Practitioners' Challenges and Perceptions of CI Build Failure Predictions at Atlassian

arXiv:2402.09651v1 Announce Type: cross
Abstract: Continuous Integration (CI) build failures could significantly impact the software development process and teams, such as delaying the release of new features and reducing developers' productivity. In this work, we report on an empirical study that investigates CI build failures throughout product development at Atlassian. Our quantitative analysis found that the repository dimension is the key factor influencing CI build failures. In addition, our qualitative survey revealed that Atlassian developers perceive CI build failures as …

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