The Environmental Vandal
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**Definition:**

* A 'unit' test which for various 'requirements' starts spilling out into its environment, using and setting environment variables / ports. Running two of these tests simultaneously will cause 'unavailable port' exceptions etc.

**Also Known As:**

* The Local Hero

**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

* `Unit testing Anti-patterns catalogue <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/333682/unit-testing-anti-patterns-catalogue>`_