The test occasionally [fails in CI](https://travis-ci.org/crossbeam-rs/crossbeam/jobs/651567571#L538) and [locally](https://github.com/crossbeam-rs/crossbeam/pull/474#issuecomment-589250957). Reproduce by running: ```console $ for (( i=1 ;; i+=1 )); do echo "*** test $i ***"; cargo test --test ready fairness || break; done ``` To quote @cuviper: > It seems to fail even more frequently with `--release`, so maybe the test just needs more allowance?