NEW RESEARCH REPORT: Overcoming the limitations of coding agents in complex software systems

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AUTOMATE ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS OF TEST FAILURES

CI pipelines are meant to accelerate development, but often become one of the biggest hidden bottlenecks. Test failures – especially intermittent failures – can stall development for days and delay software delivery.

What if your CI pipeline could become a source of productivity instead of friction?

BUILD FAILURES ARE A SILENT DELIVERY TAX

Modern CI pipelines test increasingly complex systems across large codebases with millions of lines of code.

Debugging CI failures is slow and unclear

Diagnosing failures is rarely straightforward. Investigations are slow, resource-intensive, and traditional debugging tools provide only partial visibility into what actually happened.

AI assistants lack runtime context

Coding agents struggle with CI issues because they can't see real execution behavior. Without runtime context, they are often forced to guess.

Delivery timelines become unpredictable

For engineering managers, the result is delayed releases, lost engineering time, and increasing uncertainty in delivery timelines.

Solution

Zero touch root
cause analysis in CI

Integrate Undo into your automated test infrastructure to automatically capture recordings of test failures and enable fully automated root cause analysis.

Undo captures the complete runtime context of a failing CI execution as an Undo recording; an AI agent performs autonomous root cause analysis and produces an evidence-backed RCA report, which an engineer or a coding agent uses to implement and validate the fix

AI alone works with limited evidence. Undo records the failed test execution, giving the AI agent full runtime context. This improves RCA accuracy and exposes root causes that static code, logs, and traces alone cannot explain.

Capture recordings of failed tests

Undo records the full execution of a program during test runs, capturing:

Instruction flow

Memory state

Thread interactions

System behavior across components

This recording acts as a portable, deterministic environment that can be replayed anywhere. Recordings are the antidote to hallucination. They are the only way agents can access the runtime context they need to reason about software behavior.

Recordings are:

Automatically attached to bug tracking systems

Accessed by AI agents for fully automated RCA

Can be shared across teams for later investigations

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AI coding agent investigating a recording and identifying the root cause: a reference count changed without locking

Enable autonomous root cause analysis

Undo enables agentic debugging, where AI agents investigate failures using real execution data. These agents can:

Analyze program behavior

Test hypotheses about potential root causes

Identify the most likely source of a defect

Provide evidence for all conclusions from the recording

Grounding the AI in real runtime behavior avoids hallucination problems that plague traditional AI debugging tools. Engineers remain responsible for the final decision, but the investigation work is dramatically accelerated.

Integrations

  • circleci
  • teamcity
  • gradle
  • ant
  • jenkins
  • maven

Customer success

Expert-Led Enablement
for Long-Term Impact

Undo provides more than a tool. We partner with our customers to ensure our customers achieve their objectives. Our three-tier Customer Success program is designed to deliver time-to-value within weeks, lasting engineering impact, and expert guidance at every stage.

FAST, CONFIDENT ONBOARDING

Seamless Integration

We integrate Undo and our MCP server into your infrastructure with minimal disruption, ensuring compatibility with CI/CD pipelines, testing, and workflows.

CI Pipeline Enablement

We configure your CI pipelines to automatically capture and store recordings of failed test runs, then trigger agent triage to investigate them.

SKILLS THAT STICK

Hands-On Product Training

Interactive lab-based sessions delivered by Undo engineers, the experts behind the technology, helping your team get the most from our tools from day one.

Advanced Debugging Workshops

Bring your toughest bugs. We’ll work side-by-side to analyze root causes, improve dynamic logging, and teach best practices for AI prompting.

LONG-TERM PARTNERSHIP

Quarterly Business Reviews

Structured reviews with your key stakeholders to track adoption, measure value, and align on what’s next.

Forward-Deployed Engineers

Undo’s forward-deployed engineers embed with your team to solve complex challenges. Hands-on expertise exactly where you need it.

Benefits

Faster CI failures resolution

Recorded executions eliminate the need for manual reproduction, helping engineers and AI agents diagnose and fix failing tests much faster.

No more release delays

Now you can get tickets resolved and avoid delaying releases.

Better use of senior engineering time

Experienced engineers no longer need to spend days investigating complex CI failures. Now they can focus on architecture and innovation.

Trusted by industry leaders

  • SAS
  • SAP
  • Mediatek
  • AWS
  • Nvidia
  • Palo-Alto
  • AMD
  • Bloomberg
  • Cisco
  • HPE
  • Siemens
  • Synopsys
  • Cadence

Want to discuss if this could work in your environment?