Automated flakiness detection in quantum software bug reports

Lei Zhang; Andriy Miranskyy

doi:10.1109/QCE60285.2024.10274

Automated flakiness detection in quantum software bug reports

Software Engineering 2025-01-14 v1

Authors: Lei Zhang , Andriy Miranskyy

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Abstract

A flaky test yields inconsistent results upon repetition, posing a significant challenge to software developers. An extensive study of their presence and characteristics has been done in classical computer software but not quantum computer software. In this paper, we outline challenges and potential solutions for the automated detection of flaky tests in bug reports of quantum software. We aim to raise awareness of flakiness in quantum software and encourage the software engineering community to work collaboratively to solve this emerging challenge.

Keywords

flaky test detection bug localization quantum computing

Cite

@article{arxiv.2408.05331,
  title  = {Automated flakiness detection in quantum software bug reports},
  author = {Lei Zhang and Andriy Miranskyy},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2408.05331},
  year   = {2025}
}

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3 pages, accepted by the 4th International Workshop on Quantum Software Engineering and Technology (co-located with QCE24)

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