Some Snyk accounts have a limit of the number of tests that they can run per month, so it can be important to know what counts as a test in terms of licensing. Tests can be run in multiple ways:
SCM integrations
The SCM integrations will run a test whenever we get changes in pull request/merge requests or inspect dependency changes you push.
Reoccurring tests
Snyk will periodically check if your repository is affected by newly disclosed vulnerabilities (daily by default). This is a setting that can be controlled in Settings > Usage or in the project settings page.
CLI
With our CLI, you control exactly when and why you run a test. A test is counted for each run of snyk test or snyk monitor
Tests on private projects count towards your test limit, tests on Open Source projects do not count and are free!
Web-based tests
A test is run when you add a new project or click the re-test button.
APIs
Tests are counted when calls are made to the https://snyk.io/api/v1/test endpoint.