From 557d55c1c8ec359924364df36103003bb12e0eaf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: yash27-lab <54710562+yash27-lab@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 17:21:48 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fix flaky deepcopy service tests by using unpickleable async
 generator

---
 python/tests/unit/kernel/test_kernel.py | 32 +++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/python/tests/unit/kernel/test_kernel.py b/python/tests/unit/kernel/test_kernel.py
index f66095fb7133..0aecdffc0984 100644
--- a/python/tests/unit/kernel/test_kernel.py
+++ b/python/tests/unit/kernel/test_kernel.py
@@ -1038,25 +1038,37 @@ def test_kernel_deep_copy(
 
 
 def test_kernel_model_dump_fail_with_services(kernel: Kernel):
-    open_ai_chat_completion = OpenAIChatCompletion(ai_model_id="abc", api_key="abc")
-    kernel.add_service(open_ai_chat_completion)
+    class _UnserializableService:
+        service_id = "unserializable"
+
+        def __init__(self):
+            async def _agen():
+                yield "tick"
+
+            # Async generator objects are not deepcopy/pickle friendly.
+            self._bad = _agen()
+
+    kernel.add_service(_UnserializableService())
 
     with pytest.raises(TypeError):
-        # This will fail because OpenAIChatCompletion is not serializable, more specifically,
-        # the client is not serializable
         kernel.model_dump(deep=True)
 
-
 def test_kernel_deep_copy_fail_with_services(kernel: Kernel):
-    open_ai_chat_completion = OpenAIChatCompletion(ai_model_id="abc", api_key="abc")
-    kernel.add_service(open_ai_chat_completion)
+    class _UnserializableService:
+        service_id = "unserializable"
+
+        def __init__(self):
+            async def _agen():
+                yield "tick"
+
+            # Async generator objects are not deepcopy/pickle friendly.
+            self._bad = _agen()
+
+    kernel.add_service(_UnserializableService())
 
     with pytest.raises(TypeError):
-        # This will fail because OpenAIChatCompletion is not serializable, more specifically,
-        # the client is not serializable
         kernel.model_copy(deep=True)
 
-
 def test_kernel_clone(
     kernel: Kernel,
     custom_plugin_class: type,