More testing of the error codes from ecs describe-tasks

Author: JCantu248

playwright/run_playwright_tests.sh

@@ -108,23 +108,24 @@ ATTEMPT=0
 echo "⏳ Waiting up to $MAX_WAIT_MINUTES minutes for ECS task to stop..."
 
 STATUS=""
+ATTEMPT=0
 
 while [[ $ATTEMPT -lt $MAX_ATTEMPTS ]]; do
+  # Temporarily allow command failures
   set +e
-  aws_output=$(aws ecs describe-tasks \
+  STATUS=$(aws ecs describe-tasks \
     --cluster "$CLUSTER_NAME" \
     --tasks "$TASK_ARN" \
     --region "$AWS_REGION" \
     --query 'tasks[0].lastStatus' \
     --output text 2>&1)
-  cmd_status=$?
+  STATUS_EXIT_CODE=$?
   set -e
 
-  if [[ $cmd_status -ne 0 || "$aws_output" == *"error"* || "$aws_output" == *"Unable to"* || -z "$aws_output" ]]; then
-    echo "⚠️  Could not fetch ECS task status (attempt $ATTEMPT): $aws_output"
+  if [[ $STATUS_EXIT_CODE -ne 0 || "$STATUS" == *"error"* || "$STATUS" == *"Unable to"* || -z "$STATUS" ]]; then
+    echo "⚠️  Could not fetch ECS task status (attempt $ATTEMPT): $STATUS"
     STATUS=""
   else
-    STATUS="$aws_output"
     echo "🔁 Task status: $STATUS (attempt $ATTEMPT)"
   fi
 
@@ -137,7 +138,6 @@ while [[ $ATTEMPT -lt $MAX_ATTEMPTS ]]; do
   ((ATTEMPT++))
 done
 
-
 if [[ "$STATUS" != "STOPPED" ]]; then
   echo "❌ ECS task did not stop within $MAX_WAIT_MINUTES minutes." >&2
   exit 1