diff --git a/parsl/tests/test_scaling/test_scale_down.py b/parsl/tests/test_scaling/test_scale_down.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/parsl/tests/test_scaling/test_scale_down.py
+++ b/parsl/tests/test_scaling/test_scale_down.py
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ def sleeper(t):
     return random.randint(0, 10000)
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skip('fails 50% of time in CI - see issue #1885')
+# see issue #1885 for details of failures of this test.
+# at the time of issue #1885 this test was failing frequently
+# in CI.
 @pytest.mark.local
 def test_scale_out():
     dfk = parsl.dfk()
Re-enabled scale down test (#<I>)

This was disabled due to frequent failure (see issue #<I>) but this test

has been re-enabled in the `desc` branch for a while and has not caused

trouble, so this commit should re-enabled it in master.



Issue #<I> also notes the utility of this test in discovering scaling-in

breakage - which gives some pressure to re-enable this test.