# Stranded Test

> Leaving a test where its subject used to sit after the subject moves or splits, so the test tree no longer shows which tests cover which file.

Record: `lexicon:stranded-test`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Structural Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/structural-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-stranded-test

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Variant-Masked Duplicate](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/variant-masked-duplicate.md) and before [Adjective Slot Word](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/adjective-slot-word.md).

## Category

- [Taxonomy / Classification / Naming](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/taxonomy-classification-naming.md)

## Negated by

- [Mirrored Test Placement](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/mirrored-test-placement.md)

## Linked from

- [Taxonomy / Classification / Naming](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-taxonomy-classification-naming.md)