Identifying software regressions based on query retry attempts in a database environment

A system comprising:

• a multiple tenant cloud-based database platform comprising a plurality of shared storage devices collectively storing database data and an execution platform independent from the plurality of shared storage devices;
• and
• one or more processors for managing database tasks, the one or more processors configured to:
• receive a query directed to database data;
• assign execution of the query to one or more execution nodes of an execution platform, the one or more execution nodes configured to execute the query on a first version of a database platform;
• determine that execution of the query was unsuccessful;
• assign a first retry execution of the query to the one or more execution nodes of the execution platform;
• and
• determine whether a regression or an intermittent fault caused the execution of the query to be unsuccessful based at least in part on whether the first retry execution of the query was successful or unsuccessful.

One or more processors configurable to execute instructions stored in non-transitory computer readable storage media, the instructions comprising:

• receiving a query directed to database data;
• assigning execution of the query to one or more execution nodes of an execution platform, the one or more execution nodes configured to execute the query on a first version of a database platform;
• determining that execution of the query was unsuccessful;
• assigning a first retry execution of the query to the one or more execution nodes of the execution platform;
• and
• determining whether a regression or an intermittent fault caused the execution of the query to be unsuccessful based at least in part on whether the first retry execution of the query was successful or unsuccessful.