# X_VERIFY_SKIPS_OVER_CEILING

## Means

a step skipped more tests than its skipCeiling allows

## Typical cause

the suite skipped more tests than x.verify.json skipCeiling states for the step, so most of it did not run

## Fix

`x test unit --json` — then set what the skipped tests need, or raise skipCeiling in x.verify.json with the reason in the diff

[CLI and verify](/error-codes#cli-and-verify)