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🚨 The Silent Killer of Your CI/CD: Flaky Cypress Tests (And How to FINALLY Fix Them)

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Hey #devcommunity! 👋

Let's talk about something that haunts almost every modern web developer: flaky tests. Specifically, those maddening Cypress tests that randomly pass, randomly fail, and make you question your sanity.

You know the drill: your feature branch passes all tests, you merge to main, and BAM! CI fails. You rerun, and it passes. Or it fails again, but for a different reason. This isn't just an annoyance; it's a huge drag on productivity, confidence, and release velocity.

I've spent a considerable amount of time wrestling with these demons, and through that struggle, I've distilled a comprehensive approach to not just patch flaky tests, but to eradicate their root causes.

In my latest article, "Fix Flaky Cypress Tests The Right Way," I break down the common culprits and, more importantly, provide a playbook for building genuinely robust and reliable end-to-end tests.

What you'll discover in the article:

  • Beyond cy.wait(): Why simply waiting often masks underlying issues and what to do instead.
  • Environmental Parity: How subtle differences between local and CI environments can wreck your tests.
  • Mastering Assertions: Techniques to write assertions that are resilient to timing and dynamic UI changes.
  • Isolation Patterns: Ensuring your tests are truly independent and don't interfere with each other.
  • Data Management Strategies: Setting up and tearing down test data cleanly.

This isn't about quick hacks; it's about fundamentally changing how you approach E2E testing to achieve stability you can trust.

Stop debugging phantom failures and start building with confidence. Dive into the full guide here:

Fix Flaky Cypress Tests the Right Way! | by Sohail Mohammed | Sep, 2025 | JavaScript in Plain English

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Let me know in the comments – what's been your biggest struggle with flaky tests? And what's your go-to strategy for fixing them?

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