Freeze Flaky Tests, Don't Retry Them: A Three-Layer Test Strategy for Agent Patches
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A test suite that keeps passing while a regression slips through is not a safety net. It is a supply chain for false confidence. With agent-generated patches the risk sharpens: the same commit can edit the implementation and its tests, so "all tests pass" no longer means the behavior survived. The…
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- 2026-08-29 18:20 · DEV Community — AI
Freeze Flaky Tests, Don't Retry Them: A Three-Layer Test Strategy for Agent Patches