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iOS UI tests are failing intermittently
iOS UI tests are failing intermittently
Updated over a week ago

Issue:

The same tests sometimes fail and sometimes succeed, without any changes either in the code or the Workflow configuration.

Possible solutions:

When tests are flaky like this it's usually because of one of two things:

  • Your tests are reliant on an external network resource that should be mocked.

  • The simulator hasn't had a chance to warm up or recover from the previous test. In this case adding a delay before the test can help. Pre-starting the simulator can also help reliability greatly: you can add a Script Step before the tests run, such as this example:

    npm install -g ios-simios-sim start --devicetypeid "com.apple.CoreSimulator.SimDeviceType.iPhone-8, 14.4"sleep 60
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