issue 974: the checks are queued by pull request on two work-queue streams, taken after a delivery build, dropped when judged, stopped when their key moves; the reordering and the forge-asking end are gone

internal/link/try_test.go

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package link
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
-	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -30,25 +29,8 @@ func TestATrysStartNamesNoCommitTheForgeCouldMatch(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// A try stays behind every delivery and every pull request's check, however long it has waited: the ten
-// minutes that put a check ahead of later deliveries never promote a try (novox/hq issue 686).
-func TestATryIsNeverHandedOutBeforeADeliveryOrAPullRequestsCheck(t *testing.T) {
-	now := time.Date(2026, 10, 12, 12, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
-	try := func(seq uint64, id string, asked time.Time) QueuedAsk {
-		a := anAsk(seq, id, asked, true)
-		a.Request.Check.Try = true
-		return a
-	}
-	waiting := []QueuedAsk{
-		try(1, "try-old", now.Add(-40*time.Minute)),
-		try(2, "try-young", now.Add(-time.Minute)),
-		anAsk(3, "check-young", now.Add(-2*time.Minute), true),
-		anAsk(4, "delivery", now.Add(-time.Minute), false),
-	}
-	want := []string{"delivery", "check-young", "try-old", "try-young"}
-	if got := idsOf(QueueOrder(waiting, now)); !reflect.DeepEqual(got, want) {
-		t.Fatalf("handed out as %v, want %v", got, want)
-	}
+// An id that is a pattern never passes for a build's id.
+func TestAnIdThatIsAPatternIsNoBuildId(t *testing.T) {
 	if !SafeBuildID("build-20261014T000000-1a2b") || SafeBuildID("x.>") || SafeBuildID("*") || SafeBuildID("") {
 		t.Fatal("an id that is a pattern passes for a build's id")
 	}