From e8e47ff00ee2793e098cf252d4ba6618033203cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Steinberger <steipete@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 17:26:05 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] perf(test): replace manual log polling with vi.waitFor

---
 ...x.captures-media-path-image-messages.test.ts | 17 +++++++----------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/web/monitor-inbox.captures-media-path-image-messages.test.ts b/src/web/monitor-inbox.captures-media-path-image-messages.test.ts
index eaaebb661e..1a78e8e423 100644
--- a/src/web/monitor-inbox.captures-media-path-image-messages.test.ts
+++ b/src/web/monitor-inbox.captures-media-path-image-messages.test.ts
@@ -117,16 +117,13 @@ describe("web monitor inbox", () => {
     sock.ev.emit("messages.upsert", upsert);
     await new Promise((resolve) => setImmediate(resolve));
 
-    const content = await (async () => {
-      const deadline = Date.now() + 2_000;
-      while (Date.now() < deadline) {
-        if (fsSync.existsSync(logPath)) {
-          return fsSync.readFileSync(logPath, "utf-8");
-        }
-        await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 25));
-      }
-      throw new Error(`expected log file to exist: ${logPath}`);
-    })();
+    await vi.waitFor(
+      () => {
+        expect(fsSync.existsSync(logPath)).toBe(true);
+      },
+      { timeout: 2_000, interval: 5 },
+    );
+    const content = fsSync.readFileSync(logPath, "utf-8");
     expect(content).toMatch(/web-inbound/);
     expect(content).toMatch(/ping/);
     await listener.close();