# 186-jobsqv-test-speedup: Jobs QV test speedup

Goal: trim jobs quality_validate test cost

Steps:
1. Read 168 result notes in done/168-slowest-resweep.md.* for the jobs quality_validate target (~0.5s). 2. On a feature branch: reduce spawns/sleeps (inproc pattern where proven) keeping all assertions identical (never weaken tests); run the file until green. Done criteria: result notes list before/after seconds + pass count, or exact blocking failure.

Done criteria: result notes appended below; file moved to done/.

Result notes (append below before moving to done/):

Completed 2026-10-09T03:27:02Z via box tasks done:
18 passed, 1.54s->0.08s stable. Converted all 19 box-ctl spawns to inproc (proven 141 pattern extended with sys.stdin patching for job-put stdin bodies); assertions identical, byte-identical outputs verified incl stdin case. Touched tests/test_box_jobs_https.py only, uncommitted.