https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/60fc40ea58de8b6faf98081d659e7f5b232aa25e

From 60fc40ea58de8b6faf98081d659e7f5b232aa25e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonathan Hefner <jonathan@hefner.pro>
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2021 13:45:57 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Isolate descendants garbage collection test

This prevents the test from being affected by Ruby-internal thread
locals set by other tests.

Example failure: https://buildkite.com/rails/rails/builds/79505#cb261462-8e40-4adc-99fc-81708a473cc6/1076-1085

Co-authored-by: Jean Boussier <jean.boussier@gmail.com>
--- a/test/descendants_tracker_test_cases.rb
+++ b/test/descendants_tracker_test_cases.rb
@@ -28,11 +28,23 @@ def test_descendants
   end
 
   def test_descendants_with_garbage_collected_classes
-    1.times do
+    # The Ruby GC (and most other GCs for that matter) are not fully precise.
+    # When GC is run, the whole stack is scanned to mark any object reference
+    # in registers. But some of these references might simply be leftovers from
+    # previous method calls waiting to be overridden, and there's no definite
+    # way to clear them. By executing this code in a distinct thread, we ensure
+    # that such references are on a stack that will be entirely garbage
+    # collected, effectively working around the problem.
+    Thread.new do
       child_klass = Class.new(Parent)
       assert_equal_sets [Child1, Grandchild1, Grandchild2, Child2, child_klass], Parent.descendants
+    end.join
+
+    # Calling `GC.start` 4 times should trigger a full GC run
+    4.times do
+      GC.start
     end
-    GC.start
+
     assert_equal_sets [Child1, Grandchild1, Grandchild2, Child2], Parent.descendants
   end