panic when test timeout

core/src/validator.rs

@@ -1868,7 +1868,20 @@ mod tests {
             *start_progress.read().unwrap(),
             ValidatorStartProgress::Running
         );
-        validator.close();
+
+        // spawn a new thread to wait for validator close
+        let (sender, receiver) = bounded(0);
+        let _ = thread::spawn(move || {
+            validator.close();
+            sender.send(()).unwrap();
+        });
+
+        // timeout of 30s for shutting down the validators
+        let timeout = Duration::from_secs(30);
+        if let Err(RecvTimeoutError::Timeout) = receiver.recv_timeout(timeout) {
+            panic!("timeout for closing validator");
+        }
+
         remove_dir_all(validator_ledger_path).unwrap();
     }