DevOps & Cloud · CI cost and flaky tests

FlakeWatch

Faster CI, smaller bill.

Flaky tests, slow jobs and wasted minutes in GitHub Actions and GitLab CI, each with a cost attached and a fix you can paste.

Engineering managersPlatform teamsTeams on GitHub Actions or GitLab CI

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cipulse · example

$ cipulse acme/webshop --days 30
Health score   66/100 (C)
CI per month   140h 23m  ≈ $136
Wasted / month 15h 34m  ≈ $13.46  (11.1% of CI time)
Flaky failures 23  ≈ 5.8h dev time/mo
HIGH Cache dependencies between runs     → saves $18.55/mo
HIGH Cancel outdated runs on new push    → saves $9.79/mo

Example output from the product README.

PlatformsGitHub Actions, GitLab CI

PricesEvery finding in dollars

AccessRead-only

OutputHealth score and fixes

The problem

CI bills grow quietly. Re-runs hide flaky tests, outdated runs keep burning minutes, and nobody knows which job costs the most.

What it does

Detects flaky jobs that failed and passed on the same commit

Finds outdated runs that should have been cancelled, hung jobs and missing dependency caches

Puts a monthly cost on CI time, waste and developer time lost to flakes

Works with GitHub Actions and GitLab CI (GitLab.com or self-managed)

Weekly trends and an organisation-wide view across every repository

Recommendations with ready-to-paste workflow fixes

How it works

Connect a GitHub or GitLab token with read access
FlakeWatch reads 30 days of workflow runs and jobs
Get a health score, the waste in money and the fixes ranked by savings

Works with

GitHub ActionsGitLab CI

Runs in your CI

GitHub Actions workflow step

- uses: ./.github/actions/ci-pulse
  with:
    slack-webhook: <your Slack webhook secret>   # optional
# outputs: health-score, grade, monthly-waste-usd

Licensed customers get the action or command-line tool installed in their own organisation; it runs on your runners, so your code and plans never leave them. The command-line tools run in GitLab CI the same way.

Your data

Reads run history through a read-only token.
Your code is never cloned or uploaded.
Runs locally or as a scheduled job.

Who it's for

Engineering managersPlatform teamsTeams on GitHub Actions or GitLab CI

Questions

How is waste measured?

Re-runs, superseded runs, jobs that could be cached and slow steps are timed and priced at your runner rates.

Does it fix flaky tests?

It finds them, shows how often they fail and what they cost, and suggests the fix; your team decides.

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