# Skipping persistent intermittent failures

DevFeed: [Skipping persistent intermittent failures](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/skipping-persistent-intermittent-failures-20269.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://gbrownmozilla.wordpress.com/2016/10/07/skipping-persistent-intermittent-failures/>)

Author: gbrown-mozilla

Published: 2016-10-07T23:16:25Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Mozilla Automation](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/mozilla-automation.md>)

Topics: [bug](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/bug.md>), [Test coverage](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/coverage.md>), [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [automated](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/automated.md>), [bug](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bug.md>), [developers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developers.md>), [intermittent-failures](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/intermittent-failures.md>), [mozilla](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mozilla.md>), [project-stockwell](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/project-stockwell.md>), [reporting](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reporting.md>), [taskcluster](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/taskcluster.md>), [test](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/test.md>), [testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/testing.md>), [tests](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tests.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues that teams should more aggressively skip tests with frequent, persistent intermittent failures to reduce the cost of repeated failures and developer attention. It acknowledges the trade-off of losing test coverage and potentially missing spontaneous fixes.

## Source excerpt

Our automated tests seem to fail a lot. Instead of a sea of green, a typical good push often looks ... Continue reading ->