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-rw-r--r--docs/devel/testing/functional.rst3
-rw-r--r--tests/functional/qemu_test/asset.py4
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/devel/testing/functional.rst b/docs/devel/testing/functional.rst
index 3728bab..fdeaeba 100644
--- a/docs/devel/testing/functional.rst
+++ b/docs/devel/testing/functional.rst
@@ -312,6 +312,9 @@ The cache is populated in the ``~/.cache/qemu/download`` directory by
default, but the location can be changed by setting the
``QEMU_TEST_CACHE_DIR`` environment variable.
+To force the test suite to re-download the cache, even if still valid,
+set the ``QEMU_TEST_REFRESH_CACHE`` environment variable.
+
Skipping tests
--------------
diff --git a/tests/functional/qemu_test/asset.py b/tests/functional/qemu_test/asset.py
index 704b84d..b5a6136 100644
--- a/tests/functional/qemu_test/asset.py
+++ b/tests/functional/qemu_test/asset.py
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ class Asset:
return self.hash == hl.hexdigest()
def valid(self):
+ if os.getenv("QEMU_TEST_REFRESH_CACHE", None) is not None:
+ self.log.info("Force refresh of asset %s", self.url)
+ return False
+
return self.cache_file.exists() and self._check(self.cache_file)
def fetchable(self):