19.6"Test Maintenance Debt"

What they say: "How do you manage test maintenance debt?"

What they mean: Over time, test suites accumulate broken, slow, and flaky tests that cost more to maintain than they provide in value.

What you should say: "Agent-driven tests dramatically reduce maintenance debt because the agent adapts to UI changes. When a button ID changes from btn-submit to submit-button, traditional tests break — someone has to find the test, update the selector, verify it works, and merge the fix. Our agent re-snapshots and finds the button by role and name. We still review healing events and periodically update plans, but it's a review task, not an emergency fix."