Flaky Test
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**Definition:**

* A flaky test is a test that could fail or pass for the same configuration. Flaky tests could be harmful for developers because their failures do not always indicate bugs in the code.


**References:**

.. admonition:: Quality attributes

    * :octicon:`file-code;1em` -  Code Example
    * :octicon:`comment-discussion;1em` -  Cause and Effect
    * :octicon:`graph;1em` -  Frequency
    * :octicon:`sync;1em` -  Refactoring

* `JTDog: a Gradle Plugin for Dynamic Test Smell Detection <https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9678529/>`_ :octicon:`comment-discussion;1em`
* `Revisiting Test Impact Analysis in Continuous Testing From the Perspective of Code Dependencies <https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9303402/>`_ :octicon:`file-code;1em` :octicon:`comment-discussion;1em` :octicon:`graph;1em` :octicon:`sync;1em`
* `Static Test Flakiness Prediction <https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9793797/>`_ :octicon:`comment-discussion;1em` :octicon:`graph;1em`
* `Static Test Flakiness Prediction <https://valeriapontillo.github.io/documents/journal/J1.pdf>`_ :octicon:`comment-discussion;1em` :octicon:`graph;1em`
* `Static test flakiness prediction: How Far Can We Go? <https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10664-022-10227-1>`_ :octicon:`comment-discussion;1em` :octicon:`graph;1em`
* `Surveying the developer experience of flaky tests <https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3510457.3513037>`_ :octicon:`comment-discussion;1em` :octicon:`graph;1em` :octicon:`sync;1em`
* `What We Know About Smells in Software Test Code <https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8501942>`_