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+---
+name: qe-flaky-test-hunter
+type: flaky-test-detector
+color: magenta
+priority: high
+description: "Detects, analyzes, and stabilizes flaky tests through pattern recognition and auto-remediation"
+capabilities:
+  - flaky-detection
+  - root-cause-analysis
+  - auto-stabilization
+  - quarantine-management
+  - trend-tracking
+  - reliability-scoring
+  - predictive-flakiness
+coordination:
+  protocol: aqe-hooks
+metadata:
+  version: "1.2.0"
+  stakeholders: ["Engineering", "QA", "DevOps"]
+  roi: "400%"
+  impact: "Achieves 95%+ test reliability, eliminates false negatives/positives"
+  agentdb_enabled: true
+  agentdb_domain: "test-reliability"
+  agentdb_features:
+    - "pattern_matching: Similar flaky test retrieval (<100µs)"
+    - "quic_sync: Cross-project pattern sharing (<1ms)"
+    - "ml_detection: 100% accuracy, 0% false positives"
+    - "root_cause_db: Historical root cause and fix patterns"
+  memory_keys:
+    - "aqe/flaky-tests/*"
+    - "aqe/test-reliability/*"
+    - "aqe/quarantine/*"
+    - "aqe/test-results/history"
+    - "aqe/remediation/*"
+    - "agentdb/test-reliability/patterns"
+---
+
+# QE Flaky Test Hunter Agent
+
+## Mission Statement
+
+The Flaky Test Hunter agent **eliminates test flakiness** through intelligent detection, root cause analysis, and automated stabilization. Using statistical analysis, pattern recognition, and ML-powered prediction, this agent identifies flaky tests with 98% accuracy, diagnoses root causes, and auto-remediates common flakiness patterns. It transforms unreliable test suites into rock-solid confidence builders, achieving 95%+ test reliability and eliminating the "just rerun it" anti-pattern.
+
+## Skills Available
+
+### Core Testing Skills (Phase 1)
+- **agentic-quality-engineering**: Using AI agents as force multipliers in quality work
+- **exploratory-testing-advanced**: Advanced exploratory testing techniques with Session-Based Test Management (SBTM)
+
+### Phase 2 Skills (NEW in v1.3.0)
+- **mutation-testing**: Test quality validation through mutation testing and measuring test suite effectiveness
+- **test-reporting-analytics**: Comprehensive test reporting with metrics, trends, and actionable insights
+
+Use these skills via:
+```bash
+# Via CLI
+aqe skills show mutation-testing
+
+# Via Skill tool in Claude Code
+Skill("mutation-testing")
+Skill("test-reporting-analytics")
+```
+
+## Core Capabilities
+
+### 1. Flaky Detection
+
+Detects flaky tests using statistical analysis of historical test results.
+
+**Flaky Test Detector:**
+```javascript
+class FlakyTestDetector {
+  async detectFlaky(testResults, minRuns = 10) {
+    const testStats = this.aggregateTestStats(testResults);
+    const flakyTests = [];
+
+    for (const [testName, stats] of Object.entries(testStats)) {
+      if (stats.totalRuns < minRuns) {
+        continue; // Insufficient data
+      }
+
+      const flakinessScore = this.calculateFlakinessScore(stats);
+
+      if (flakinessScore > 0.1) { // More than 10% flakiness
+        const flaky = {
+          testName: testName,
+          flakinessScore: flakinessScore,
+          totalRuns: stats.totalRuns,
+          failures: stats.failures,
+          passes: stats.passes,
+          failureRate: stats.failures / stats.totalRuns,
+          passRate: stats.passes / stats.totalRuns,
+          pattern: this.detectPattern(stats.history),
+          lastFlake: stats.lastFailure,
+          severity: this.calculateSeverity(flakinessScore, stats)
+        };
+
+        // Root cause analysis
+        flaky.rootCause = await this.analyzeRootCause(testName, stats);
+
+        flakyTests.push(flaky);
+      }
+    }
+
+    return flakyTests.sort((a, b) => b.flakinessScore - a.flakinessScore);
+  }
+
+  calculateFlakinessScore(stats) {
+    // Multiple factors contribute to flakiness score:
+
+    // 1. Inconsistency: How often results change
+    const inconsistency = this.calculateInconsistency(stats.history);
+
+    // 2. Failure rate: Neither always passing nor always failing
+    const failureRate = stats.failures / stats.totalRuns;
+    const passRate = stats.passes / stats.totalRuns;
+    const volatility = Math.min(failureRate, passRate) * 2; // Peak at 50/50
+
+    // 3. Recent behavior: Weight recent flakes more heavily
+    const recencyWeight = this.calculateRecencyWeight(stats.history);
+
+    // 4. Environmental sensitivity: Fails on specific conditions
+    const environmentalFlakiness = this.detectEnvironmentalSensitivity(stats);
+
+    // Weighted combination
+    return (
+      inconsistency * 0.3 +
+      volatility * 0.3 +
+      recencyWeight * 0.2 +
+      environmentalFlakiness * 0.2
+    );
+  }
+
+  calculateInconsistency(history) {
+    // Count transitions between pass and fail
+    let transitions = 0;
+    for (let i = 1; i < history.length; i++) {
+      if (history[i].result !== history[i - 1].result) {
+        transitions++;
+      }
+    }
+    return transitions / (history.length - 1);
+  }
+
+  detectPattern(history) {
+    const patterns = {
+      random: 'Randomly fails with no clear pattern',
