Every QA team has that moment.
Someone runs the automated tests, and suddenly some of them fail. They fail once, then pass on the next run. Or the third. Or after a small tweak. Someone reruns the pipeline, the build turns green, and the team moves on. No ticket is created. No task is added to the sprint. Nothing appears in the report.
And that is exactly why flaky tests are so dangerous.
They don’t stop delivery immediately. But the cost doesn’t disappear. It just moves underground. They slowly drain trust, focus, and energy — until one day the entire test suite is questioned.
Read the full post on my blog: https://qalogy.com/the-hidden-cost-of-flaky-tests-nobody-puts-in-the-sprint-report/
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