stop promise chains

packages/server/test/support/helpers/e2e.coffee

@@ -111,13 +111,17 @@ normalizeStdout = (str, options = {}) ->
 startServer = (obj) ->
   { onServer, port, https } = obj
 
+  console.log('STARTING ON', port)
+
   app = express()
 
   if https
     srv = httpsProxy.httpsServer(app)
   else
     srv = http.Server(app)
 
+  srv.port = port
+
   allowDestroy(srv)
 
   app.use(morgan("dev"))
@@ -133,7 +137,13 @@ startServer = (obj) ->
 
       resolve(srv)
 
+## since the resolved object is a .thenable, it won't get wrapped in a
+## Promise, which then leads to the rest of the Promise.chain getting no-op'd
+stopPromise = () ->
+  { then: stopPromise, catch: stopPromise }
+
 stopServer = (srv) ->
+  console.log('STOPPING ON', srv.port)
   srv.destroyAsync()
 
 copy = ->
@@ -398,6 +408,8 @@ module.exports = e2e = {
 
       return runAfterEach(ctx._runnable).then ->
         ctx.skip()
+        ## dirty-nasty trick to halt Promises chained off e2e.exec
+        stopPromise()
 
     args = ["index.js"].concat(args)