Re: False positive on Jenkins builds. How to address.

2014-08-13 Thread Albert Tresens
> > --Rob > > > > *From:* jenkins...@googlegroups.com [mailto: > jenkins...@googlegroups.com ] *On Behalf Of *Albert Tresens > *Sent:* Friday, August 08, 2014 11:05 AM > *To:* jenkins...@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* False positive on Jenkins builds. How to address. &g

RE: False positive on Jenkins builds. How to address.

2014-08-08 Thread Rob Mandeville
: jenkinsci-users@googlegroups.com [mailto:jenkinsci-users@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Albert Tresens Sent: Friday, August 08, 2014 11:05 AM To: jenkinsci-users@googlegroups.com Subject: False positive on Jenkins builds. How to address. Hi, I am trying to optimize the triaging time on jenkins

Re: False positive on Jenkins builds. How to address.

2014-08-08 Thread Mark Waite
We found that random failures in tests caused the team to ignore test failures until there were two or more failures in a row. Unfortunately, that meant they were delaying fixing the problems until there were several cycles of failures, which tended to compound the failures. Ultimately we decided

False positive on Jenkins builds. How to address.

2014-08-08 Thread Albert Tresens
Hi, I am trying to optimize the triaging time on jenkins failues caused by false positives. There is a percentage of failures that are always self healed after subsequent builds. Mostly dependent on the underlying OS or some resource factors. Does someone followed any specific approach to a