> ## Documentation Index
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# Snoozing Tests

> Understand how snoozing a test affects scheduled runs, test plans, and manual execution.

## Overview

Snoozing a test temporarily pauses it from running. This page explains what happens to your runs when a test is snoozed. For how to snooze or unsnooze a test, see [Snooze Tests](/managing-tests/snooze-tests).

## What Happens to Scheduled Runs

When a test is snoozed, it is automatically skipped across all automated run contexts for the duration of the snooze period:

* **Scheduled test plans** — the snoozed test is excluded from every scheduled execution
* **CI/CD pipeline runs** — the test is skipped when your pipeline triggers a test plan
* **Suite runs** — the test does not execute when the full suite is run

Any tests that depend on the snoozed test are also paused. Spur skips the entire dependency chain below a snoozed test to prevent failures caused by missing setup steps.

<Warning>
  Snoozing a test pauses it and all of its dependent child tests across all automated run contexts until the snooze expires or is manually removed.
</Warning>

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## What Happens in Manual Runs

Snoozing behaves differently depending on how you trigger the run:

| Run type                           | Snoozed test behaviour  |
| ---------------------------------- | ----------------------- |
| Run the full suite                 | Snoozed test is skipped |
| Run the specific test individually | Test runs as normal     |
| Test plan run                      | Snoozed test is skipped |
| CI/CD triggered run                | Snoozed test is skipped |

If you need to run a snoozed test to debug or verify a fix, trigger it directly from the test rather than from the suite or test plan.

<Tip>
  Running a snoozed test individually does not remove the snooze. It will continue to be skipped in all automated contexts until you manually unsnooze it or the period expires.
</Tip>