fix #112146

src/vs/workbench/contrib/backup/test/electron-browser/backupTracker.test.ts

@@ -90,10 +90,17 @@ class BeforeShutdownEventImpl implements BeforeShutdownEvent {
 	}
 }
 
-suite('BackupTracker', () => {
+suite('BackupTracker', function () {
 	let accessor: TestServiceAccessor;
 	let disposables: IDisposable[] = [];
 
+	// Given issues such as https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/112146
+	// we see random test failures when accessing the native file system. To
+	// diagnose further, we retry node.js file access tests up to 3 times to rule
+	// out any random disk issue and increase the timeout.
+	this.retries(3);
+	this.timeout(1000 * 10);
+
 	setup(async () => {
 		const instantiationService = workbenchInstantiationService();
 		accessor = instantiationService.createInstance(TestServiceAccessor);