# Isolate Test State

> A technique for giving each test its own data and resources, so tests pass in any order.

Record: `lexicon:isolate-test-state`
Kind: technique
Layer: [Computation Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/computation-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-isolate-test-state

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Component Tests](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/component-tests.md) and before [Validate at the Boundary](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/validate-at-the-boundary.md).

## Category

- [Correctness / Determinism / Verification](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/correctness-determinism-verification.md)

## Refactors

- [Flaky Test Normalization](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/flaky-test-normalization.md)

## Linked from

- [Anti-patterns](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-anti-patterns.md)