backend/tests/crawler_sync.rs

@@ -583,10 +583,18 @@ async fn sync_chapters_serializes_concurrent_calls_for_same_manga(pool: PgPool)
     .fetch_all(&pool)
     .await
     .unwrap();
-    assert_eq!(
+    // The per-manga advisory lock serializes the two calls, but it cannot
-        alive,
+    // dictate WHICH commits last (spawn order is not guaranteed — under load
-        vec!["A".to_string(), "B".to_string(), "C".to_string()],
+    // it inverts), so two correct last-writer-wins outcomes are possible:
-        "all chapters survive concurrent syncs that both contain them"
+    //   - Y (list [A,B,C]) commits last → nothing dropped → [A,B,C].
+    //   - X (list [A,B]) commits last  → it soft-drops C, a key it never saw
+    //     and which the next full sync re-adds → [A,B].
+    // The lock's job is to prevent a TORN result (a lost B, a half-applied
+    // drop), not to fix an order it cannot. Accept either serialization;
+    // anything else means the lock failed to serialize.
+    assert!(
+        alive == ["A", "B", "C"] || alive == ["A", "B"],
+        "concurrent syncs must leave a valid serialization, got {alive:?}"
     );
 }