.NET - Fix flaky workflows test (#4700)

Copilot · crickman · web-flow · commit bf0af178bde3 · 2026-03-16T17:33:08.000Z
* Initial plan

* Fix flaky test: initialize creationTime 1 second in the past

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diff --git a/dotnet/tests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Workflows.UnitTests/MessageMergerTests.cs b/dotnet/tests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Workflows.UnitTests/MessageMergerTests.cs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ public class MessageMergerTests
     [Fact]
     public void Test_MessageMerger_AssemblesMessage()
     {
-        DateTimeOffset creationTime = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow;
+        DateTimeOffset creationTime = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow.Subtract(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1));
         string responseId = Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N");
         string messageId = Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N");
 

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ public class MessageMergerTests`
`17`	`17`	`[Fact]`
`18`	`18`	`public void Test_MessageMerger_AssemblesMessage()`
`19`	`19`	`{`
`20`		`- DateTimeOffset creationTime = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow;`
	`20`	`+ DateTimeOffset creationTime = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow.Subtract(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1));`
`21`	`21`	`string responseId = Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N");`
`22`	`22`	`string messageId = Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N");`
`23`	`23`