ChannelsLiveServerTestCase can't be run in parallel #2181
Description
The error:
$ python manage.py test --parallel
[...]
ERROR: setUpClass (tests.chat.test_chat_liveserver.ChatConsumerTests)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/mathieu/Library/Application Support/pypoetry/python/[email protected]/lib/python3.12/unittest/suite.py", line 166, in _handleClassSetUp
setUpClass()
File "/Users/mathieu/Library/Caches/pypoetry/virtualenvs/tarmac-server-HCLVLw_k-py3.12/lib/python3.12/site-packages/channels/testing/live.py", line 77, in setUpClass
cls._server_process.start()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/Users/mathieu/Library/Application Support/pypoetry/python/[email protected]/lib/python3.12/multiprocessing/process.py", line 118, in start
assert not _current_process._config.get('daemon'), \
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AssertionError: daemonic processes are not allowed to have children
Somewhat similar to issue #1843. The "solution" - force multiprocessing start method to fork - was removed in #1922.
I think forcing fork start method can't be the solution anymore, it's discouraged on macOS, that's why it was changed to spawn in python 3.8.
I think the right fix would be to change ChannelsLiveServerTestCase to replicate Django's LiveServerTestCase design: designed to run in a thread.
If that suits you, I can start the PR.
Easy to reproduce: just run a django test suite having a ChannelsLiveServerTestCase with --parallel.