How-to Guide

Quarantine a flaky test

Isolate unstable cases via Test Health quarantine workflow.

Objective

Isolate unstable cases via Test Health quarantine workflow.

Prerequisites

  • Flaky test identified in Test Health

Procedure

Open Test Health

Quality → Test Health → flakiness or quarantine tab.

Navigation: Quality → Tests, Coverage, or Test Health. Link work to a project when validating generation or traceability.

Verification: Confirm organization and team context in the Console header before making changes.

Select flaky case

Review failure pattern and frequency.

Navigation: Quality → Tests, Coverage, or Test Health. Link work to a project when validating generation or traceability.

Verification: Note project, run, or agent IDs if you may need support escalation.

Quarantine

Apply quarantine per team policy.

Navigation: Quality → Tests, Coverage, or Test Health. Link work to a project when validating generation or traceability.

Verification: Confirm UI state matches your runbook. Retry once on transient errors before opening a ticket.

Verification checklist

  • Confirm expected UI state or API response after each critical step
  • Document run ID, project ID, or agent ID for support escalation if needed
  • Notify stakeholders if the workflow affects release gates or production validation

Expected result

Flaky case excluded from release gates until stabilized.

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