grafana/k6 · error

wait for test run ready: %w

Error message

wait for test run ready: %w

What it means

Client.ProvisionLocalExecution (internal/cloudapi/provisioning/provision.go:102) wraps the failure of Client.WaitForTestRunReady — the run never reached 'initializing'. The wrapped error distinguishes the causes: 'test run aborted before starting: <msg>' (backend aborted it, message included), 'test run completed before k6 could start', 'fetching test status: ...' (poll API failing), or context.Canceled/DeadlineExceeded if the caller gave up.

Source

Thrown at internal/cloudapi/provisioning/provision.go:102

	sleResp, err := c.StartLocalExecution(ctx, loadTestID, sleReq)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("start local execution: %w", err)
	}

	switch {
	case params.Archive != nil && sleResp.ArchiveUploadURL != nil:
		if err := c.UploadArchive(ctx, *sleResp.ArchiveUploadURL, archiveBytes); err != nil {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("upload archive: %w", err)
		}
	case params.Archive != nil && sleResp.ArchiveUploadURL == nil:
		// We had an archive to upload but the API returned no upload URL;
		// proceed without uploading rather than failing the run.
		c.logger.Warn("archive present but provisioning API returned no upload URL; skipping archive upload")
	}

	if err := c.WaitForTestRunReady(ctx, sleResp.TestRunID, params.PollInterval); err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("wait for test run ready: %w", err)
	}

	return &ProvisionResult{
		TestRunID:             sleResp.TestRunID,
		TestRunDetailsPageURL: sleResp.TestRunDetailsPageURL,
		RuntimeConfig:         sleResp.RuntimeConfig,
	}, nil
}

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Solutions

1. Read the wrapped message — abort messages from the backend state the exact limit/reason
2. Address the limit/quota named in the abort message, then re-run
3. If context.Canceled, widen the outer timeout or avoid cancelling during provisioning
4. Give PollInterval room (default 2s) and rely on the context, not external kills, to bound the wait

provCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, 10*time.Minute)
defer cancel()
res, err := client.ProvisionLocalExecution(ctx2, provCtxParams) // pass provCtx

func abortReason(err error) string {
	if m := regexp.MustCompile(`test run aborted before starting: (.+)`); m.MatchString(err.Error()) {
		return m.FindStringSubmatch(err.Error())[1]
	}
	return ""
}

res, err := client.ProvisionLocalExecution(ctx, params)
if err != nil {
	if reason := abortReason(err); reason != "" {
		// backend refused the run: fix the named limit/quota before re-running
	}
	if errors.Is(err, context.Canceled) {
		// user or outer timeout cancelled during the ready-wait
	}
	return err
}

When it happens

Trigger: Backend aborts the run before start (org concurrency limit, quota, maintenance); the caller's context is cancelled (Ctrl+C during provisioning); the v6 test-runs polling endpoint repeatedly failing; run completing before this k6 attached.

Common situations: Org hit its concurrent cloud test limit; user interrupted the run during the provisioning wait; backend incidents making the poll endpoint error; overly tight outer timeouts around provisioning.

Related errors

• test run completed before k6 could start
• fetching test status: %w
• test run aborted before starting: %s
• test run aborted before starting
• create or find load test: %w

AI-assisted analysis of grafana/k6@93accf6570 (2026-08-15). Data as JSON: /api/errors/b5919b3ef512a4ac. Report an issue: GitHub.