key2sub($_) for @tests; # precache
my ($for_destroy, $lei_env, $lei_daemon_pid, $owner_pid);
-if (!$ENV{TEST_LEI_DAEMON_PERSIST_DIR} &&
+
+# TEST_LEI_DAEMON_PERSIST is currently broken. I get ECONNRESET from
+# lei even with high kern.ipc.soacceptqueue=1073741823 or SOMAXCONN, not
+# sure why. Also, testing our internal inotify usage is unreliable
+# because lei-daemon uses a single inotify FD for all clients.
+if ($ENV{TEST_LEI_DAEMON_PERSIST} && !$ENV{TEST_LEI_DAEMON_PERSIST_DIR} &&
(PublicInbox::Spawn->can('recv_cmd4') ||
eval { require Socket::MsgHdr })) {
$lei_env = {};