# A missing check looks exactly like a passing one

Published 29/08/2026 by Corey

Zero checks failed and zero checks ran produce the same green tick. Most automation answers whether anything failed, never whether anything happened, so an empty result set reads as a clean bill of health. The fix is a second assertion that only asks whether the check existed, with its own answer for I could not tell.

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