Comment on Rivian blames “fat finger” for infotainment-bricking software update
bob_lemon@feddit.de 11 months agoIntegration tests don’t really help if you just push the wring build to production.
Although the pipeline should probably not accept builds that haven’t passed all tests.
Synthead@lemmy.world 11 months ago
This is like designing a deadbolt that tells you that the key doesn’t work, but it allows you to open the door anyway. Why would anyone have a process in place where you can push to production with failing integration tests?
bob_lemon@feddit.de 11 months ago
I actually work in automotive testing, and the honest truth is that there likely is no real automated pipeline.
Automotive software testing is much more complex than simple software unit or integration tests. You need to run on actual hardware, accompanied by all the other ECUs you are interfacing with. And the tools that slow you to do so are specialized tools, which often are not yet integrated into CI/CD processes (they’re pretty much all working on it though). I.e. getting test results for a build involves manual labor, which makes it prone to errors.
Synthead@lemmy.world 11 months ago
You don’t think this is a smell? Surely your company can improve on this.
bob_lemon@feddit.de 11 months ago
I do, and we are actively working on it.