The Confessional Test

detected 2026-03-02

trigger

"'the catch branch is unreachable... verified by inspection.' Then writes an assertion identical to the happy path."

what it is

A test for an unreachable branch that the LLM explicitly acknowledges is unreachable, then writes an assertion that cannot fail.

what it signals

instead

Delete the test. Add a comment to the source code.

refs

  • wake:tests/unit/bout-engine-helpers.test.ts — H-08

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