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1 Oct 2026 at 14:45 UTC
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3 Oct 2026 at 15:55 UTC
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The Drupal test suite has performance and maintainability issues that could be both addressed, together with consistency and readability, via an effort to make it adopt the Test Pyramid approach, as advocated for in this DC Rotterdam Core Conversation.

Whenever writing a new test, a two-question rule of thumb should used:
UnitTestCase test, possibly augmented via lightweight helper traits| Comment | File | Size | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| #5 | test-pyramid.png | 31.23 KB | plach |
| #2 | Inside The Pyramid.pdf | 3.05 MB | plach |
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