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# Three asserts that catch a broken run
- URL: https://news1.aap.quest/three-asserts-that-catch-a-broken-run/
- Published: 2026-10-16T07:05:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-02T23:37:00.000Z
- Description: Cheap checks that stop a playbook before it does the wrong thing quietly.
- Author: navid
- Tags: Issue 2, #fake-sample

Assert the host count before you change anything. Expect 400, get 260, stop.

Assert the play targets the environment you think it does. A variable named env is not proof.

Assert something changed on a run that should change things. Zero changes on patch night is a question, not an answer.