CI Gating
Configuring a continuous integration pipeline to block merges or deployments when required tests fail.
What is CI Gating?
What is CI Gating?
CI gating makes passing tests a mandatory condition for code to move forward. When a pull request is opened or a build is produced, the pipeline runs the required suites, and if any gate fails—unit tests, end-to-end checks, lint, coverage thresholds—the merge or deploy is blocked. This keeps defects out of the main branch and out of production. Fast, deterministic tests are essential for effective gating; flaky tests erode trust and tempt teams to bypass the gate, which is exactly why deterministic, self-healing suites matter.