Engineering Council Test Reliability Report

Scope aligned with Slack channel #dezvoltare, covering 2026-08-29 07:00 to 2026-09-05 07:00. Metrics and timings are sourced from GitLab pipelines, jobs, and test-report artifacts for the daily 6 PM regression suite and the production smoke suite. Trend charts use daily buckets across this window.

Executive Snapshot

7
Daily Runs
0/7
Daily Green
20m 12s
Avg Daily Runtime
21
Smoke Attempts
19/21
Smoke Green
4m 27s
Avg Smoke Runtime
5m 07s
Median Smoke Time
0
Current Green Streak

Executive Analysis

Bottom line: the regression system is informative but not calm. The data suggest repeatable problem areas rather than random breakage, which means focused ownership should move the needle quickly.

What Matters

  • Daily regression passed 0 of 7 runs (0.0%), with a current green streak of 0 and a best streak of 0 in this window. The latest daily run (169328) failed, so the system is ending the week under tension rather than in a clean state. 7 failed run(s) never reached complete daily-suite counts, which points to some infrastructure or setup noise mixed into the product signal.
  • Smoke passed 19 of 21 attempts (90.5%) across 18 production pipelines. 2 failed attempt(s) never reached test execution counts at all.
  • Failure concentration is not random: Library has the highest strict failure ratio at 1.00%, while Library has the broadest non-pass footprint at 1.00%.
  • Frontend is the weakest smoke surface in this window at 16/18 green (88.9%).
  • Daily-suite runtime averaged 20m 12s.

Engineering Analysis

  • A release gate should fail loudly for product regressions and quietly for infrastructure noise. Rerun recoveries plus incomplete daily or smoke attempts suggest those two failure modes are still partially mixed together.
  • The failure profile is concentrated enough to act on. Library and Library are carrying the strongest signal, which means reliability work should be assigned by category ownership instead of treating the suite as one undifferentiated problem.
  • The broader daily suite is carrying more instability than smoke, which usually means product regressions are escaping into wider coverage areas even when the narrow deploy gate looks acceptable.

Recommended Actions

  • Split incomplete execution failures from real assertion failures in the report narrative. Setup breakage should stay visible, but it should not look identical to a product regression in the executive readout.
  • Assign one owner to Library for the next cycle and expect a short written burn-down: top failing tests, suspected root causes, flake versus regression breakdown, and what gets fixed or quarantined first.
  • Treat the daily regression suite like an operations queue until it is calm again: triage failures after each red run, close known-noise items fast, and avoid letting multiple unrelated red signals pile up between runs.
  • Put Frontend smoke under closer guardrails for the next release cycle. It is the best place to improve first-pass deploy confidence quickly.

Improvement Ideas

  • Introduce a small reliability budget for tests: every flaky or quarantined case needs an owner and an expiry, and the team should review that budget weekly the same way it reviews bugs or incidents.
  • Track first-fail to root-cause time as a core metric. Fast diagnosis is as important as raw pass rate because the practical value of a test gate depends on how quickly it helps the team recover.
  • Define a runtime budget per suite and require justification when test count or duration grows. Reliable feedback systems stay trusted when they remain both stable and proportionate.

Category Execution Ratios

How computed

Category total executions means the sum of that category's observed test executions across every daily-suite run in the selected window.

Strict Failure Ratio = failed executions for that category divided by total executions for that category across the window.

Non-pass Ratio = (failed + pending + skipped) executions for that category divided by total executions for that category across the window.

Example: if Billing executed 800 times across the week and 2 of those executions failed, Billing strict failure ratio is 0.25%. That does not mean 0.25% of pipelines failed; it means 0.25% of observed Billing executions ended in failed.

How computed

Category total executions means the sum of that category's observed test executions across every daily-suite run in the selected window.

Strict Failure Ratio = failed executions for that category divided by total executions for that category across the window.

Non-pass Ratio = (failed + pending + skipped) executions for that category divided by total executions for that category across the window.

Example: if Billing executed 800 times across the week and 2 of those executions failed, Billing strict failure ratio is 0.25%. That does not mean 0.25% of pipelines failed; it means 0.25% of observed Billing executions ended in failed.

Daily Daily Suite Status0000108-2908-3109-0209-04
Daily Smoke Attempts0135708-2908-3109-0209-04
Daily Average Daily Suite Runtime18m 12s19m 25s20m 38s21m 51s23m 03s08-2908-3109-0209-04
Daily Average Smoke Runtime0m 00s1m 24s2m 48s4m 12s5m 36s08-2908-3109-0209-04
Daily Suite Total Test Growth (Recent 7 Runs)23223223223223308-2908-3109-0209-04
Smoke Suite Total Test Growth (Latest Run Per Day)
FrontendUniversity
60728597110Frontend 08-31: 110Frontend 09-01: 110Frontend 09-02: 110Frontend 09-03: 110Frontend 09-04: 110University 09-01: 60University 09-03: 60University 09-04: 6008-3109-0109-0209-0309-04

Category Aggregate Table

How computed

Category total executions means the sum of that category's observed test executions across every daily-suite run in the selected window.

Strict Failure Ratio = failed executions for that category divided by total executions for that category across the window.

Non-pass Ratio = (failed + pending + skipped) executions for that category divided by total executions for that category across the window.

Example: if Billing executed 800 times across the week and 2 of those executions failed, Billing strict failure ratio is 0.25%. That does not mean 0.25% of pipelines failed; it means 0.25% of observed Billing executions ended in failed.

How computed

Category total executions means the sum of that category's observed test executions across every daily-suite run in the selected window.

Strict Failure Ratio = failed executions for that category divided by total executions for that category across the window.

