Quarantine Is a Loan, Not a Fix: Attributing Agent-Patch Flakes Before You Freeze Them
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A quarantined test is a loan against your future coverage, and most teams never write down the interest rate. When an agent patch turns a test red and you freeze that test, you have not fixed anything. You have bought silence. The silence has a price: every later patch that touches the code the fro…
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- 2026-10-27 19:02 · DEV Community — AI
Quarantine Is a Loan, Not a Fix: Attributing Agent-Patch Flakes Before You Freeze Them