Flaky Test Management

Summary

Identifying and fixing tests that fail intermittently without a real underlying bug — flaky tests erode trust in the entire suite, since teams start ignoring failures assuming they're 'just flaky'.

• 1Identify a flaky test pattern (from your own practice work or a public example) and diagnose the likely cause.
• 2Learn common flakiness causes: poor waits, shared test data, timing issues, and environment instability.
• 3Practice a policy for handling flaky tests: quarantine, investigate, and fix rather than ignore indefinitely.