The test runners on GitHub don't work

[Skully17]

The test runners currently don't pass and this is stopping PRs from being merged.

[wencagh]

These days I tried to prepare (in parallel) similar fixes as @Skully17. All CI checks are green except unit tests - almost all mqtt tests failed. I am not sure if I am missing some necessary dependency (like running process with mqtt) on my self-hosted GH runner.
I am able to support the project with a dedicated VM for self-hosted GH runner to solve the issue and as mentioned in #2092

[Skully17]

I haven't been able to make any progress with the unit tests either.
Many of the tests have already been disabled. would it be acceptable to disable these tests as well so the blocker for all other PRs can be removed?

[oberstet]

would it be acceptable to disable these tests

if it's only a handful, defined set, like "all mqtt ones", and if that unblocks getting CI and merging going again, then +1, I'm on board, definitely. yeah, it would be absolutely crucial on a project level to get CI/PRs going again, prio 1, beyond anything. thanks for helping!