Research Notes: Barometer
Last updated: 2026-05-26 · Plugin v1.2.3
Current Test Status
- ✓Survived The Gauntlet™ (1,000,000 parameter mutations, 0 crashes)
- ✓Category 5 stress tests passing
- ✓Zero audio artifacts detected in stress testing
- ✓Pluginval clean (strictness 8)
- ✓Zero memory leaks over 1 hour marathon test
Validation Depth
79
Total Tests
ASan · UBSan · TSan
Sanitizer Lanes
8
Pluginval Strictness
Framework Improvements
Issues identified through mutation testing and their resolutions.
- ✓
DC offset detection added to buffer validation
Framework-level improvement applied across all plugins using the BPTS testing suite.
Resolved 2026-02-01
Why Public Research Notes?
Mutation testing is how we verify the test suite itself. By intentionally injecting faults into the plugin, we identify where the testing framework needs to improve—and then we improve it.
This page documents that cycle: what we found, what we fixed, and how the framework got stronger. Engineering rigor, documented in the open.
If you encounter unexpected behavior our tests haven't covered, we want to hear about it.
Learn more about our testing methodology: Testing Suite Documentation
Found a Bug?
If you crash it or hear artifacts our tests missed, email me:
keith@bellweatherstudios.comInclude: DAW + OS version, what you did before it crashed, crash log if available. Best bug reports get credited in release notes.