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When Work Relations Matter: A Vision of Forgiveness in Software Testing Sánchez-Gordón, Mary Colomo-Palacios, Ricardo Mohanani, Rahul Forgiveness Emotional regulation Conflicts Software testing The software testing process is inherently adversarial, creating conditions for frequent and pervasive developer–tester conflicts. Although forgiveness has been studied as a tool for resolving conflicts and as a coping mechanism in the workplace context that promotes well-being and productivity, its role in software testing remains unexplored. This paper posits that cultivating forgiveness can help practitioners manage their emotional responses to conflict and therefore deserves further investigation in the context of software testing. Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik Mary Sánchez-Gordón and Ricardo Colomo-Palacios and Rahul Mohanani 2026 Is Part Of LIPIcs, Volume 394, 20th International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM 2026) InProceedings Text doc-type:ResearchArticle publishedVersion application/pdf doi:10.4230/LIPIcs.ESEM.2026.73 urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-280415 https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ESEM.2026.73 eng https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode