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# Robot Framework
> A guide for generating Trunk-compatible test reports for Robot Framework
You can automatically [detect and manage flaky tests](../../detection/) in your projects running tests with Robot by integrating with Trunk. This document explains how to configure Robot to output JUnit XML reports that can be uploaded to Trunk for analysis.
## Setup steps
Work through the steps below in order. Once you've finished the last one, you'll be ready to move on to [configure uploads in CI](../ci-providers/).
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## Generating Reports
Trunk detects flaky tests by analyzing test results automatically uploaded from your CI jobs. You can do this by generating Trunk-compatible XML reports from your test runs.
To output compatible reports, add the `--xunit` argument to your `robot` command:
```shell theme={null}
robot --xunit=junit.xml TestSuite.robot
```
### Report File Path
The JUnit report will be written to the location specified by the `--xunit` argument. In the example above, it would be at `./junit.xml`.
### Disable Retries
You need to disable automatic retries if you previously enabled them. Retries compromise the accurate detection of flaky tests. You should disable them and prefer using the [Quarantine](../../quarantining/) feature to mitigate the negative impact of Flaky Tests.
Omit the [`--rerunfailed`](https://docs.robotframework.org/docs/flaky_tests#re-execute-failed-tests-and-merge-results) flag and remove any [RetryFailed Listeners](https://docs.robotframework.org/docs/flaky_tests#retryfailed-listener) previously configured to run as part of your CI pipeline to disable retries.
## Try It Locally
### The Validate Command
You can validate your test reports using the [Trunk Analytics CLI](../../reference/cli-reference). If you don't have it installed already, you can install and run the `validate` command like this:
```bash Linux (x64) theme={null}
SKU="trunk-analytics-cli-x86_64-unknown-linux.tar.gz"
curl -fL --retry 3 \
"https://github.com/trunk-io/analytics-cli/releases/latest/download/${SKU}" \
| tar -xz
chmod +x trunk-analytics-cli
./trunk-analytics-cli validate --junit-paths "./junit.xml"
```
```bash Linux (arm64) theme={null}
SKU="trunk-analytics-cli-aarch64-unknown-linux.tar.gz"
curl -fL --retry 3 \
"https://github.com/trunk-io/analytics-cli/releases/latest/download/${SKU}" \
| tar -xz
chmod +x trunk-analytics-cli
./trunk-analytics-cli validate --junit-paths "./junit.xml"
```
```bash macOS (arm64) theme={null}
SKU="trunk-analytics-cli-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.gz"
curl -fL --retry 3 \
"https://github.com/trunk-io/analytics-cli/releases/latest/download/${SKU}" \
| tar -xz
chmod +x trunk-analytics-cli
./trunk-analytics-cli validate --junit-paths "./junit.xml"
```
```bash macOS (x64) theme={null}
SKU="trunk-analytics-cli-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz"
curl -fL --retry 3 \
"https://github.com/trunk-io/analytics-cli/releases/latest/download/${SKU}" \
| tar -xz
chmod +x trunk-analytics-cli
./trunk-analytics-cli validate --junit-paths "./junit.xml"
```
**This will not upload anything to Trunk**. To improve detection accuracy, you should **address all errors and warnings** before proceeding to the next steps.
### Test Upload
Before modifying your CI jobs to automatically upload test results to Trunk, try uploading a single test run manually.
You make an upload to Trunk using the following command:
```sh theme={null}
./trunk-analytics-cli upload --junit-paths "./junit.xml" \
--org-url-slug \
--token
```
You can find your Trunk organization slug and token in the settings or by following these [instructions](/flaky-tests/get-started/ci-providers/otherci#id-1.-store-a-trunk_token-secret-in-your-ci-system). After your upload, you can verify that Trunk has received and processed it successfully in the **Uploads** tab. Warnings will be displayed if the report has issues.
## Next Steps
Configure your CI to upload test runs to Trunk. Find the guides for your CI framework below: