improve ddoc test reliablilty by waiting for ddoc deletion

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/test/javascript/tests/design_docs.js b/test/javascript/tests/design_docs.js
index 6e12001d7..ed1e72f3f 100644
--- a/test/javascript/tests/design_docs.js
+++ b/test/javascript/tests/design_docs.js
@@ -373,7 +373,13 @@ couchTests.design_docs = function(debug) {
     }
 
     T(db.deleteDoc(designDoc).ok);
-    T(db.open(designDoc._id) == null);
+    waitForSuccess(function() {
+      var ddoc = db.open(designDoc._id)
+      if (ddoc != null) {
+        throw({});
+      }
+      return true;
+    }, 'db.open(designDoc._id)');
     T(db.view("test/no_docs") == null);
 
     T(db.ensureFullCommit().ok);