diff --git a/test-failure.ts b/test-failure.ts
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+// This file intentionally has TypeScript errors to trigger CI failure
+const testFunction = (param: string): number => {
+  // Type error: returning string instead of number
+  return "this should be a number";
+}
+
+// Syntax error: missing closing brace
+function brokenFunction() {
+  console.log("missing closing brace"
+}
+
+export { testFunction, brokenFunction };
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