automation-flaky-test-eliminationlisted

# Eliminate flaky tests systematically > Quarantine, root-cause classes, and stabilization patterns restoring CI trustworthiness. **Track:** 🧪 QA & Testing · **Domain:** Test Automation · **Level:** advanced · **~40 min** **Who this is for:** QA Engineers, SDETs, Test Automation Engineers, Developers ## When to Use This Skill Quarantine, root-cause classes, and stabilization patterns restoring CI trustworthiness. Use it whenever a matching task appears in conversation — the agent loads these instructions on demand. ## Steps 1. Auto-detect flakiness via retry-pass detection; report rate weekly 2. Quarantine flaky tests immediately — a red CI must mean something 3. Root-cause by class: timing/sleep → explicit waits; order-dependence → isolation 4. Fix test-data collisions with unique-per-run factories 5. Stabilize environment noise: ports, clocks, network mocks 6. Burn down quarantine weekly; two-strikes rule for chronic offenders ## Common Pitfalls - Auto-retry hiding flake instead of surfacing it - Deleting flaky tests silently losing coverage ## Commands **Install with skills CLI** ```bash npx skills add aniruddhaadak80/skills --skill automation-flaky-test-elimination ``` **Install globally** ```bash npx skills add aniruddhaadak80/skills --skill automation-flaky-test-elimination -g ``` --- Part of [aniruddhaadak80/skills](https://github.com/aniruddhaadak80/skills) · Browse all at https://skills.sh/aniruddhaadak80/skills