Preempting flaky tests via non-idempotent-outcome tests

A Wei, P Yi, Z Li, T Xie, D Marinov, W Lam - Proceedings of the 44th …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Regression testing can greatly help in software development, but it can be seriously
undermined by flaky tests, which can both pass and fail, seemingly nondeterministically, on …

Predicting flaky tests categories using few-shot learning

A Akli, G Haben, S Habchi, M Papadakis… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
Flaky tests are tests that yield different outcomes when run on the same version of a
program. This non-deterministic behaviour plagues continuous integration with false signals …

iPFlakies: A framework for detecting and fixing python order-dependent flaky tests

R Wang, Y Chen, W Lam - Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE 44th …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Developers typically run tests after code changes. Flaky tests, which are tests that can
nondeterministically pass and fail when run on the same version of code, can mislead …

FlakyCat: Predicting flaky tests categories using few-shot learning

A Akli, G Haben, S Habchi… - 2023 IEEE/ACM …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Flaky tests are tests that yield different outcomes when run on the same version of a
program. This non-deterministic behaviour plagues continuous integration with false signals …

[HTML][HTML] Test flakiness' causes, detection, impact and responses: A multivocal review

A Tahir, S Rasheed, J Dietrich, N Hashemi… - Journal of Systems and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Flaky tests (tests with non-deterministic outcomes) pose a major challenge for software
testing. They are known to cause significant issues, such as reducing the effectiveness and …

Quantizing large-language models for predicting flaky tests

S Rahman, A Baz, S Misailovic… - 2024 IEEE Conference on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A major challenge in regression testing practice is the presence of flaky tests, which non-
deterministically pass or fail when run on the same code. Previous research identified …

Evolution-aware detection of order-dependent flaky tests

C Li, A Shi - Proceedings of the 31st ACM SIGSOFT International …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Regression testing is an important part of the software development process but suffers from
the presence of flaky tests. Flaky tests are tests that can nondeterministically pass or fail …

FlakeSync: Automatically Repairing Async Flaky Tests

S Rahman, A Shi - Proceedings of the IEEE/ACM 46th International …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Regression testing is an important part of the development process but suffers from the
presence of flaky tests. Flaky tests nondeterministically pass or fail when run on the same …

Non-Flaky and Nearly-Optimal Time-based Treatment of Asynchronous Wait Web Tests

Y Pei, J Sohn, S Habchi, M Papadakis - ACM Transactions on Software …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Asynchronous waits are a common root cause of flaky tests and a major time-influential
factor of web application testing. We build a dataset of 49 reproducible asynchronous wait …

Neurosymbolic Repair of Test Flakiness

Y Chen, R Jabbarvand - Proceedings of the 33rd ACM SIGSOFT …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Test flakiness, a non-deterministic behavior of builds irrelevant to code changes, is a major
and continuing impediment to deliver-ing reliable software. The very few techniques for the …