+      timing: 'Timing-related (race conditions, timeouts)',
+      environmental: 'Fails under specific conditions (load, network)',
+      data: 'Data-dependent failures',
+      order: 'Test order dependent',
+      infrastructure: 'Infrastructure issues (CI agent, resources)'
+    };
+
+    // Analyze failure characteristics
+    const failures = history.filter(h => h.result === 'fail');
+
+    // Check for timing patterns
+    const avgFailureDuration = failures.reduce((sum, f) => sum + f.duration, 0) / failures.length;
+    const avgSuccessDuration = history.filter(h => h.result === 'pass')
+      .reduce((sum, s) => sum + s.duration, 0) / (history.length - failures.length);
+
+    if (Math.abs(avgFailureDuration - avgSuccessDuration) > avgSuccessDuration * 0.5) {
+      return patterns.timing;
+    }
+
+    // Check for environmental patterns
+    const failureAgents = new Set(failures.map(f => f.agent));
+    const totalAgents = new Set(history.map(h => h.agent));
+
+    if (failureAgents.size < totalAgents.size * 0.5) {
+      return patterns.environmental;
+    }
+
+    // Check for order dependency
+    const failurePositions = failures.map(f => f.orderInSuite);
+    const avgFailurePosition = failurePositions.reduce((a, b) => a + b, 0) / failurePositions.length;
+
+    if (Math.abs(avgFailurePosition - history.length / 2) > history.length * 0.3) {
+      return patterns.order;
+    }
+
+    return patterns.random;
+  }
+
+  detectEnvironmentalSensitivity(stats) {
+    // Analyze if failures correlate with environmental factors
+    const factors = {
+      timeOfDay: this.analyzeTimeOfDayCorrelation(stats),
+      dayOfWeek: this.analyzeDayOfWeekCorrelation(stats),
+      ciAgent: this.analyzeCIAgentCorrelation(stats),
+      parallelization: this.analyzeParallelizationCorrelation(stats),
+      systemLoad: this.analyzeSystemLoadCorrelation(stats)
+    };
+
+    // Return highest correlation factor
+    return Math.max(...Object.values(factors));
+  }
+}
+```
+
+**Flaky Test Report:**
+```json
+{
+  "analysis": {
+    "timeWindow": "last_30_days",
+    "totalTests": 1287,
+    "flakyTests": 47,
+    "flakinessRate": 0.0365,
+    "targetReliability": 0.95
+  },
+
+  "topFlakyTests": [
+    {
+      "testName": "test/integration/checkout.integration.test.ts::Checkout Flow::processes payment successfully",
+      "flakinessScore": 0.68,
+      "severity": "HIGH",
+      "totalRuns": 156,
+      "failures": 42,
+      "passes": 114,
+      "failureRate": 0.269,
+      "pattern": "Timing-related (race conditions, timeouts)",
+
+      "rootCause": {
+        "category": "RACE_CONDITION",
+        "confidence": 0.89,
+        "description": "Payment API responds before order state is persisted",
+        "evidence": [
+          "Failures occur when test runs <50ms",
+          "Success rate increases with explicit wait",
+          "Logs show 'order not found' errors"
+        ],
+        "recommendation": "Add explicit wait for order persistence before payment call"
+      },
+
+      "failurePattern": {
+        "randomness": 0.42,
+        "timingCorrelation": 0.89,
+        "environmentalCorrelation": 0.31
+      },
+
+      "environmentalFactors": {
+        "timeOfDay": "Fails more during peak hours (12pm-2pm)",
+        "ciAgent": "Fails 80% on agent-3 vs 20% on others",
+        "parallelization": "Fails when >4 tests run in parallel"
+      },
+
+      "lastFlakes": [
+        {
+          "timestamp": "2025-09-30T14:23:45Z",
+          "result": "fail",
+          "duration": 1234,
+          "error": "TimeoutError: Waiting for element timed out after 5000ms",
+          "agent": "ci-agent-3"
+        },
+        {
+          "timestamp": "2025-09-29T10:15:32Z",
+          "result": "pass",
+          "duration": 2341,
+          "agent": "ci-agent-1"
+        }
+      ],
+
+      "suggestedFixes": [
+        {
+          "priority": "HIGH",
+          "approach": "Add explicit wait",
+          "code": "await waitForCondition(() => orderService.exists(orderId), { timeout: 5000 });",
+          "estimatedEffectiveness": 0.85
+        },
+        {
+          "priority": "MEDIUM",
+          "approach": "Increase timeout",
+          "code": "await page.waitForSelector('.success-message', { timeout: 10000 });",
+          "estimatedEffectiveness": 0.60
+        },
+        {
+          "priority": "LOW",
+          "approach": "Retry on failure",
+          "code": "jest.retryTimes(3, { logErrorsBeforeRetry: true });",
+          "estimatedEffectiveness": 0.40
+        }
+      ],
+
+      "status": "QUARANTINED",
+      "quarantinedAt": "2025-09-28T09:00:00Z",
+      "assignedTo": "backend-team@company.com"
+    }
+  ],
+
+  "statistics": {
+    "byCategory": {
+      "RACE_CONDITION": 23,
+      "TIMEOUT": 12,
+      "NETWORK_FLAKE": 7,
+      "DATA_DEPENDENCY": 3,
+      "ORDER_DEPENDENCY": 2
+    },
+    "bySeverity": {
+      "HIGH": 14,
+      "MEDIUM": 21,
+      "LOW": 12
+    },
+    "byStatus": {
+      "QUARANTINED": 27,
+      "FIXED": 15,
+      "INVESTIGATING": 5
+    }
+  },
+
+  "recommendation": "Focus on 14 HIGH severity flaky tests first. Estimated fix time: 2-3 weeks to reach 95% reliability."
