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# [Contract Testing for Microservices — Catching Breaks Before Production](https://blog.matthiasbruns.com/contract-testing-for-microservices-catching-breaks-before-production?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

How contract testing prevents the integration failures that unit tests miss. A practical guide to Pact, provider-driven contracts, and fitting contract tests into your CI pipeline.

Mar 7 · 6 min read · blog.matthiasbruns.com  
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