From fdb93e9e652a349c2beebee9e3da96c0736a9291 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Swung0x48 <swung0x48@outlook.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2026 18:59:27 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] [Fix] (CI): treat a process that exits mid-read of its /proc
 stat as gone in the TCP server fixture

---
 scripts/ci/tcp_server_fixture.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/ci/tcp_server_fixture.py b/scripts/ci/tcp_server_fixture.py
index 0361a434..748013b3 100644
--- a/scripts/ci/tcp_server_fixture.py
+++ b/scripts/ci/tcp_server_fixture.py
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ from urllib.parse import urlsplit
 def process_start(pid):
     try:
         return Path(f'/proc/{pid}/stat').read_text().rsplit(')', 1)[1].split()[19]
-    except FileNotFoundError:
+    except (FileNotFoundError, ProcessLookupError):
+        # ESRCH: the process exited between opening its stat file and reading it.
         return None