From 61d9c80aaf5b0450a29aec4ce0a6e185a0331d34 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sven Rebhan <36194019+srebhan@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2025 14:20:27 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] test(outputs.remotefile): Make test more robust (#16676)

---
 plugins/outputs/remotefile/remotefile_test.go | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/plugins/outputs/remotefile/remotefile_test.go b/plugins/outputs/remotefile/remotefile_test.go
index 681c5e3a6..a890459dc 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/remotefile/remotefile_test.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/remotefile/remotefile_test.go
@@ -474,8 +474,12 @@ func TestTrackingMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, plugin.Connect())
 	defer plugin.Close()
 
-	// Write the metrics and wait for the data to settle to disk
+	// Write the input metrics and close the plugin. This is required to
+	// actually flush the data to disk
 	require.NoError(t, plugin.Write(input))
+	plugin.Close()
+
+	// Wait for the data to settle to disk
 	require.Eventually(t, func() bool {
 		ok := true
 		for fn := range expected {