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📖 Carolopedia › Smoke testGuide page
📖What it means
The quickest check that a thing is fundamentally working after a change — not proof of correctness, just proof it is not obviously dead.
⚖️What it is NOT
The neighbours this word is most often confused with, and the line between them.
Not: Regression suite
A smoke test asks 'is it alive'; the suite asks 'is it still right'.
Not: Health check
A smoke test runs after a change; a health check runs continuously.
🗣️Also called
sanity checkquick check