flaky-hunter

name	flaky-hunter
description	Diagnose and fix tests that pass sometimes and fail other times. Use when CI is red intermittently.
when_to_use	intermittent CI failure, "passes locally fails in CI", a flaky test

Flaky Test Hunter

Run the suspect test 20x in a loop first — confirm it's actually flaky, not just broken. Common causes, in order of likelihood:

1. Time/order — depends on test execution order or shared mutable state. Isolate it; run alone.
2. Async race — asserting before a promise/refetch resolves. Await the actual condition, not a sleep.
3. Real network/clock/random — mock them. Freeze time, seed RNG, stub the call.
4. Resource leak — a prior test left a connection/file/port open. Fix the cause, not the symptom. retry(3) on a flaky test hides a real race that will bite in production. Quarantine only as a last resort, with a ticket.