From b074dcd448585a2f6de844d7cf3e74e721f53f57 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kir Kolyshkin <kolyshkin@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 15:15:24 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] tests: fail if runc start failed

Currently, there is no check that runc/crun start failed, and the test
proceeds further, leading to harder-to-debug failures.

Add an exit code check, as start is not supposed to fail here.

Signed-off-by: Kir Kolyshkin <kolyshkin@gmail.com>
---
 test/test_helper.bash | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/test/test_helper.bash b/test/test_helper.bash
index 3ea2ee21..97d2872d 100644
--- a/test/test_helper.bash
+++ b/test/test_helper.bash
@@ -447,6 +447,9 @@ start_conmon_with_default_args() {
 
     # Start the container and wait until it really starts.
     run_runtime start "$CTR_ID"
+    if [ "$status" -ne 0 ]; then
+	    die "$RUNTIME_BINARY start failed with $status: $output"
+    fi
 }
 
 # Helper function to run conmon with default arguments and wait until it is stopped.