Ask HN: Why is CI often failing in open source projects?

4 pointsjulienreszka24d ago2 comments

How does it happen?

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I'll typically run CI against Debian oldstable, stable and testing; those do change over time (versions of libraries etc) and that change can cause failures. That's desirable and the reason I have a monthly CI run for "finished" projects.

freedomben24d ago

Two main reasons I see frequently:

* Limits on the free plan (runner minutes, timeouts, etc)

* Ignoring hard-to-fix runs: flakey tests are a real problem and a pain to fix

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jjgreen24d ago

freedomben24d ago

Two main reasons I see frequently:

* Limits on the free plan (runner minutes, timeouts, etc)

* Ignoring hard-to-fix runs: flakey tests are a real problem and a pain to fix

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse