From dfdbb39e1b1d927be5a4f95668239bc3bf48210b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2025 16:11:55 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] test: deflake test-fs-promises-watch-iterator

Add a delay before writing the files to ensure that the watcher receives
the notifications.

Fixes: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/60051
Refs: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/52601
---
 test/parallel/test-fs-promises-watch-iterator.js | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-watch-iterator.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-watch-iterator.js
index 1606bdef422132..f8b30c33f085f0 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-watch-iterator.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-watch-iterator.js
@@ -34,10 +34,12 @@ class WatchTestCase {
     }
   }
   async writeFiles() {
+    // Do the write with a delay to ensure that the OS is ready to notify us.
+    await setTimeout(common.platformTimeout(100));
+
     for (const fileName of [...this.files]) {
       await writeFile(this.filePath(fileName), Date.now() + fileName.repeat(1e4));
     }
-    await setTimeout(common.platformTimeout(100));
   }
 }