# project stockwell

Published articles for project stockwell.

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## Test Ownership

DevFeed: [Test Ownership](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/test-ownership-20273.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://gbrownmozilla.wordpress.com/2017/06/08/test-ownership/>)

Author: gbrown-mozilla

Published: 2017-06-08T04:17:33Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

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

Topics: [bug](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/bug.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>), [Mozilla](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mozilla.md>)

Tags: [bug](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bug.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.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>), [testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/testing.md>), [tests](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tests.md>)

### AI overview

The article examines who should be responsible for intermittent test failures. It considers assigning responsibility to the test author, the person who last modified the test, the person whose changeset caused the failure, or the module owner, and discusses the benefits and limitations of these approaches.

### Source excerpt

When a bug for an intermittent test failure needs attention, who should be contacted? Who is responsible for fixing that ... Continue reading ->

## Triaging Neglected Intermittent Test Failures

DevFeed: [Triaging Neglected Intermittent Test Failures](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/neglected-oranges-20272.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://gbrownmozilla.wordpress.com/2016/10/31/neglected-oranges/>)

Author: gbrown-mozilla

Published: 2016-10-31T20:20:12Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

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

Topics: [bug](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/bug.md>), [Script](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/script.md>)

Tags: [bug](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bug.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>), [script](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/script.md>), [uncategorized](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/uncategorized.md>)

### AI overview

An account of using a script to find frequent intermittent test-failure bugs without recent comments and triage them. The author reports that recently triaged bugs were resolved within an average of three days, while cautioning that the sample likely included easier cases and that the broader effect is uncertain.

### Source excerpt

I wrote earlier about my initial experience with triaging frequent intermittent test failures. I was happy to find that most ... Continue reading ->

## Timeout Triage

DevFeed: [Timeout Triage](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/timeout-triage-20271.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://gbrownmozilla.wordpress.com/2016/10/28/timeout-triage/>)

Author: gbrown-mozilla

Published: 2016-10-28T18:39:45Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

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

Topics: [bug](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/bug.md>), [Tool](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tool.md>)

Tags: [article](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/article.md>), [bug](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bug.md>), [bugs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bugs.md>), [future](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/future.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>), [report](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/report.md>), [running](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/running.md>), [test](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/test.md>), [testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/testing.md>), [timeout](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/timeout.md>)

### AI overview

This article discusses how to investigate intermittent test timeouts by comparing successful and failed run durations. It distinguishes possible intermittent hangs from legitimately long-running tests and proposes clearer documentation and tools for identifying timeout risks.

### Source excerpt

Many of our frequent intermittent test failures are timeouts. There are a lot of ways that a test - or ... Continue reading ->

## Triaging with Orange Factor

DevFeed: [Triaging with Orange Factor](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/triaging-with-orange-factor-20270.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://gbrownmozilla.wordpress.com/2016/10/17/triaging-with-orange-factor/>)

Author: gbrown-mozilla

Published: 2016-10-17T20:11:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

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

Topics: [bug](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/bug.md>), [IRC](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/irc.md>)

Tags: [bug](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bug.md>), [intermittent-failures](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/intermittent-failures.md>), [intermittents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/intermittents.md>), [irc](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/irc.md>), [mozilla](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mozilla.md>), [project-stockwell](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/project-stockwell.md>), [testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/testing.md>), [thoughts](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/thoughts.md>)

### AI overview

The author describes using Orange Factor to find frequent intermittent test failures and Bugzilla to identify neglected bugs. They share examples where checking recent changes and contacting relevant people led to prompt investigation or resolution, while noting that determining bug activity remains difficult.

### Source excerpt

Recently, I have been trying to spend a little time each day looking over the most frequent intermittent test failures ... Continue reading ->

## 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 ->