Jake Howell 95fb22c82a test(coderd): fix flaky TestExpireAPIKey timing assertions (#28455)
> 🤖 This PR was written by Coder Agents on behalf of Jake Howell.

Closes
[DEVEX-730](https://linear.app/codercom/issue/DEVEX-730/flake-testexpireapikey-multiple-variants).

## Problem

`TestExpireAPIKey` flakes on Windows CI (`test-go-pg (windows-2022)`),
failing `AdminCanExpireOtherUsersToken`, `DeletingExpiredTokenSucceeds`,
and the parent test.

The subtests asserted:

```go
require.True(t, key.ExpiresAt.Before(dbtime.Now()))
```

The `expireAPIKey` handler sets `ExpiresAt: dbtime.Now()`, and
`dbtime.Now()` rounds to microsecond precision. On platforms with coarse
clock resolution (Windows, ~1–15ms), the handler's timestamp and the
test's later `dbtime.Now()` can round to the *same* value, so `Before()`
is `false` (equal is not before) and the assertion fails. On Linux the
nanosecond-resolution clock makes the two reads differ, which is why it
never reproduces there.

## Fix

Use the timing-safe assertion already used by the sibling
`ExpiringAlreadyExpiredTokenSucceeds` subtest:

```go
require.LessOrEqual(t, key.ExpiresAt, dbtime.Now(), "key should be expired")
```

Applied to all three occurrences of the flaky pattern
(`OwnerCanExpireOwnToken`, `AdminCanExpireOtherUsersToken`,
`DeletingExpiredTokenSucceeds`).

## Prior art

This is the established fix for this class of flake in this repo;
`require.LessOrEqual(x, now)` is equivalent to
`require.False(x.After(now))` (both allow equality, which is the point):

- **[#22685](https://github.com/coder/coder/pull/22685)** — *use
dbtime.Now() instead of time.Now() in test assertions against DB
timestamps*. States the principle: `time.Now()` is nanosecond precision
while Postgres timestamps are microsecond, so `Before`/`After`
comparisons carry non-zero flake risk. That sweep **edited this same
file** (`coderd/apikey_test.go`, 11 `ExpiresAt` comparisons) plus 10
others; these three assertions pre-dated it.
- **[#22684](https://github.com/coder/coder/pull/22684)** — *fix
TestTokens harder*. The direct predecessor ("Follows from #22684"),
fixing the identical token-expiry flake with the equality-tolerant
`require.False(t, token.ExpiresAt.After(dbtime.Now()))`.
- **[#21783](https://github.com/coder/coder/pull/21783)** — introduced
the sibling `ExpiringAlreadyExpiredTokenSucceeds` subtest in this file,
which already uses `require.LessOrEqual(t, key.ExpiresAt, dbtime.Now(),
"key should be expired")`. This PR just makes the other three subtests
consistent with it.

## Verification

- Ran the original `TestExpireAPIKey` 100× against Postgres on Linux:
100/100 passed (as expected, the flake is Windows-specific).
- Confirmed the root cause by reading the handler and `dbtime.Now()`
(microsecond rounding).
- Re-ran the test after the fix; passes.

<details>
<summary>Investigation notes</summary>

- CI reference: https://github.com/coder/coder/actions/runs/29892773275
(job `test-go-pg (windows-2022)`).
- Error snippet showed `key.ExpiresAt.Before(dbtime.Now())` expected
true but observed false (token appeared unexpired).
- Handler: `coderd/apikey.go` `expireAPIKey` sets `ExpiresAt:
dbtime.Now()`.
- `dbtime.Now()` returns `time.Now().UTC()` rounded to
`time.Microsecond`.
- The equal-timestamp collision only manifests where the OS clock
resolution is coarse (Windows), which matches the CI-only reproduction.
</details>
2026-08-25 11:55:56 +07:00
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