From 0ef2c729740f3b7b9fbb8e351b522bbd3094f98f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adeeb Shihadeh <adeebshihadeh@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2026 11:18:20 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] improve HITL robustness (#2333)

---
 .gitignore             | 3 +++
 Dockerfile             | 3 ++-
 Jenkinsfile            | 2 +-
 tests/hitl/conftest.py | 1 +
 4 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 612b14f7..67edc8b6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -37,3 +37,6 @@ tests/safety/coverage.info
 *.profraw
 *.profdata
 mull.yml
+
+.claude/
+TASK.md
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index a8a80e97..a41d0c6f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ WORKDIR $WORKDIR
 
 # deps install
 COPY pyproject.toml __init__.py setup.sh $WORKDIR
-RUN mkdir -p $WORKDIR/python/ && touch $WORKDIR/__init__.py
+RUN mkdir -p $WORKDIR/python/ $WORKDIR/board/body/ $WORKDIR/board/jungle/ && \
+    touch $WORKDIR/__init__.py $WORKDIR/board/__init__.py $WORKDIR/board/body/__init__.py $WORKDIR/board/jungle/__init__.py
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends sudo && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive $WORKDIR/setup.sh
 
 # second pass for the opendbc moving tag
diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index d9b1c464..1b1a47a0 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ def docker_run(String step_label, int timeout_mins, String cmd) {
 def phone(String ip, String step_label, String cmd) {
   withCredentials([file(credentialsId: 'id_rsa', variable: 'key_file')]) {
     def ssh_cmd = """
-ssh -tt -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i ${key_file} 'comma@${ip}' /usr/bin/bash <<'END'
+ssh -tt -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o ConnectTimeout=30 -o ConnectionAttempts=3 -o ServerAliveInterval=10 -o ServerAliveCountMax=3 -i ${key_file} 'comma@${ip}' /usr/bin/bash <<'END'
 
 set -e
 
diff --git a/tests/hitl/conftest.py b/tests/hitl/conftest.py
index ecc3a455..a8adab07 100644
--- a/tests/hitl/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/hitl/conftest.py
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ def fixture_panda_setup(request):
   init_jungle()
 
   # init panda
+  assert Panda.wait_for_panda(_panda_serial, timeout=10), "panda not found"
   p = Panda(serial=_panda_serial)
   p.reset(reconnect=True)