🔍 Weekly Testing Topic: What's trending in QA this week?

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Every week we spotlight a trending topic in software testing and QA. This week’s topic is one the community has been buzzing about Flaky tests aren’t actually flaky share your experience, ask questions, and let’s learn from each other!

This week’s discussion:

What’s your team’s approach to this testing challenge? Have you experimented with new tools or methodologies? What’s worked, what hasn’t?

Drop your thoughts below — there are no wrong answers, only shared experiences that help us all grow as quality engineers.

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I am currently working on a tool named Open Text CSDP (aka Value Edge) : fantastic central test management tool

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Please share your progress with us ^^

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In my experience, many “flaky tests” are not actually flaky. They often expose underlying issues in the application, test environment, or test design.

Some common causes I’ve encountered include:

  • Timing and synchronization issues where elements are not fully loaded before interaction.

  • Test data dependencies between test runs.

  • Environment instability, especially when multiple teams are using the same environment.

  • Dynamic UI elements and asynchronous API responses.

  • Locator strategies that are too dependent on changing UI attributes.

What has worked for our team:

  • Using explicit waits instead of fixed delays.

  • Improving test data management and test isolation.

  • Reviewing failures before simply rerunning tests.

  • Collaborating with developers to determine whether failures indicate actual application issues.

One lesson I’ve learned is that repeatedly rerunning failed tests can hide real defects. When a test fails intermittently, we try to investigate the root cause rather than immediately labeling it as a flaky test.

I’m curious to hear how other teams distinguish between a genuinely flaky test and a product defect that only appears under certain conditions.

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I mean it’s a well thought central test management tool, been working a lot on this

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please do share more with us :star_struck:

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As per me the flaky tests often tell us something important about our system design or test strategy—we just need to listen carefully and investigate deeper.

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Flaky” exposes issues like timing gaps, shared test data, or environment instability.