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+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+# This is the first example of testing concurrency in the Open Food Network.
+# If we want to do this more often, we should look at:
+#
+#   https://github.com/forkbreak/fork_break
+#
+# The concurrency flag enables multiple threads to see the same database
+# without isolated transactions.
+RSpec.describe "Concurrent checkouts", concurrency: true do
+  include AuthenticationHelper
+  include ShopWorkflow
+
+  let(:order_cycle) { create(:order_cycle) }
+  let(:distributor) { order_cycle.distributors.first }
+  let(:order) { create(:order, order_cycle:, distributor:) }
+  let(:address) { create(:address) }
+  let(:payment_method) { create(:payment_method, distributors: [distributor]) }
+  let(:breakpoint) { Mutex.new }
+
+  let(:address_params) { address.attributes.except("id") }
+  let(:order_params) {
+    {
+      "payments_attributes" => [
+        {
+          "payment_method_id" => payment_method.id,
+          "amount" => order.total
+        }
+      ],
+      "bill_address_attributes" => address_params,
+      "ship_address_attributes" => address_params,
+    }
+  }
+  let(:path) { checkout_update_path(:summary) }
+  let(:params) { { format: :json } }
+
+  before do
+    # Create a valid order ready for checkout:
+    create(:shipping_method, distributors: [distributor])
+    variant = order_cycle.variants_distributed_by(distributor).first
+    order.line_items << create(:line_item, variant:)
+
+    # Transition cart to confirmation state:
+    order.update(order_params)
+    order.next # => address
+    order.next # => delivery
+    order.next # => payment
+    order.next # => confirmation
+
+    set_order(order)
+    login_as(order.user)
+  end
+
+  it "handles two concurrent orders successfully" do
+    breakpoint.lock
+    breakpoint_reached_counter = 0
+
+    # Set a breakpoint after loading the order and before advancing the order's
+    # state and making payments. If two requests reach this breakpoint at the
+    # same time, they are in a race condition and bad things can happen.
+    # Examples are processing payments twice or selling more than we have.
+    allow_any_instance_of(CheckoutController).
+      to receive(:advance_order_state).
+      and_wrap_original do |method, *args|
+      breakpoint_reached_counter += 1
+      breakpoint.synchronize do
+        # Wait here until the breakpoint is unlocked.
+        # Hopefully only one thread gets here in that time.
+        # The second thread is told by the controller to wait before
+        # loading the order.
+      end
+      method.call(*args)
+    end
+
+    # Starting two checkout threads. The controller code will determine if
+    # these two threads are synchronised correctly or run into a race condition.
+    #
+    # 1. If the controller synchronises correctly:
+    #    The first thread locks required resources and then waits at the
+    #    breakpoint. The second thread waits for the first one.
+    # 2. If the controller fails to prevent the race condition:
+    #    Both threads load required resources and wait at the breakpoint to do
+    #    the same checkout action.
+    threads = [
+      Thread.new { put(path, params:) },
+      Thread.new { put(path, params:) },
+    ]
+
+    # Wait for the first thread to reach the breakpoint:
+    Timeout.timeout(1) do
+      sleep 0.1 while breakpoint_reached_counter < 1
+    end
+
+    # Give the second thread a chance to reach the breakpoint, too.
+    # But we hope that it waits for the first thread earlier and doesn't
+    # reach the breakpoint yet.
+    sleep 1
+    expect(breakpoint_reached_counter).to eq 1
+
+    # Let the requests continue and finish.
+    breakpoint.unlock
+    threads.each(&:join)
+
+    # Verify that the checkout happened once.
+    order.reload
+    expect(order.completed?).to be true
+    expect(order.payments.count).to eq 1
+  end
+end