flaky-test-quarantine SKILL.md skillA
flaky-test-quarantine from testland/qa is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add testland/qa/flaky-test-quarantine@git:20260725.09af35bPins git:20260725.09af35b in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- testland/qa
- Path
plugins/qa-flake-triage/skills/flaky-test-quarantine/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20260725.09af35b, committed Jul 25, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jul 6, 2026
- Size
- 9,248 bytes
- Repository stars
- 11
- License
- MIT
Builds a quarantine workflow for flaky tests - marks the test with the framework's skip/fixme/retry annotation, records the failure-rate observation and a bisect link in the annotation body, sets an auto-expiry date, and produces a CI report listing every quarantined test that has expired and needs re-evaluation. Use when a flaky test is blocking the trunk and must be removed from the gating path without losing track of it.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# flaky-test-quarantine ## Overview A "flaky test" is a test that produces inconsistent pass/fail results across runs without an underlying code change ([google-flaky][gtb]). Industry consensus from Google Testing Blog and similar practitioner-engineering sources is that flaky tests should be **isolated from the gating path** rather than left to mask real regressions or be silently ignored ([google-flaky][gtb]). [gtb]: https://testing.googleblog.com/2016/05/flaky-tests-at-google-and-how-we.html > **Terminology note:** "flaky test" is a practitioner-emergent term > popularized by the Google Testing Blog. ISTQB does not maintain a > canonical entry for it. This skill cites industry-engineering > sources, not ISTQB authority. ## How to use 1. **Confirm it is a flake, not a regression** - a 1% to 50% failure rate, not 100% (see "When to use"). A 100%-failing test is a regression: bisect and fix, do not quarantine. 2. **Mark** the test with the framework's skip / fixme / retry annotation (Step 1). 3. **Annotate** the body with date, issue link, failure rate, bisect status, and a `Re-evaluate by` date (Step 2) - this is the load-bearing, machine-parseable part. …
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How to install
mdr add testland/qa/flaky-test-quarantine@sha256:25ebceba83427297The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260725.09af35b, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Jul 6, 2026 and Jul 25, 2026, about one every 5 days.
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| git:20260725.09af35b latest | 2026-07-25 | 09af35b | 9,248 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260724.d4db756 | 2026-07-24 | d4db756 | 8,372 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260718.ab29907 | 2026-07-18 | ab29907 | 8,411 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260706.d9cec5f | 2026-07-06 | d9cec5f | 8,576 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260706.4e1409c | 2026-07-06 | 4e1409c | 8,582 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (9248 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
testland/qa · 11 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-20 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_uvaeivfu6zj33mck GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=testland/qa/flaky-test-quarantine GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/25ebceba834272972964b3155e6ce3bfac7a23a7bf395f3bf47418be58d88610
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