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fault injection

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Official ISTQB Definition

A technique for creating adverse conditions to evaluate whether a component or system can detect them and show reliable behavior.

3 Ways to Think About It

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The Quick Take

Deliberately introducing errors to test how a system handles failures.

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Look Closer

Testing error handling by simulating hardware or software faults.

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The Bottom Line

Verifying that a system degrades gracefully when things go wrong.

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