Having Flaky Or Slow Tests
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**Definition:**

* A test that sometimes fails and sometimes passes (without any code changes in between) is unreliable and undermines the whole testing suite


**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

* `Software Testing Anti-patterns <http://blog.codepipes.com/testing/software-testing-antipatterns.html>`_ :octicon:`comment-discussion;1em`