Test Environment Management

Summary

Ensuring the environment tests run in is stable, representative, and properly configured — a huge share of 'flaky test' problems actually trace back to environment issues, not the tests themselves.

• 1List 3 environment-related issues that could cause a test to fail even when the feature works correctly.
• 2Learn why environment parity with production reduces 'works in test, fails in prod' surprises.
• 3Understand test data and environment configuration should be version-controlled where possible.