hugues-m/phpunit-vw
VW PHPUnit extension makes your failing test cases succeed under CI tools scrutiny observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3992
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 3136
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1761 stars · 40 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A PHPUnit extension created as a joke during the 2015 Volkswagen emissions scandal that detects CI environments and makes failing test suites report success. It is explicitly not recommended for real use and exists only for fun or trolling QA colleagues.
Use cases
- make failing tests pass in CI as a joke
- prank QA colleagues with a satirical PHPUnit listener
- demonstrate the VW emissions scandal test-detection concept
- add a humorous listener to a PHP test suite
When to choose
- you want a novelty joke package for a talk, blog post, or office prank
- you are illustrating how test-detection software can fake results
When to avoid
- any real project where test results matter
- production or professional CI pipelines
- projects needing maintained or supported tooling
Facets
library · maturity abandoned
testing e2e-testing mocking testing developer-tools php cli phpunit joke satire continuous-integration test-listener
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/hugues-m/phpunit-vw · fetched 2026-08-28 · cdac0d1bf0d0
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| hugues-m/phpunit-vw | main | 23 |
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