Non-pass Ratio = (failed + pending + skipped) executions for that category divided by total executions for that category across the window.

Example: if Billing executed 800 times across the week and 2 of those executions failed, Billing strict failure ratio is 0.25%. That does not mean 0.25% of pipelines failed; it means 0.25% of observed Billing executions ended in failed.

CategoryTotalFailedPendingSkippedFailure RatioNon-pass RatioRuns With Failures
Billing10221000.10%0.10%1
Web00000.00%0.00%7
Frontend00000.00%0.00%7
Library6026001.00%1.00%1
CatFailF%NP%Tot
Billing
Pend 0Skip 0Runs 1
1
0.10%
0.10%
1022
Web
Pend 0Skip 0Runs 7
0
0.00%
0.00%
0
Frontend
Pend 0Skip 0Runs 7
0
0.00%
0.00%
0
Library
Pend 0Skip 0Runs 1
6
1.00%
1.00%
602

Recent Runs

Recent Daily Suite Runs

DatePipelineSuitesStatusSummary
2026-08-29 18:23168169BillingWebFrontendLibraryFAILEDTotal 232 | Passed 232 | Failed 0 | Incomplete suite counts
2026-08-30 18:21168171BillingWebFrontendLibraryFAILEDTotal 232 | Passed 232 | Failed 0 | Incomplete suite counts
2026-08-31 18:21168324BillingWebFrontendLibraryFAILEDTotal 232 | Passed 232 | Failed 0 | Incomplete suite counts
2026-09-01 18:23168636BillingWebFrontendLibraryFAILEDTotal 232 | Passed 232 | Failed 0 | Incomplete suite counts
2026-09-02 18:23168906BillingWebFrontendLibraryFAILEDTotal 232 | Passed 232 | Failed 0 | Incomplete suite counts
2026-09-03 18:26169149BillingWebFrontendLibraryFAILEDTotal 232 | Passed 226 | Failed 6 | Incomplete suite counts
2026-09-04 18:24169328BillingWebFrontendLibraryFAILEDTotal 232 | Passed 231 | Failed 1 | Incomplete suite counts
2026-08-29 18:23Pipeline 168169BillingWebFrontendLibrary
FAILED
T 232 | P 232 | F 0 | Pend 0 | Incomplete
2026-08-30 18:21Pipeline 168171BillingWebFrontendLibrary
FAILED
T 232 | P 232 | F 0 | Pend 0 | Incomplete
2026-08-31 18:21Pipeline 168324BillingWebFrontendLibrary
FAILED
T 232 | P 232 | F 0 | Pend 0 | Incomplete
2026-09-01 18:23Pipeline 168636BillingWebFrontendLibrary
FAILED
T 232 | P 232 | F 0 | Pend 0 | Incomplete
2026-09-02 18:23Pipeline 168906BillingWebFrontendLibrary
FAILED
T 232 | P 232 | F 0 | Pend 0 | Incomplete
2026-09-03 18:26Pipeline 169149BillingWebFrontendLibrary
FAILED
T 232 | P 226 | F 6 | Pend 0 | Incomplete
2026-09-04 18:24Pipeline 169328BillingWebFrontendLibrary
FAILED
T 232 | P 231 | F 1 | Pend 0 | Incomplete

Recent Smoke Attempts

DateSuitePipelineJobStatusPassedFailedDuration
2026-08-31 14:06Frontend168250Frontend smokePASSED11005m 39s
2026-08-31 14:35Frontend168259Frontend smokePASSED11005m 32s
2026-09-01 12:13Frontend168435Frontend smokePASSED11005m 20s
2026-09-01 16:02University168594University smokePASSED6003m 33s
2026-09-01 16:05Frontend168594Frontend smokePASSED11004m 18s
2026-09-01 16:41Frontend168618Frontend smokePASSED11004m 31s
2026-09-01 17:32Frontend168635Frontend smokeFAILEDn/an/a0m 10s
2026-09-01 19:54Frontend168638Frontend smokePASSED11004m 22s
2026-09-02 12:24Frontend168744Frontend smokePASSED11006m 02s
2026-09-02 12:51Frontend168763Frontend smokePASSED11004m 07s
2026-09-02 17:28Frontend168889Frontend smokePASSED11005m 29s
2026-09-03 11:01Frontend168952Frontend smokePASSED11005m 43s
2026-09-03 12:38Frontend169017Frontend smokePASSED11005m 38s
2026-09-03 13:19University169047University smokePASSED6003m 21s
2026-09-03 13:23Frontend169047Frontend smokePASSED11005m 07s
2026-09-03 14:11Frontend169074Frontend smokePASSED11004m 35s
2026-09-03 15:38Frontend169106Frontend smokeFAILEDn/an/a1m 01s
2026-09-03 17:21Frontend169139Frontend smokePASSED11005m 39s
2026-09-04 14:28Frontend169253Frontend smokePASSED11005m 28s
2026-09-04 17:51University169324University smokePASSED6003m 39s
2026-09-04 17:56Frontend169324Frontend smokePASSED11004m 20s

Smoke Suite Breakdown

Frontend
18 attempts across 18 pipelines
89% green
Passed16
Failed2
Incomplete2
Avg runtime4m 37s
Median passing runtime5m 24s
Pipelines18
University
3 attempts across 3 pipelines
100% green
Passed3
Failed0
Incomplete0
Avg runtime3m 31s
Median passing runtime3m 33s
Pipelines3
Generated from GitLab project adservio/helm2. Times are shown in Europe/Bucharest. Daily-suite runtime is measured from GitLab pipeline and job timestamps. Category counts come from GitLab test-report JSON artifacts, with job-trace fallback when older artifacts have expired.