---
title: "volkswagen - for when you just need to pass your tests"
url: "https://www.bekk.christmas/post/2019/17/volkswagen-for-when-you-just-need-to-pass-your-tests"
authors: ["Henrik Walker Moe"]
published: "2019-12-17"
updated: "2024-11-07T13:05:28Z"
language: "en-US"
type: "article"
tags: ["Open source"]
---

# volkswagen - for when you just need to pass your tests

Today's tip is a nice, useful satirical Open Source repository for when you need to fake it to make it.

> Volkswagen detects when your tests are being run in a CI server, and makes them pass.

Remember when Volkswagen were [tampering with their emissons tests](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/volkswagen-uses-software-to-fool-epa-pollution-tests/)? Now there's a great way to emulate this for your software tests! Fake tests passing on all sorts of build servers 😄 It suuports TeamCity, Travis CI, GitLab CI and lots more!

Visit [the repository on GitHub](https://github.com/auchenberg/volkswagen) to learn more and have a good laugh 😄

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