ICST 2025 (series) / CCIW 2025 (series) / 5th CI/CD Industry Workshop /
The Art of Managing Flaky Tests at Scale
Tue 1 Apr 2025 12:10 - 12:30 at Room A - CI at scale
Test flakiness, characterized by non-deterministic test outcomes despite unchanged code, poses a significant challenge to continuous integration system efficiency and developer productivity. We comprehensively study a year-long initiative to mitigate test flakiness within a large-scale engineering organization. We adjust test failure sensitivity thresholds to account for alert fatigue and resolution quality, refocus data visualization for prioritization and pattern analysis, and introduce incentives to improve the rate of solutions contributing to test stabilization. Key findings reveal the importance of balancing technical efficiency gains with organizational dynamics.
Tue 1 AprDisplayed time zone: Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna change
Tue 1 Apr
Displayed time zone: Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna change
11:00 - 12:30 | |||
11:00 20mTalk | Improving Developer Satisfaction through focusing on problems that provably matter CCIW Link to publication | ||
11:25 20mTalk | Shifting Gears in Continuous Integration: BMW’s Strategies for High-Velocity Builds CCIW Maximilian Jungwirth BMW Group, University of Passau, Simon Rummert BMW Group, Alexander Scott BMW Group, Gordon Fraser University of Passau | ||
11:45 20mTalk | Multi-Architecture Testing at Google CCIW Tim A. D. Henderson Google, Sushmita Azad Google, Avi Kondareddy Google, Abhayendra Singh Google, Inc | ||
12:10 20mTalk | The Art of Managing Flaky Tests at Scale CCIW Oleg Andreyev Okta Pre-print | ||
