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AI Dev Tool Users Debate Flaky CI Test Automation Solutions

A user on Reddit's r/cursor community is seeking solutions for flaky test automation in continuous integration (CI) pipelines. They describe a scenario where a high percentage of tests fail without apparent cause, citing issues like broken selectors, timing problems, and phantom failures. The user expresses frustration that leadership perceives the automated testing as effective based on dashboard metrics, despite the unreliability of the results. AI

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AI Dev Tool Users Debate Flaky CI Test Automation Solutions

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  1. r/cursor TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/ybur011 ·

    How is anyone solving flaky test automation in CI?

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>A CI pipeline with technically full E2E coverage that means absolutely nothing because 30% of the runs fail for no real reason</p> <p>Selectors break, timing issues, phantom failures that pass on retry, the whole thing is held together with duct …