Determinism

The generator is designed to produce stable outputs for the same inputs.

What “deterministic” means here

Given the same OpenAPI spec and the same configuration, generation should produce:

• The same set of test cases
• In a stable order
• With stable names and expected status codes
• With deterministic merging/writing behavior

Deterministic ordering rules

• Providers: execute in a fixed order (auth → parameters → request body).
• Rules: ordered deterministically; ignore filters are applied after sorting.
• Modules: sorted by module id and then class name.
• Writers: suite and case ordering is stable; merges preserve deterministic ordering.

Common pitfalls

• Unordered maps/sets in configuration can cause unstable output if iterated directly. Prefer stable iteration order or explicit sorting at boundaries.
• Time/randomness must not affect test case names or values.