The Test Failed, Passed, Failed. The Agent "Fixed" a Function That Was Already Correct.
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The CI run failed at 02:14. The same test passed at 02:31. The agent, told to make the suite green, edited the wrong function and left the flake in place. This is not a model quality problem. It is a signal problem: a flaky test turns a deterministic gate into a coin flip, and a patch loop that ada…
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- 2026-08-29 09:05 · DEV Community — AI
The Test Failed, Passed, Failed. The Agent "Fixed" a Function That Was Already Correct.