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title: "Comment by Jake Morrison on \"Self-healing tests are table stakes, and most of them aren't real\" | Hashnode"
description: "The false green section hits. We had a retry-based setup mask a broken coupon flow for 11 days because the test kept passing on the second attempt. Nobody looks"
url: "https://hashnode.com/posts/self-healing-tests-real-vs-fake-2026/6a4ff32072b571606b890d4c/comment/6a509c005ed2123625e888fa"
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[Discussion](https://hashnode.com/posts/self-healing-tests-real-vs-fake-2026/6a4ff32072b571606b890d4c)

Comment [Self-healing tests are table stakes, and most of them aren't real](https://hashnode.com/posts/self-healing-tests-real-vs-fake-2026/6a4ff32072b571606b890d4c)

[Jake Morrison](https://hashnode.com/@jakebuilds)

[Jul 10](https://hashnode.com/posts/self-healing-tests-real-vs-fake-2026/6a4ff32072b571606b890d4c/comment/6a509c005ed2123625e888fa)

The false green section hits. We had a retry-based setup mask a broken coupon flow for 11 days because the test kept passing on the second attempt. Nobody looks at a green suite. Support tickets found the bug before CI did. Since then I trust a loud failure over a quiet pass every time.