## Wheel Test

This directory is dedicated to tests that require a built TensorFlow wheel
file for testing, such as:

* Ensuring the entire API is importable
* Testing downstream projects against the wheel

Ensure you have Bazel installed and accessible from your command line.

These tests use hermetic Python. They also require a built TensorFlow wheel file
and a requirements_lock file. The requirements_lock file is generated by the

    desired TensorFlow version, for example, branch `r2.8` for version 2.8.
*   Apply (that is, cherry-pick) the desired changes and resolve any code
    conflicts.
*   Run TensorFlow tests and ensure they pass.
*   [Build](https://www.tensorflow.org/install/source) the TensorFlow pip
    package from source.

## Continuous build status

#   your builds. This usually saves a lot of time, especially when
#   re-running tests. However, note that:
#
#    - New environments like new CUDA versions, changes to manylinux,
#      compilers, etc. can cause undefined behavior such as build failures
#      or tests passing incorrectly.
#    - Automatic LLVM updates are known to extend build time even with
#      the cache; this is unavoidable.