fixes to elixir tests (#1939)

2 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/test/elixir/lib/couch/db_test.ex b/test/elixir/lib/couch/db_test.ex
index f835b0a77..7a08aae36 100644
--- a/test/elixir/lib/couch/db_test.ex
+++ b/test/elixir/lib/couch/db_test.ex
@@ -161,10 +161,12 @@ defmodule Couch.DBTest do
   end
 
   def create_db(db_name, opts \\ []) do
-    resp = Couch.put("/#{db_name}", opts)
-    assert resp.status_code in [201, 202]
-    assert resp.body == %{"ok" => true}
-    {:ok, resp}
+    retry_until(fn ->
+      resp = Couch.put("/#{db_name}", opts)
+      assert resp.status_code in [201, 202]
+      assert resp.body == %{"ok" => true}
+      {:ok, resp}
+    end)
   end
 
   def delete_db(db_name) do
diff --git a/test/elixir/test/partition_size_test.exs b/test/elixir/test/partition_size_test.exs
index 68759ad91..b292dc415 100644
--- a/test/elixir/test/partition_size_test.exs
+++ b/test/elixir/test/partition_size_test.exs
@@ -50,8 +50,11 @@ defmodule PartitionSizeTest do
       end
 
     body = %{:w => 3, :docs => docs}
-    resp = Couch.post("/#{db_name}/_bulk_docs", body: body)
-    assert resp.status_code == 201
+
+    retry_until(fn ->
+      resp = Couch.post("/#{db_name}/_bulk_docs", body: body)
+      assert resp.status_code == 201
+    end)
   end
 
   def save_doc(db_name, doc) do