There was still one occasional problem while running cargo test, it would fail sometimes. Added a serial preprocessor to ensure the underlying arduino command didn't run pipelined. That fixed the problem

Cargo.lock

@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "predicates",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
+ "serial_test",
  "tempfile",
  "thiserror",
  "toml",
@@ -261,6 +262,41 @@ dependencies = [
  "num-traits",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "futures-core"
+version = "0.3.32"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7e3450815272ef58cec6d564423f6e755e25379b217b0bc688e295ba24df6b1d"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "futures-executor"
+version = "0.3.32"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "baf29c38818342a3b26b5b923639e7b1f4a61fc5e76102d4b1981c6dc7a7579d"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-task",
+ "futures-util",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "futures-task"
+version = "0.3.32"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "037711b3d59c33004d3856fbdc83b99d4ff37a24768fa1be9ce3538a1cde4393"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "futures-util"
+version = "0.3.32"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "389ca41296e6190b48053de0321d02a77f32f8a5d2461dd38762c0593805c6d6"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-task",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "slab",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "getrandom"
 version = "0.2.17"
@@ -380,6 +416,21 @@ version = "0.11.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "df1d3c3b53da64cf5760482273a98e575c651a67eec7f77df96b5b642de8f039"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "lock_api"
+version = "0.4.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "224399e74b87b5f3557511d98dff8b14089b3dadafcab6bb93eab67d3aace965"
+dependencies = [
+ "scopeguard",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "log"
+version = "0.4.29"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5e5032e24019045c762d3c0f28f5b6b8bbf38563a65908389bf7978758920897"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "memchr"
 version = "2.8.0"
@@ -419,6 +470,35 @@ version = "0.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "04744f49eae99ab78e0d5c0b603ab218f515ea8cfe5a456d7629ad883a3b6e7d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "parking_lot"
+version = "0.12.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "93857453250e3077bd71ff98b6a65ea6621a19bb0f559a85248955ac12c45a1a"
+dependencies = [
+ "lock_api",
+ "parking_lot_core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "parking_lot_core"
+version = "0.9.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2621685985a2ebf1c516881c026032ac7deafcda1a2c9b7850dc81e3dfcb64c1"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "libc",
+ "redox_syscall",
+ "smallvec",
+ "windows-link",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pin-project-lite"
+version = "0.2.16"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3b3cff922bd51709b605d9ead9aa71031d81447142d828eb4a6eba76fe619f9b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "predicates"
 version = "3.1.4"
@@ -473,6 +553,15 @@ version = "5.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "69cdb34c158ceb288df11e18b4bd39de994f6657d83847bdffdbd7f346754b0f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "redox_syscall"
+version = "0.5.18"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ed2bf2547551a7053d6fdfafda3f938979645c44812fbfcda098faae3f1a362d"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "redox_users"
 version = "0.4.6"
@@ -539,6 +628,27 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "scc"
+version = "2.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "46e6f046b7fef48e2660c57ed794263155d713de679057f2d0c169bfc6e756cc"
+dependencies = [
+ "sdd",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "scopeguard"
+version = "1.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "94143f37725109f92c262ed2cf5e59bce7498c01bcc1502d7b9afe439a4e9f49"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "sdd"
+version = "3.0.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "490dcfcbfef26be6800d11870ff2df8774fa6e86d047e3e8c8a76b25655e41ca"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
 version = "1.0.228"
@@ -591,6 +701,44 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serial_test"
+version = "3.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "911bd979bf1070a3f3aa7b691a3b3e9968f339ceeec89e08c280a8a22207a32f"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-executor",
+ "futures-util",
+ "log",
+ "once_cell",
+ "parking_lot",
+ "scc",
+ "serial_test_derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "serial_test_derive"
+version = "3.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0a7d91949b85b0d2fb687445e448b40d322b6b3e4af6b44a29b21d9a5f33e6d9"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "slab"
+version = "0.4.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0c790de23124f9ab44544d7ac05d60440adc586479ce501c1d6d7da3cd8c9cf5"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "smallvec"
+version = "1.15.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "67b1b7a3b5fe4f1376887184045fcf45c69e92af734b7aaddc05fb777b6fbd03"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "strsim"
 version = "0.11.1"

Cargo.toml

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ tempfile = "3.13"
 [dev-dependencies]
 assert_cmd = "2.0"
 predicates = "3.1"
+serial_test = "3"
 
 [profile.release]
 opt-level = 3

tests/script_execution_test.rs

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ use std::fs;
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::process::Command;
 use tempfile::TempDir;
+use serial_test::serial;
 
 use anvil::templates::{TemplateContext, TemplateManager};
 use anvil::version::ANVIL_VERSION;
@@ -511,6 +512,7 @@ fn test_inner_run_tests_idempotent() {
 // ==========================================================================
 
 #[test]
+#[serial]
 fn test_build_script_compiles_sketch() {
     require_build_script_deps();