The Patch Reads the Wall Clock: A Time-Source Audit for Agent Patches
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Most flaky tests in agent-authored patches are not mysterious. They read a clock somewhere in the call path, and the assertion compares two readings that were never taken at the same instant. Freezing that test turns the suite green and deletes the only evidence you had. So audit the time source be…
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- 2026-10-18 17:49 · DEV Community — AI
The Patch Reads the Wall Clock: A Time-Source Audit for Agent Patches