published by | Adam Johnson |
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in blog | Adam Johnson |
original entry | Django: Flush out test flakiness by randomly ordering QuerySets |
Sometimes code depends on the order of a QuerySet
whilst not specifying an order.
This can lead to random, flaky test failures because databases can return rows in any order when none is specified.
The problem is made worse by some databases, notably PostgreSQL, which nearly always return rows in ā¦