Wait a bit before retrying
+                await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 500 * 2 ** (attempt - 1)));
+            }
+        }
+        // If all retries failed, throw the last error
+        throw lastError;
     });
 });