# 5 QE Pipeline Metrics That Show Where Quality Is Leaking

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Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.postman.com/5-qe-pipeline-metrics-that-show-where-quality-is-leaking/>)

Author: Rick Crawford

Published: 2026-08-21T15:00:10Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Postman Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/postman-blog.md>)

Topics: [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [Postman](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/postman.md>)

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## AI overview

This developer article presents five quality-engineering pipeline metrics aligned with Design, Gate, Validate, Monitor, and Improve stages. The supplied text details package adoption, gate coverage and flake rate, and defect escape rate, explaining how they reveal uneven coverage, ineffective merge gates, false positives, and defects reaching production.

## Source excerpt

In the last post I described six problems that compound when development outruns the QE infrastructure underneath it. Most leaders recognize all... The post 5 QE Pipeline Metrics That Show Where Quality Is Leaking appeared first on Postman Blog.