From fab7b5579c4dcf79bf6ab39d99bc677cdc293c5c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lex Berezhny <lex@damoti.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2020 18:21:41 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] skip test unreliable on mac

---
 tests/unit/test_event_controller.py | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tests/unit/test_event_controller.py b/tests/unit/test_event_controller.py
index f01f31c36..f96560133 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_event_controller.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_event_controller.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
+import sys
 import asyncio
 import logging
+import unittest
 import multiprocessing as mp
-from unittest import skip
 from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
 
 from lbry.testcase import AsyncioTestCase
@@ -91,9 +92,10 @@ class StreamControllerTestCase(AsyncioTestCase):
 
 class TestEventQueuePublisher(AsyncioTestCase):
 
+    @unittest.skipIf("darwin" in sys.platform, "test is very unreliable on mac")
     async def test_event_buffering_avoids_overloading_asyncio(self):
-        threads = 2
-        generate_events = 1000
+        threads = 3
+        generate_events = 3000
         expected_event_count = (threads * generate_events)-1
 
         queue = mp.Queue()