Dry Run

What is Dry Run?

A dry run exercises the mechanics of a test or pipeline—collecting cases, resolving configuration, checking wiring—without producing real side effects or committing results. It is a cheap way to confirm that a suite is set up correctly, that selectors resolve, and that the environment is reachable before spending time and resources on a full execution. Dry runs are especially handy when scaling out to parallel or cloud runs, catching configuration mistakes early instead of after a long, wasted run.