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# Retesting Findings

After you fix a finding, use a retest to verify the fix in your pentest environment. Aikido retests one finding at a time, validates that the remediation properly fixes the issue, and checks for related risks introduced by the change. Aikido automatically closes the finding when the retest confirms that it is fixed.

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Deploy your fix to the environment used for the assessment before you start a retest.
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## Before you start

To retest a finding, you need the **Manage Pentests** [permission](/getting-started/automated-user-management/setting-roles-and-permissions.md), and any pending credits for the assessment must be settled. You can retest findings from assessments started within the last six months.

## Retest a finding

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### Open the finding

Open the finding and select **Retest** from its **Subissues** section.

<div data-with-frame="true"><figure><img src="/files/4JcIT5f8pNWm4q050BoQ" alt="The Retest link in a pentest finding&#x27;s subissues overview"><figcaption><p>Select <strong>Retest</strong> from the subissues overview.</p></figcaption></figure></div>

You can also select **View attack analysis** for a subissue, then click **Re-test** in the Attack Analysis view.

<div data-with-frame="true"><figure><img src="/files/v4mRa8ZZC0OXEhV7YBl4" alt="The Re-test button in the Attack Analysis view"><figcaption><p>Use <strong>Re-test</strong> in Attack Analysis to retest this finding.</p></figcaption></figure></div>
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### Confirm the retest

In the **Run Retest** dialog, click **Run Retest**.

If the retest falls outside your configured testing hours, choose **Run Now** to start immediately or **Schedule** to wait for the next permitted testing window.
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### Monitor the result

While a retest runs, the assessment shows **Retest Running**. For findings with Attack Analysis, open the live retest to follow its progress.

When the retest finishes, Aikido marks the finding as **Solved** if it can't reproduce the issue. Otherwise, the finding remains open with a **Not fixed** result and updated remediation guidance.
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## Retest Android findings

For an Android assessment, build a new APK that includes your fix and upload it before retesting the finding:

1. Open the assessment overview.
2. Under **Configuration Details**, find **Android App**.
3. Select the edit icon and upload the new APK.
4. Start the finding retest as described above.

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Future retests use the newly uploaded APK. You can replace the APK only when the assessment isn't running.
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Make sure the replacement APK meets the [Android pentest requirements](/pentests/configure-a-pentest/android-pentesting.md#prerequisites), including the 500 MB limit and no certificate pinning, root detection, or emulator detection.

## What's next?

Review the retest result in the finding. Once all relevant findings are resolved, download a [Post-Remediation Report](/pentests/coverage-and-findings/pentest-reports.md#report-types) to share your current security posture with stakeholders.


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