# Mutation Testing

> Introduces a deliberate defect and checks that the tests or the rule report it

Record: `reasoning:technique-mutation-testing`
Kind: technique
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/reasoning#reasoning-technique-mutation-testing

Listed in [Reasoning records](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/reasoning.md), after [Monitoring](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/technique-monitoring.md) and before [Read After Write Verification](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/technique-read-after-write-verification.md).

## Mode

- [intervention](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/mode-intervention.md)

## Linked from

- [The modes](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/reasoning/the-modes.md)