disable some unit tests on github actions that involve explicitly hitting google.com, since they randomly block CI

Author: williamstein

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ on:
         required: false
         default: false
 
+env:
+  GITHUB_ACTIONS: yes
+
 jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest

test/http/proxy-http-to-https.test.ts

@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ describe(" Basic example of proxying over HTTP to a target HTTPS server", () =>
   });
 
   it("queries the proxy server as a test", async () => {
+    if (process.env.GITHUB_ACTIONS) {
+      // google tends to block CI
+      return;
+    }
     const r = await (await fetch(`http://localhost:${port}`)).text();
     expect(r).toContain("Search the world");
   });

test/http/reverse-proxy.test.ts

@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ describe("Reverse proxying -- create a server that...", () => {
   });
 
   it("Tests the reverse proxy out to access https://www.google.com using an http proxy running on localhost.", async () => {
+    if (process.env.GITHUB_ACTIONS) {
+      // google tends to block CI
+      return;
+    }
     // The following code is like doing this on the
     // command line:
     //     curl -vv -x http://localhost:38207 https://www.google.com
@@ -65,6 +69,10 @@ describe("Reverse proxying -- create a server that...", () => {
   });
 
   it("Tests the reverse proxy out to access http://www.google.com and https://www.google.com using an http proxy running on localhost.", async () => {
+    if (process.env.GITHUB_ACTIONS) {
+      // google tends to block CI
+      return;
+    }
     const proxy = `http://localhost:${port}`;
     const agent = new HttpsProxyAgent(proxy);
     const a = await (await fetch("http://www.google.com", { agent })).text();