From bf0af178bde373d4edf809f9b63d7facaf232ed3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Copilot <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 10:33:08 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] .NET - Fix flaky workflows test (#4700)

* Initial plan

* Fix flaky test: initialize creationTime 1 second in the past

Co-authored-by: crickman <66376200+crickman@users.noreply.github.com>

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Co-authored-by: crickman <66376200+crickman@users.noreply.github.com>
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 .../MessageMergerTests.cs                                       | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/dotnet/tests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Workflows.UnitTests/MessageMergerTests.cs b/dotnet/tests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Workflows.UnitTests/MessageMergerTests.cs
index 704e25b14a..4181dad409 100644
--- a/dotnet/tests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Workflows.UnitTests/MessageMergerTests.cs
+++ b/dotnet/tests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Workflows.UnitTests/MessageMergerTests.cs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ public class MessageMergerTests
     [Fact]
     public void Test_MessageMerger_AssemblesMessage()
     {
-        DateTimeOffset creationTime = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow;
+        DateTimeOffset creationTime = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow.Subtract(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1));
         string responseId = Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N");
         string messageId = Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N");