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Expand Up @@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ Checking results of automatic builds
The Web interface at https://buildbot.python.org/#/ has several ways of
visualizing recent build results:

* A `Release Status Dashboard <https://buildbot.python.org/#/release_status>`_
that shows the status of stable buildbots for each active branch,
summarizing whether the builds are ready for release.

* A `Waterfall View <https://buildbot.python.org/#/waterfall>`_
that presents a vertical rundown of recent builds for each builder.
When interested in one build, you'll have to
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you. You can also access builder information by clicking on the builder
status bubbles in the top line.

* A `Release Status Dashboard <https://buildbot.python.org/#/release_status>`_
that shows the status of stable buildbots for each active branch,
summarizing whether the builds are ready for release.

Note that the buildbot web pages are often slow to load, be patient.

Some buildbots are much faster than others. Over time, you will learn which
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -147,11 +147,7 @@ or to Python itself. To reproduce, make sure you use the same flags as the
buildbots: they can be found out simply by clicking the **stdio** link for
the failing build's tests. For example::

./python.exe -W error -E -bb ./Lib/test/regrtest.py -uall -rwW

.. note::
Running ``Lib/test/regrtest.py`` is exactly equivalent to running
``-m test``.
./python -E -m test --slow-ci --timeout=1200 -j2 --junit-xml test-results.xml -j10


Ordering-dependent failures
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.. code-block:: none
:emphasize-lines: 9

./python -u -W error -bb -E -m test --slow-ci --timeout=2400 -j2 -u-cpu,-urlfetch,-network --junit-xml test-results.xml -j4 --dont-add-python-opts
./python -E -m test --slow-ci --timeout=2400 -j2 -u-cpu,-urlfetch,-network --junit-xml test-results.xml -j4
== CPython 3.15.0a6+ (heads/main:d625f7da33b, Feb 13 2026, 17:27:29) [GCC 12.2.0]
== Linux-6.12.20+rpt-rpi-v8-aarch64-with-glibc2.36 little-endian
== Python build: release
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