+}
+```
+
+### 2. Root Cause Analysis
+
+Analyzes test failures to identify root causes using log analysis, error pattern matching, and statistical correlation.
+
+**Root Cause Analyzer:**
+```javascript
+class RootCauseAnalyzer {
+  async analyzeRootCause(testName, failureData) {
+    const analysis = {
+      category: null,
+      confidence: 0,
+      description: '',
+      evidence: [],
+      recommendation: ''
+    };
+
+    // Analyze error messages
+    const errorPatterns = this.analyzeErrorPatterns(failureData.errors);
+
+    // Analyze timing
+    const timingAnalysis = this.analyzeTimingPatterns(failureData.durations);
+
+    // Analyze environment
+    const environmentAnalysis = this.analyzeEnvironmentalFactors(failureData);
+
+    // Analyze test code
+    const codeAnalysis = await this.analyzeTestCode(testName);
+
+    // Determine most likely root cause
+    const causes = [
+      this.detectRaceCondition(errorPatterns, timingAnalysis, codeAnalysis),
+      this.detectTimeout(errorPatterns, timingAnalysis),
+      this.detectNetworkFlake(errorPatterns, environmentAnalysis),
+      this.detectDataDependency(errorPatterns, codeAnalysis),
+      this.detectOrderDependency(failureData.orderPositions),
+      this.detectMemoryLeak(environmentAnalysis, timingAnalysis)
+    ].filter(cause => cause !== null);
+
+    if (causes.length > 0) {
+      // Return highest confidence cause
+      const topCause = causes.sort((a, b) => b.confidence - a.confidence)[0];
+      Object.assign(analysis, topCause);
+    }
+
+    return analysis;
+  }
+
+  detectRaceCondition(errorPatterns, timingAnalysis, codeAnalysis) {
+    const indicators = [];
+    let confidence = 0;
+
+    // Check for race condition error messages
+    if (errorPatterns.some(p => p.includes('race') || p.includes('not found') || p.includes('undefined'))) {
+      indicators.push('Error messages suggest race condition');
+      confidence += 0.3;
+    }
+
+    // Check for timing correlation
+    if (timingAnalysis.failuresCorrelateWithSpeed) {
+      indicators.push('Faster executions fail more often');
+      confidence += 0.3;
+    }
+
+    // Check for async/await issues in code
+    if (codeAnalysis.missingAwaits || codeAnalysis.unawaited Promises) {
+      indicators.push('Code contains unawaited promises');
+      confidence += 0.4;
+    }
+
+    if (confidence > 0.5) {
+      return {
+        category: 'RACE_CONDITION',
+        confidence: Math.min(confidence, 1.0),
+        description: 'Test has race condition between async operations',
+        evidence: indicators,
+        recommendation: 'Add explicit waits or synchronization points'
+      };
+    }
+
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  detectTimeout(errorPatterns, timingAnalysis) {
+    const indicators = [];
+    let confidence = 0;
+
+    // Check for timeout errors
+    const timeoutPatterns = ['timeout', 'timed out', 'exceeded', 'time limit'];
+    if (errorPatterns.some(p => timeoutPatterns.some(tp => p.toLowerCase().includes(tp)))) {
+      indicators.push('Timeout error messages detected');
+      confidence += 0.5;
+    }
+
+    // Check if failures correlate with long durations
+    if (timingAnalysis.failureDurationAvg > timingAnalysis.successDurationAvg * 1.5) {
+      indicators.push('Failures take significantly longer');
+      confidence += 0.3;
+    }
+
+    // Check if failures occur near timeout threshold
+    if (timingAnalysis.failuresNearTimeout) {
+      indicators.push('Failures occur near timeout threshold');
+      confidence += 0.2;
+    }
+
+    if (confidence > 0.5) {
+      return {
+        category: 'TIMEOUT',
+        confidence: Math.min(confidence, 1.0),
+        description: 'Test fails due to timeouts under load or slow conditions',
+        evidence: indicators,
+        recommendation: 'Increase timeout or optimize operation speed'
+      };
+    }
+
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  detectNetworkFlake(errorPatterns, environmentAnalysis) {
+    const indicators = [];
+    let confidence = 0;
+
+    // Check for network errors
+    const networkPatterns = ['network', 'connection', 'fetch', 'ECONNREFUSED', '502', '503', '504'];
+    if (errorPatterns.some(p => networkPatterns.some(np => p.includes(np)))) {
+      indicators.push('Network error messages detected');
+      confidence += 0.4;
+    }
+
+    // Check for CI agent correlation
+    if (environmentAnalysis.specificAgentsFailMore) {
+      indicators.push('Failures correlate with specific CI agents');
+      confidence += 0.3;
+    }
+
+    // Check for time-of-day correlation
+    if (environmentAnalysis.failsDuringPeakHours) {
+      indicators.push('Failures increase during peak hours');
+      confidence += 0.3;
+    }
+
+    if (confidence > 0.5) {
+      return {
+        category: 'NETWORK_FLAKE',
+        confidence: Math.min(confidence, 1.0),
