Regression Test - CI/CD Glossary Definition
A regression test guards against breaking things that used to work when new code lands.
A regression test re-runs existing tests after a change to confirm that previously working behavior still works and that a fix or feature did not reintroduce an old defect.
A regression test guards against breaking things that used to work when new code lands.
In CI
The regression suite is usually the full test set run on every pull request; a good practice is adding a regression test for each bug fix so the same defect cannot silently return.
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