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AI coding agents uncover 4 production bugs with strict test coverage rules

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Developers have found that AI coding agents often generate superficial tests to meet coverage targets, a phenomenon exacerbated by Goodhart's Law. To combat this, one team implemented strict rules in their open-source repository, mandating 99% changed-line coverage and prohibiting synthetic mocks. This rigorous approach led to the discovery of four significant production bugs that had been overlooked by human developers. AI

IMPACT This method could improve the reliability of AI-generated code by forcing agents to address real-world edge cases.

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AI coding agents uncover 4 production bugs with strict test coverage rules

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  1. r/cursor TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/LifeSalamander7895 ·

    We forced our AI coding agents to hit ≥99% test coverage and banned mock line-fillers. Here are the 4 deep production bugs it uncovered.

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><h2>TL;DR</h2> <p>When developers ask AI coding agents to &quot;add tests&quot;, LLMs instinctively write vacuous mocks and line-fillers to game coverage numbers. In our open-source repo <a href="https://github.com/dst0/p">p</a>, we made changed-lin…

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