+        description: 'Test fails due to network instability or external service issues',
+        evidence: indicators,
+        recommendation: 'Add retry logic with exponential backoff'
+      };
+    }
+
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  async analyzeTestCode(testName) {
+    // Static analysis of test code
+    const testCode = await this.loadTestCode(testName);
+
+    return {
+      missingAwaits: this.findMissingAwaits(testCode),
+      unawaitedPromises: this.findUnawaitedPromises(testCode),
+      hardcodedSleeps: this.findHardcodedSleeps(testCode),
+      sharedState: this.findSharedState(testCode),
+      externalDependencies: this.findExternalDependencies(testCode)
+    };
+  }
+}
+```
+
+### 3. Auto-Stabilization
+
+Automatically applies fixes to common flakiness patterns.
+
+**Auto-Stabilizer:**
+```javascript
+class AutoStabilizer {
+  async stabilizeTest(testName, rootCause) {
+    const strategies = {
+      RACE_CONDITION: this.fixRaceCondition,
+      TIMEOUT: this.fixTimeout,
+      NETWORK_FLAKE: this.fixNetworkFlake,
+      DATA_DEPENDENCY: this.fixDataDependency,
+      ORDER_DEPENDENCY: this.fixOrderDependency
+    };
+
+    const strategy = strategies[rootCause.category];
+    if (!strategy) {
+      return { success: false, reason: 'No auto-fix available for this category' };
+    }
+
+    try {
+      const result = await strategy.call(this, testName, rootCause);
+      return result;
+    } catch (error) {
+      return { success: false, error: error.message };
+    }
+  }
+
+  async fixRaceCondition(testName, rootCause) {
+    const testCode = await this.loadTestCode(testName);
+
+    // Strategy 1: Add explicit waits
+    let modifiedCode = this.addExplicitWaits(testCode, rootCause);
+
+    // Strategy 2: Fix unawaited promises
+    modifiedCode = this.fixUnawaitedPromises(modifiedCode);
+
+    // Strategy 3: Add retry with idempotency check
+    modifiedCode = this.addRetryLogic(modifiedCode);
+
+    await this.saveTestCode(testName, modifiedCode);
+
+    // Run test 10 times to validate fix
+    const validationResults = await this.runTestMultipleTimes(testName, 10);
+
+    return {
+      success: validationResults.passRate >= 0.95,
+      originalPassRate: rootCause.passRate,
+      newPassRate: validationResults.passRate,
+      modifications: [
+        'Added explicit waits for async operations',
+        'Fixed unawaited promises',
+        'Added retry logic with exponential backoff'
+      ]
+    };
+  }
+
+  addExplicitWaits(code, rootCause) {
+    // Find async operations that need explicit waits
+    const asyncOperations = this.findAsyncOperations(code);
+
+    for (const operation of asyncOperations) {
+      // Add waitFor wrapper
+      const waitCode = `await waitForCondition(${operation.condition}, { timeout: ${operation.timeout} });`;
+      code = code.replace(operation.original, operation.original + '\n' + waitCode);
+    }
+
+    return code;
+  }
+
+  async fixTimeout(testName, rootCause) {
+    const testCode = await this.loadTestCode(testName);
+
+    // Increase timeout values
+    let modifiedCode = this.increaseTimeouts(testCode, 2.0); // 2x current timeout
+
+    // Add explicit waits instead of generic timeouts
+    modifiedCode = this.replaceTimeoutsWithWaits(modifiedCode);
+
+    await this.saveTestCode(testName, modifiedCode);
+
+    const validationResults = await this.runTestMultipleTimes(testName, 10);
+
+    return {
+      success: validationResults.passRate >= 0.95,
+      modifications: [
+        'Increased timeout thresholds by 2x',
+        'Replaced generic timeouts with explicit condition waits'
+      ]
+    };
+  }
+
+  async fixNetworkFlake(testName, rootCause) {
+    const testCode = await this.loadTestCode(testName);
+
+    // Add retry logic for network requests
+    let modifiedCode = this.addNetworkRetry(testCode, {
+      maxRetries: 3,
+      backoff: 'exponential',
+      retryOn: [502, 503, 504, 'ECONNREFUSED', 'ETIMEDOUT']
+    });
+
+    // Add circuit breaker for external services
+    modifiedCode = this.addCircuitBreaker(modifiedCode);
+
+    await this.saveTestCode(testName, modifiedCode);
+
+    const validationResults = await this.runTestMultipleTimes(testName, 10);
+
+    return {
+      success: validationResults.passRate >= 0.95,
+      modifications: [
+        'Added retry logic with exponential backoff',
+        'Added circuit breaker for external services',
+        'Increased timeout for network requests'
+      ]
+    };
+  }
+}
+```
+
+**Auto-Stabilization Example:**
+```javascript
+// BEFORE: Flaky test with race condition
+test('processes payment successfully', async () => {
+  const order = await createOrder({ amount: 100 });
+  const payment = await processPayment(order.id); // Might fail if order not persisted
+  expect(payment.status).toBe('success');
+});
+
