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Flaky AI tests are usually bad tests: how to stabilize a non-deterministic suite

Short answer: most AI test flakiness comes from two sources — exact-match assertions on output that was never guaranteed to match, and missing pins on model version and temperature. Fix those two things and 80% of your flapping tests stabilize. The remaining 20% are genuine non-determinism, and the…

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  1. 2026-11-02 07:00 · DEV Community — AI
    Flaky AI tests are usually bad tests: how to stabilize a non-deterministic suite

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