In one session I encountered a race condition triggered by overlapping API calls. It didn’t appear in local runs but failed intermittently in CI because of timing differences. In situations like this, retries can be useful for transient issues, but it’s important to flag tests as flaky rather than treating them as genuine bugs.
Flakiness is defined statistically intermittent failures at a noticeable rate indicate instability that warrants investigation. AI can help by analyzing historical test runs, code changes, and environmental factors to predict potential flaky tests, though it’s not perfect.