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Flaky Tests

Time-dependent flaky tests: why your CI fails at midnight and passes at breakfast

The system clock is a global variable your tests never declared. Here's how time-dependent tests create CI flakiness — and how to detect, fix, and quarantine them.

BuildPulse Team

Aug 5, 2026

Engineering Metrics

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Change failure rate: the DORA metric everyone measures wrong

Change failure rate is the DORA metric most teams botch. Here's how to measure it honestly, what it actually tells you, and why flaky CI quietly poisons it.

BuildPulse Team

Aug 5, 2026

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