From ebc22c290bd0222261c7719dfc781ce5692060ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nia <nia@zed.dev>
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2025 15:44:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] gpui: Don't risk accidentally panicking during tests (#37457)

See the failure in
https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/actions/runs/17413839503/job/49437345296

Release Notes:

- N/A
---
 crates/gpui/src/test.rs | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/crates/gpui/src/test.rs b/crates/gpui/src/test.rs
index 4794fd002e28595a5d165ff3ac5876ea31c8ce20..5ae72d2be1688893374e16a55445558b5bc33040 100644
--- a/crates/gpui/src/test.rs
+++ b/crates/gpui/src/test.rs
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ pub fn run_test(
                     if attempt < max_retries {
                         println!("attempt {} failed, retrying", attempt);
                         attempt += 1;
+                        // The panic payload might itself trigger an unwind on drop:
+                        // https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/panic/fn.catch_unwind.html#notes
+                        std::mem::forget(error);
                     } else {
                         if is_multiple_runs {
                             eprintln!("failing seed: {}", seed);