Order Is a Hidden Input: Permutation-Sweeping an Agent-Patched Test Suite
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An agent patch can pass your entire suite in the default order and still be order-coupled. The green run proves the suite works in one sequence, not that the tests are independent. Before I trust a machine-written patch, I want to know which tests only pass because something ran before them. That i…
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- 2026-10-17 17:10 · DEV Community — AI
Order Is a Hidden Input: Permutation-Sweeping an Agent-Patched Test Suite