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Fixes the Kats failure "Too many false positives" by acting on the exact message, proving the fix on one item, then rerunning and reconciling counts. Use when this error blocks an export, review or check. Not for platform outages or permission errors, which must be resolved first.
Fixes agent screenshot comparison breaking when a phish page renders differently across runs, using structural comparison and multiple captures. Use when visual matching against a brand template flakes on live phish pages. Not for pages that are text-only with no visual brand element.
Fixes: agent screenshot diff flagged intentional redesigns as violations Applies when your scan flags this exact rule. Not for manual-only issues the rule does not report.
Stabilizes Playwright screenshots that flake because webfonts load late in CI. Use when screenshot comparisons intermittently fail with text rendered in fallback fonts. Covers waiting for document.fonts.ready, self-hosting fonts, and masking font-sensitive regions. Not for consistent font diffs against the baseline.
Generates Playwright screenshot baselines so the first CI run stops failing. Use when expect.toHaveScreenshot fails with A snapshot doesn't exist on the first CI run. Covers generating baselines with --update-snapshots in CI-like conditions, committing them, and configuring CI to fail on missing snapshots. Not for sna…
Fixes Playwright hidden-state timeouts where the element never hides in CI. Use when waiting for locator to be hidden times out only in CI. Covers screenshotting the actual state, finding the condition that should hide the element, and waiting on the underlying cause. Not for elements hidden everywhere.
Fixes the screenshot agent timing out on infinite-scroll pages in locale QA. Scroll to a fixed depth or stub the feed before capturing. Use when locale screenshots time out on feeds. Not for static pages.
Fixes unreproducible rendering bugs caused by browser version mismatch between the agent's sandbox and CI. Use when a visual or DOM test fails on CI but passes for the agent and browser versions differ. Covers matching the exact CI browser version, pinning browser versions in CI config, and treating version-specific r…
Tightens a screenshot diff threshold that is letting real regressions through, with per-region thresholds and a reviewed diff gallery. Use when visual regressions ship despite screenshot tests passing. Not for tests with inherently unstable rendering, which need rendering stabilization or masking, not threshold tuning.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent approved snapshot diffs it couldn't actually see - no image tooling in its sandbox, and one hid a real... - [cost agent missed a real 3x spend spike - its z-score threshold was trained on a noi…
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent's screenshot diff threshold too loose: real regressions missed
Problem outcome: unknown
Fixes snapshot updates generated on macOS failing on Linux CI due to font rendering differences. Use when image snapshots updated on a Mac fail on Linux CI. Covers regenerating baselines on the CI platform, keeping per-platform baselines, and never accepting cross-platform snapshot updates. Not for text snapshots or g…
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - cypress "A snapshot has not been taken for this command" flake when the app re-renders mid-assertion - OpenAI 503 model overloaded: Retry-After then backoff, check status before hammering
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: percy snapshot taken before fonts loaded: how to fix
Problem outcome: unknown
Eliminates Chromatic false-positive visual diffs caused by font rendering differences in CI. Use when Chromatic flags diffs that are only font or anti-aliasing changes. Not for genuine UI changes.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - visual regression false positives from animations: how to fix - agent loop detected: schema diff keeps flagging false positives, diff broken
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: chromatic visual diff false positive on CI fonts: how to fix
Problem outcome: unknown
Fixes unreproducible rendering bugs caused by browser version mismatch between the agent's sandbox and CI. Use when a visual or DOM test fails on CI but passes for the agent and browser versions differ. Covers matching the exact CI browser version, pinning browser versions in CI config, and treating version-specific r…
Fixes snapshot updates generated on macOS failing on Linux CI due to font rendering differences. Use when image snapshots updated on a Mac fail on Linux CI. Covers regenerating baselines on the CI platform, keeping per-platform baselines, and never accepting cross-platform snapshot updates. Not for text snapshots or g…
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent saw waitForTimeout pass locally and fail in CI - it didn't know the CI runner throttles the event loop - [generated client didn't set Content-Type application/json - the API 415d and the agent …
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent didn't know CI sets CI=true — the app disables animat
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Fixes test-healing agents approving visual snapshot diffs they cannot actually inspect. Use when an agent updated snapshots without image-diff tooling. Covers requiring pixel-diff evidence before approval, blocking blind snapshot updates, and re-reviewing auto-approved snapshots. Not for text snapshots, which agents c…
Fixes the Cypress flake 'A snapshot has not been taken for this command' caused by the app re-rendering between the DOM snapshot and the assertion. Shows how to chain assertions off a single fresh query, stop holding element references across renders, and wait for the render to settle before asserting. Use when Cypres…
Fixes the Cypress flake where an element assertion times out after 4000ms in CI because the element is still animating or rendering. Shows how to target the element with a stable test id, extend the assertion timeout, and neutralize animations in test runs. Use when a visibility assertion passes locally but flakes in …
Fixes the jest failure 'Snapshot summary: 1 snapshot obsolete' that appears only when CI runs with the --ci flag. Shows how to find the stale snapshot, clear it with -u, review the .snap diff, and get CI green again. Use when the suite passes locally but the pipeline fails on obsolete snapshots. Not for snapshot value…