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What does this PR do?

WaitUntilAsync and WaitWhileAsync now share one implementation. It checks the condition in a loop on a token linked to the caller's token, and cancels that token once the wait ends, whether it succeeds, times out or fails. If the caller cancels, the methods now throw an OperationCanceledException that carries the caller's token, instead of a TimeoutException. The XML docs of both methods and of IContainer.StartAsync reflect the new behavior, and new tests cover both fixes.

Why is it important?

Until now, the loop kept checking the condition after the timeout, for as long as the process ran. For readiness checks, this meant polling the Docker Engine API every interval after StartAsync had already failed. Cancellation was also reported as a timeout. When the token was already canceled, the wait could even return as if it had succeeded, even though the condition was never met.

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    • Wait strategies now stop pending evaluations when a timeout or cancellation occurs, and no longer continue evaluating after a timeout.
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    • Clarified when starting a container can result in a TimeoutException.

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WaitWhileAsync and WaitUntilAsync now use a shared polling implementation. The implementation handles retry limits, timeout races, and cancellation. Tests cover evaluation stopping after timeout and cancellation during evaluation.

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Layer / File(s) Summary
Shared polling and task cancellation
src/Testcontainers/Configurations/WaitStrategies/WaitStrategy.cs, src/Testcontainers/Containers/IContainer.cs
Both wait methods delegate to WaitAsync, which handles expected results, retry limits, timeout races, and cancellation. The StartAsync documentation now links TimeoutException to wait-strategy timeout expiration.
Timeout and cancellation tests
tests/Testcontainers.Tests/Unit/Configurations/TestcontainersWaitStrategyTest.cs
Tests count callback evaluations and verify that evaluation stops after timeout. Cancellation tests verify that cancellation during an unresolved evaluation produces OperationCanceledException.

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Cancellation behavior appears correct, but the tests do not protect the promised caller-token identity. Add that assertion before merging or accept the bounded coverage gap.

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🧹 Nitpick comments: 1
tests/Testcontainers.Tests/Unit/Configurations/TestcontainersWaitStrategyTest.cs: 1

120-121: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Assert the caller token in both cancellation tests.

These tests assert only the exception type. They do not protect the contract that the OperationCanceledException carries cts.Token. Capture the exception and assert its CancellationToken in both tests.

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-        _ = await Assert.ThrowsAnyAsync<OperationCanceledException>(() => waitTask)
+        var exception = await Assert.ThrowsAnyAsync<OperationCanceledException>(() => waitTask)
           .ConfigureAwait(true);
+        Assert.Equal(cts.Token, exception.CancellationToken);

Apply the same change to DuringEvaluationWhile.

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Update both cancellation tests, including DuringEvaluationWhile, to capture the
OperationCanceledException returned by Assert.ThrowsAnyAsync and assert that its
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- Around line 120-121: Update both cancellation tests, including
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Assert.ThrowsAnyAsync and assert that its CancellationToken equals cts.Token.

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@HofmeisterAn HofmeisterAn changed the title Fix/wait strategy timeout and cancellation fix: Stop evaluating wait strategies after a timeout and report cancellation Oct 14, 2026
@HofmeisterAn HofmeisterAn added the bug Something isn't working label Oct 14, 2026
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