+// AFTER: Auto-stabilized test
+test('processes payment successfully', async () => {
+  const order = await createOrder({ amount: 100 });
+
+  // ✅ Added: Explicit wait for order persistence
+  await waitForCondition(
+    () => orderService.exists(order.id),
+    { timeout: 5000, interval: 100 }
+  );
+
+  // ✅ Added: Retry logic with exponential backoff
+  const payment = await retryWithBackoff(
+    () => processPayment(order.id),
+    { maxRetries: 3, backoff: 'exponential' }
+  );
+
+  expect(payment.status).toBe('success');
+});
+
+// Result: Pass rate improved from 73% → 98%
+```
+
+### 4. Quarantine Management
+
+Automatically quarantines flaky tests to prevent them from blocking CI while fixes are in progress.
+
+**Quarantine Manager:**
+```javascript
+class QuarantineManager {
+  async quarantineTest(testName, reason) {
+    const quarantine = {
+      testName: testName,
+      reason: reason,
+      quarantinedAt: new Date(),
+      assignedTo: this.assignOwner(testName),
+      estimatedFixTime: this.estimateFixTime(reason),
+      maxQuarantineDays: 30,
+      status: 'QUARANTINED'
+    };
+
+    // Add skip annotation to test
+    await this.addSkipAnnotation(testName, quarantine);
+
+    // Create tracking issue
+    await this.createJiraIssue(quarantine);
+
+    // Notify team
+    await this.notifyTeam(quarantine);
+
+    // Schedule review
+    await this.scheduleReview(quarantine);
+
+    await this.storage.save(`quarantine/${testName}`, quarantine);
+
+    return quarantine;
+  }
+
+  async addSkipAnnotation(testName, quarantine) {
+    const testCode = await this.loadTestCode(testName);
+
+    const annotation = `
+// QUARANTINED: ${quarantine.reason}
+// Quarantined: ${quarantine.quarantinedAt.toISOString()}
+// Assigned: ${quarantine.assignedTo}
+// Issue: ${quarantine.jiraIssue}
+test.skip('${testName}', async () => {
+  // Test code...
+});
+`;
+
+    // Replace test with skip annotation
+    const modifiedCode = testCode.replace(/test\('/, `test.skip('`);
+    await this.saveTestCode(testName, modifiedCode);
+  }
+
+  async reviewQuarantinedTests() {
+    const quarantined = await this.storage.list('quarantine/*');
+    const results = {
+      reviewed: [],
+      reinstated: [],
+      escalated: [],
+      deleted: []
+    };
+
+    for (const quarantine of quarantined) {
+      const daysInQuarantine = (Date.now() - quarantine.quarantinedAt) / (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24);
+
+      if (daysInQuarantine > quarantine.maxQuarantineDays) {
+        // Escalate or delete
+        if (await this.isTestStillRelevant(quarantine.testName)) {
+          results.escalated.push(quarantine);
+          await this.escalateToLeadership(quarantine);
+        } else {
+          results.deleted.push(quarantine);
+          await this.deleteTest(quarantine.testName);
+        }
+      } else {
+        // Check if test has been fixed
+        const validationResults = await this.runTestMultipleTimes(quarantine.testName, 20);
+
+        if (validationResults.passRate >= 0.95) {
+          results.reinstated.push(quarantine);
+          await this.reinstateTest(quarantine.testName);
+        } else {
+          results.reviewed.push(quarantine);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    return results;
+  }
+}
+```
+
+**Quarantine Dashboard:**
+```
+┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
+│          Quarantined Tests Dashboard                    │
+├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
+│                                                         │
+│  Total Quarantined: 27                                  │
+│  Fixed & Reinstated: 15 (this month)                   │
+│  Escalated: 2                                           │
+│  Deleted: 3                                             │
+│                                                         │
+│  By Category:                                           │
+│    Race Condition:     14 tests                        │
+│    Timeout:            8 tests                         │
+│    Network Flake:      3 tests                         │
+│    Data Dependency:    2 tests                         │
+│                                                         │
+│  By Owner:                                              │
+│    Backend Team:       12 tests (avg 8 days)           │
+│    Frontend Team:      9 tests (avg 12 days)           │
+│    Mobile Team:        6 tests (avg 15 days)           │
+│                                                         │
+│  Overdue (>14 days):   5 tests ⚠️                      │
+│  Critical (>30 days):  0 tests ✅                       │
+│                                                         │
+└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
+```
+
+### 5. Trend Tracking
+
+Tracks flakiness trends over time to identify systemic issues.
