QA Fundamentals · Senior · Question 34 of 76
What is the tester's role in a production incident post-mortem?
- 1Prove that testing was not responsible for the incident
- 2Write new manual test cases for every log line
- 3Identify why tests didn't catch it and improve the safety net
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Correct answer: Identify why tests didn't catch it and improve the safety net
Explanation
Blameless post-mortems look for system gaps: missing test levels, untested configurations, monitoring that didn't alert. Action items should prevent similar escapes.