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7<title>NixOS Tests</title>
8
9<para>When you add some feature to NixOS, you should write a test for
10it. NixOS tests are kept in the directory <filename
11xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/tree/master/nixos/tests">nixos/tests</filename>,
12and are executed (using Nix) by a testing framework that automatically
13starts one or more virtual machines containing the NixOS system(s)
14required for the test.</para>
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