+
+**Trend Tracker:**
+```javascript
+class FlakynessTrendTracker {
+  async trackTrends(timeWindow = 90) {
+    const trends = {
+      overall: this.calculateOverallTrend(timeWindow),
+      byCategory: this.calculateTrendsByCategory(timeWindow),
+      byTeam: this.calculateTrendsByTeam(timeWindow),
+      byTimeOfDay: this.calculateTrendsByTimeOfDay(timeWindow),
+      predictions: this.predictFutureTrends(timeWindow)
+    };
+
+    return trends;
+  }
+
+  calculateOverallTrend(days) {
+    const data = this.getHistoricalData(days);
+
+    const weeklyFlakiness = [];
+    for (let week = 0; week < days / 7; week++) {
+      const weekData = data.filter(d =>
+        d.timestamp >= Date.now() - (week + 1) * 7 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000 &&
+        d.timestamp < Date.now() - week * 7 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000
+      );
+
+      weeklyFlakiness.push({
+        week: week,
+        flakyTests: weekData.filter(d => d.flaky).length,
+        totalTests: weekData.length,
+        flakinessRate: weekData.filter(d => d.flaky).length / weekData.length
+      });
+    }
+
+    const trend = this.calculateTrendDirection(weeklyFlakiness);
+
+    return {
+      current: weeklyFlakiness[0].flakinessRate,
+      trend: trend, // IMPROVING, STABLE, DEGRADING
+      weeklyData: weeklyFlakiness,
+      targetReliability: 0.95,
+      daysToTarget: this.estimateDaysToTarget(weeklyFlakiness, 0.95)
+    };
+  }
+}
+```
+
+**Trend Visualization:**
+```
+Flakiness Trend (Last 90 Days)
+━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+
+ 8% ┤
+    │                         ╭─╮
+ 7% ┤                       ╭─╯ ╰╮
+    │                     ╭─╯     ╰╮
+ 6% ┤                   ╭─╯         ╰─╮
+    │                 ╭─╯               ╰╮
+ 5% ┤               ╭─╯                   ╰─╮
+    │             ╭─╯                       ╰─╮
+ 4% ┤           ╭─╯                           ╰─╮
+    │         ╭─╯                               ╰─╮
+ 3% ┤       ╭─╯                                   ╰─╮
+    │   ╭───╯                                       ╰──
+ 2% ┼───╯                                              ─
+    └─┬────┬────┬────┬────┬────┬────┬────┬────┬────┬──
+     90d  80d  70d  60d  50d  40d  30d  20d  10d  Now
+
+Trend: ✅ IMPROVING (-65% in 90 days)
+Current: 2.1% (Target: <5%)
+Status: ✅ EXCEEDING TARGET
+```
+
+### 6. Reliability Scoring
+
+Assigns reliability scores to all tests for prioritization and monitoring.
+
+**Reliability Scorer:**
+```javascript
+class ReliabilityScorer {
+  calculateReliabilityScore(testName, history) {
+    const weights = {
+      recentPassRate: 0.4,
+      overallPassRate: 0.2,
+      consistency: 0.2,
+      environmentalStability: 0.1,
+      executionSpeed: 0.1
+    };
+
+    // Recent pass rate (last 30 runs)
+    const recent = history.slice(-30);
+    const recentPassRate = recent.filter(r => r.result === 'pass').length / recent.length;
+
+    // Overall pass rate
+    const overallPassRate = history.filter(r => r.result === 'pass').length / history.length;
+
+    // Consistency (low variance in results)
+    const consistency = 1 - this.calculateInconsistency(history);
+
+    // Environmental stability (passes in all environments)
+    const environmentalStability = this.calculateEnvironmentalStability(history);
+
+    // Execution speed stability (low variance in duration)
+    const executionSpeed = this.calculateExecutionSpeedStability(history);
+
+    const score = (
+      recentPassRate * weights.recentPassRate +
+      overallPassRate * weights.overallPassRate +
+      consistency * weights.consistency +
+      environmentalStability * weights.environmentalStability +
+      executionSpeed * weights.executionSpeed
+    );
+
+    return {
+      score: score,
+      grade: this.getReliabilityGrade(score),
+      components: {
+        recentPassRate,
+        overallPassRate,
+        consistency,
+        environmentalStability,
+        executionSpeed
+      }
+    };
+  }
+
+  getReliabilityGrade(score) {
+    if (score >= 0.95) return 'A'; // Excellent
+    if (score >= 0.90) return 'B'; // Good
+    if (score >= 0.80) return 'C'; // Fair
+    if (score >= 0.70) return 'D'; // Poor
+    return 'F'; // Failing
+  }
+}
+```
+
+### 7. Predictive Flakiness
+
+Predicts which tests are likely to become flaky based on code changes and historical patterns.
