5 Dealing with noisy tests
In this chapter
- explaining why tests are crucially important to CD
- creating and executing a plan to go from noisy test failures to a useful signal
- understanding what makes tests noisy
- treating test failures as bugs
- defining flaky tests and understanding why they are harmful
- retrying tests appropriately
It’d be nearly impossible to have continuous delivery (CD) without tests! For a lot of folks, tests are synonymous with at least the CI side of CD, but over time some test suites seem to degrade in value. In this chapter, we’ll take a look at how to take care of noisy test suites.
Continuous delivery and tests
How do tests fit into CD? From chapter 1, CD is all about getting to a state where
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