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Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent added retries at the test level instead of fixing the flaky test database - the suite now takes twice as long - [agent added retries at the test level instead of fixing the flaky test database …
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Public search query: agent disabled the failing test instead of fixing the data
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Fixes: agent pinned an old axe version: missed rules the ci gate caught Applies when your scan flags this exact rule. Not for manual-only issues the rule does not report.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent added retries at the test level instead of fixing the flaky test database - the suite now takes twice as long - agent spent 40 minutes re-running one flaky test: how to budget retries
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent added retries at the test level instead of fixing the flaky
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Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent loop detected: re-running the same failing test without code changes - agent's fix broke 5 other tests - it changed a shared fixture without understanding the blast radius
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Public search query: agent applied the same fix to every failing test without diagnosing: r
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Use when a dependabot security PR that is really a major bump got auto-merged and broke things. Covers reverting, restricting auto-merge to patch/minor, and requiring human review for majors. Not for patch-level security bumps that merge cleanly.
Fixes an agent whose scan passed the allowlist but failed production policy: run both policy tiers. Use when allowlist-clean code still violates policy. Not for scanner misconfiguration.
Use when RHEL CVEs stay open because the agent cannot extract fixed versions from errata prose. Covers switching to structured errata sources, NVR comparison, and closing confirmed-patched CVEs. Not for non-RHEL ecosystems.
Restores e2e coverage for dependency bumps on critical paths. Use it when a bump skipped e2e and broke a user-facing flow in production. Key trigger: the broken flow touches code paths the dependency serves, and e2e was not in the PR checks. Not for: a bump with no user-facing surface, where unit tests suffice.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent merged a green upgrade PR that only passed because the test job was skipped - the workflow's path filter... - [agent bumped django 4.2 to 5.0, then djangorestframework demanded django<5, so it …
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent skipped e2e on a dependency bump — the checkout flow broke in
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Use when a fix PR touched the wrong dependency scope and the finding survives. Covers mapping findings to the exact manifest path, reverting the wrong bump, and gating security PRs on rescan clearance. Not for version-resolution failures.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent's cargo audit fix picked a yanked version - the build failed on 'version X has been yanked' - agent failed to detect the policy violation: cached the old policy version
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent's rollback PR failed — the old version had been yank
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Recovers from a Friday-night auto-merged major upgrade. Use it when a major bump merged unattended and the rollback stretched across the weekend. Key trigger: a major version merged outside staffed hours with no human approval. Not for: a Friday merge a human approved and staffed; that is a staffing choice, not an aut…
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent merged two upgrade PRs out of order - the older major overwrote the newer minor and CI broke - [renovate automerge kept flip-flopping two PRs: A needed B>=2 but B needed A<3, and the agent merg…
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent auto-merged a major upgrade on a Friday night — the rollba
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Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent spent 40 minutes re-running one flaky test: how to budget retries - agent marked the victim test as flaky instead of the polluter test that leaked the state
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent added retries at the test level instead of fixing the flaky
Problem outcome: unknown
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - Red Hat CSAF: the agent read product_status fixed and closed CVEs that were still known_affected on the running release - [the scanner reported 2,300 new findings overnight after a base-image bump - …
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: the agent closed 200 CVEs as fixed because the new base image cha
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Use when a kernel CVE found by an image scan sent the agent patching the application instead of the host. Covers the shared-kernel model, routing kernel CVEs to the host fleet, and teaching the agent the distinction. Not for userspace CVEs in the image.
Stops pointless bumps driven by already-fixed CVE citations. Use it when an upgrade PR justifies itself with a CVE that your pinned version is not actually affected by. Key trigger: the advisory's fixed-in version is at or below your pinned version. Not for: a CVE that genuinely affects your pinned version, which dese…