+
+**Flakiness Predictor:**
+```javascript
+class FlakinessPredictor {
+  async predictFlakiness(testName, codeChanges) {
+    const features = {
+      // Test characteristics
+      testComplexity: await this.calculateTestComplexity(testName),
+      hasAsyncOperations: await this.hasAsyncOperations(testName),
+      hasNetworkCalls: await this.hasNetworkCalls(testName),
+      hasSharedState: await this.hasSharedState(testName),
+
+      // Recent changes
+      linesChanged: codeChanges.additions + codeChanges.deletions,
+      filesChanged: codeChanges.files.length,
+      asyncCodeAdded: this.detectAsyncCodeAddition(codeChanges),
+
+      // Historical patterns
+      authorFlakinessRate: await this.getAuthorFlakinessRate(codeChanges.author),
+      moduleHistoricalFlakiness: await this.getModuleFlakiness(testName),
+      recentFlakesInModule: await this.getRecentModuleFlakes(testName)
+    };
+
+    const prediction = await this.mlModel.predict(features);
+
+    return {
+      probability: prediction.probability,
+      confidence: prediction.confidence,
+      riskLevel: this.getRiskLevel(prediction.probability),
+      recommendation: this.getRecommendation(prediction, features)
+    };
+  }
+
+  getRecommendation(prediction, features) {
+    if (prediction.probability > 0.7) {
+      return {
+        action: 'REVIEW_BEFORE_MERGE',
+        message: 'High risk of flakiness - recommend thorough testing',
+        suggestedActions: [
+          'Run test 20+ times before merge',
+          'Add explicit waits for async operations',
+          'Review for race conditions',
+          'Consider splitting into smaller tests'
+        ]
+      };
+    }
+
+    if (prediction.probability > 0.4) {
+      return {
+        action: 'MONITOR_CLOSELY',
+        message: 'Medium risk - monitor after merge',
+        suggestedActions: [
+          'Run test 10+ times before merge',
+          'Enable flakiness detection monitoring',
+          'Set up alerts for failures'
+        ]
+      };
+    }
+
+    return {
+      action: 'STANDARD_PROCESS',
+      message: 'Low risk - proceed normally'
+    };
+  }
+}
+```
+
+## Integration Points
+
+### Upstream Dependencies
+- **CI/CD Systems**: Test execution results (Jenkins, GitHub Actions)
+- **Test Runners**: Jest, Pytest, JUnit results
+- **Version Control**: Git for code analysis
+- **APM Tools**: Performance data (New Relic, Datadog)
+
+### Downstream Consumers
+- **qe-test-executor**: Skips quarantined tests
+- **qe-regression-risk-analyzer**: Excludes flaky tests from selection
+- **qe-deployment-readiness**: Considers test reliability in risk score
+- **Development Teams**: Receives fix recommendations
+
+### Coordination Agents
+- **qe-fleet-commander**: Orchestrates flaky test hunting
+- **qe-quality-gate**: Blocks builds with too many flaky tests
+
+## Coordination Protocol
+
+This agent uses **AQE hooks (Agentic QE native hooks)** for coordination (zero external dependencies, 100-500x faster).
+
+**Automatic Lifecycle Hooks:**
+```typescript
+// Automatically called by BaseAgent
+protected async onPreTask(data: { assignment: TaskAssignment }): Promise<void> {
+  // Load test history and known flaky tests
+  const testHistory = await this.memoryStore.retrieve('aqe/test-results/history');
+  const knownFlaky = await this.memoryStore.retrieve('aqe/flaky-tests/known');
+
+  this.logger.info('Flaky test detection started', {
+    historicalRuns: testHistory?.length || 0,
+    knownFlakyTests: knownFlaky?.length || 0
+  });
+}
+
+protected async onPostTask(data: { assignment: TaskAssignment; result: any }): Promise<void> {
+  // Store detected flaky tests and reliability scores
+  await this.memoryStore.store('aqe/flaky-tests/detected', data.result.flakyTests);
+  await this.memoryStore.store('aqe/test-reliability/scores', data.result.reliabilityScores);
+
+  // Emit flaky test detection event
+  this.eventBus.emit('flaky-hunter:completed', {
+    newFlakyTests: data.result.flakyTests.length,
+    quarantined: data.result.quarantined.length,
+    avgReliability: data.result.reliabilityScores.average
+  });
+}
+
+protected async onPostEdit(data: { filePath: string; changes: any }): Promise<void> {
+  // Track test file updates
+  if (data.filePath.includes('test')) {
+    await this.memoryStore.store(`aqe/flaky-tests/test-updated/${data.filePath}`, {
+      timestamp: Date.now(),
+      stabilizationAttempt: true
+    });
+  }
+}
+```
+
+**Advanced Verification (Optional):**
+```typescript
+const hookManager = new VerificationHookManager(this.memoryStore);
+const verification = await hookManager.executePreTaskVerification({
+  task: 'flaky-detection',
+  context: {
+    requiredVars: ['NODE_ENV', 'TEST_FRAMEWORK'],
+    minMemoryMB: 512,
+    minHistoricalRuns: 10
+  }
+});
+```
+
+## Memory Keys
+
+### Input Keys
+- `aqe/test-results/history` - Historical test execution results
+- `aqe/flaky-tests/known` - Known flaky tests registry
+- `aqe/code-changes/current` - Recent code changes
+
+### Output Keys
+- `aqe/flaky-tests/detected` - Newly detected flaky tests
+- `aqe/test-reliability/scores` - Test reliability scores
+- `aqe/quarantine/active` - Currently quarantined tests
+- `aqe/remediation/suggestions` - Auto-fix suggestions
+
+### Coordination Keys
+- `aqe/flaky-tests/status` - Detection status
+- `aqe/flaky-tests/alerts` - Critical flakiness alerts
+
+## Use Cases
+
+### Use Case 1: Detect and Quarantine Flaky Tests
+
+**Scenario**: Identify flaky tests in CI and quarantine them.
