--- title: Green Tests Mean Nothing | daily.dev description: 📊 Thousands of passing tests don't automatically mean your software is ready to ship. @KeithKlain makes a point that every tester should hear: test... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/green-tests-mean-nothing-foj7prqu0 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Green Tests Mean Nothing | daily.dev og:description: 📊 Thousands of passing tests don't automatically mean your software is ready to ship. @KeithKlain makes a point that every tester should hear: test... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/green-tests-mean-nothing-foj7prqu0 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/FOJ7prqU0.png og:image:alt: Green Tests Mean Nothing og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Green Tests Mean Nothing **[Automation Testing with Joe Colantonio](https://daily.dev/sources/joecolantonio)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary 📊 Thousands of passing tests don't automatically mean your software is ready to ship. @KeithKlain makes a point that every tester should hear: test automation creates valuable information, but it doesn't eliminate uncertainty. A dashboard full of green checks only tells part of the story. The bigger question is what wasn't tested, where the remaining risks are, and whether the business understands them. That's a mindset shift many organizations still struggle with. The teams that stand out aren't the ones producing the most automation. They're the ones helping the business make better decisions by communicating risk clearly. This clip is a great reminder that testing is about much more than execution metrics. 👉 Watch the episode: https://testguild.com/podcast/a598-keith/ #SoftwareTesting #QualityEngineering #BusinessRisk #TestAutomation #ContinuousTesting #TestGuildPodcast ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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