# MCP Servers, Microcks, and the New AI Testing Stack TGNS185

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Podcast: [TestGuild News Show: : Weekly Software Testing & DevOps News](https://stenobird.com/podcast/testguild-news-show-weekly-software-testing-devops-news-4835556)
Published: 2026-05-11T17:34:00+00:00
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## Resource

Are you shipping code faster with AI but quietly skipping the tests that matter most? Did you know that GitHub Actions went down 57 times in 12 months? Does your MCP server pass every test but your AI agent still fail in production? Find out the answer to these and other top news stories for the week of May 10th in this episode of the TestGuild news show. Don't miss TestGuild IRL in Nashville and Atlanta: https://testguild.com/irl 0:00 Intro 0:22 IRL https://testguild.com/irl 0:44 Webdriver BiDi https://testgld.link/a38v7egQ 2:14 TestOrbit https://testgld.link/YASfxQBN 3:27 Webinar of the Week https://testgld.link/Iiferct3 4:29 Microcks API https://testgld.link/Xhaleah3 5:26 MCP Checker https://testgld.link/liTG0qz8 6:45 The Tests we Skipped https://testgld.link/R48WnZLh 7:56 Confidence Engineering https://testgld.link/ffJN6hhs 8:55 GitHub Down https://testgld.link/x7FND9sN

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