Spend a Freeze Slot Only After Property and Fixture Both Fail
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A skip list is not a test strategy. If an agent patch can add checks faster than reviewers can read them, the merge gate needs a freeze budget and a promotion path, not another unmarked skip. The rule is operational. Every new or newly flaky test must try to become a property, then a pinned fixture…
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- 2026-09-03 17:37 · DEV Community — AI
Spend a Freeze Slot Only After Property and Fixture Both Fail