Test Automation Strategy

<default_to_action> When designing or improving test automation:

1. DETECT anti-patterns: Ice cream cone? Slow suite? Flaky tests?
2. USE patterns: Page Object Model, Builder pattern, Factory pattern
3. INTEGRATE in CI/CD: Every commit runs tests, fail fast
4. MANAGE flaky tests: Quarantine, fix, or delete - never ignore

Quick Anti-Pattern Detection:

• Ice cream cone (many E2E, few unit) → Invert to pyramid
• Slow tests (> 10 min suite) → Parallelize, mock external deps
• Flaky tests → Fix timing, isolate data, or quarantine
• Brittle selectors → Use data-testid, semantic locators </default_to_action>

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