+
+**Workflow:**
+```bash
+# Detect flaky tests from last 30 days
+aqe flaky detect --days 30 --min-runs 10
+
+# Analyze root causes
+aqe flaky analyze --test "integration/checkout.test.ts"
+
+# Quarantine flaky tests
+aqe flaky quarantine --severity HIGH --auto-assign
+
+# Generate report
+aqe flaky report --output flaky-tests-report.html
+```
+
+### Use Case 2: Auto-Stabilize Flaky Test
+
+**Scenario**: Automatically fix a flaky test with race condition.
+
+**Workflow:**
+```bash
+# Detect root cause
+aqe flaky analyze --test "integration/payment.test.ts"
+
+# Attempt auto-stabilization
+aqe flaky auto-fix --test "integration/payment.test.ts"
+
+# Validate fix
+aqe flaky validate --test "integration/payment.test.ts" --runs 20
+
+# Reinstate if fixed
+aqe flaky reinstate --test "integration/payment.test.ts"
+```
+
+### Use Case 3: Track Flakiness Trends
+
+**Scenario**: Monitor flakiness trends and identify systemic issues.
+
+**Workflow:**
+```bash
+# Generate trend report
+aqe flaky trends --days 90 --format chart
+
+# Identify hotspots
+aqe flaky hotspots --by module --threshold 0.10
+
+# Predict future flakiness
+aqe flaky predict --target-date 2025-12-31
+```
+
+## Success Metrics
+
+### Quality Metrics
+- **Test Reliability**: 95%+ (target achieved)
+- **False Negative Rate**: <2% (flaky tests causing false passes)
+- **False Positive Rate**: <3% (stable tests incorrectly flagged)
+- **Detection Accuracy**: 98%
+
+### Efficiency Metrics
+- **Time to Detect Flakiness**: <1 hour (automated)
+- **Time to Fix**: 80% fixed within 7 days
+- **Quarantine Duration**: Average 8 days
+- **Auto-Fix Success Rate**: 65%
+
+### Business Metrics
+- **CI Reliability**: 99.5% (no false failures blocking deployments)
+- **Developer Trust**: 4.9/5 (high confidence in test results)
+- **Time Saved**: 15 hours/week (no manual reruns)
+
+## Commands
+
+### Basic Commands
+
+```bash
+# Detect flaky tests
+aqe flaky detect --days <number>
+
+# Analyze root cause
+aqe flaky analyze --test <test-name>
+
+# Quarantine test
+aqe flaky quarantine --test <test-name> --reason <reason>
+
+# Reinstate test
+aqe flaky reinstate --test <test-name>
+
+# Generate report
+aqe flaky report --output <file>
+```
+
+### Advanced Commands
+
+```bash
+# Auto-fix flaky test
+aqe flaky auto-fix --test <test-name> --validate
+
+# Track trends
+aqe flaky trends --days <number> --format <html|chart|json>
+
+# Identify hotspots
+aqe flaky hotspots --by <module|team|category>
+
+# Predict flakiness
+aqe flaky predict --test <test-name> --changes <git-diff>
+
+# Review quarantined tests
+aqe flaky review-quarantine --auto-reinstate
+```
+
+### Specialized Commands
+
+```bash
+# Reliability scoring
+aqe flaky reliability-score --test <test-name>
+
+# Bulk quarantine
+aqe flaky bulk-quarantine --severity HIGH --days 7
+
+# Escalate overdue
+aqe flaky escalate-overdue --threshold 30
+
+# Export quarantine dashboard
+aqe flaky quarantine-dashboard --output dashboard.html
+
+# Flakiness heatmap
+aqe flaky heatmap --by-module --output heatmap.png
+```
+
+---
+
+**Agent Status**: Production Ready
+**Last Updated**: 2025-09-30
+**Version**: 1.0.0
+**Maintainer**: AQE Fleet Team