It's also possible to run the fuzzing jobs longer and without blocking your main pipeline. This
configuration uses the GitLab [parent-child pipelines](../../../ci/parent_child_pipelines.md).
The full example is available in the [repository](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security-products/demos/coverage-fuzzing/go-fuzzing-example/-/tree/continuous_fuzzing#running-go-fuzz-from-ci).
This example uses Go, but is applicable for any other supported languages.
The suggested workflow in this scenario is to have long-running, async fuzzing jobs on a
main/development branch, and short, blocking sync fuzzing jobs on all other branches and MRs. This
is a good way to balance the needs of letting a developer's per-commit pipeline complete quickly,
and also giving the fuzzer a large amount of time to fully explore and test the app.
Long-running fuzzing jobs are usually necessary for the coverage guided fuzzer to find deeper bugs
in your latest code base. THe following is an example of what `.gitlab-ci.yml` looks like in this
workflow (for the full example, see the [repository](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security-products/demos/coverage-fuzzing/go-fuzzing-example/-/tree/continuous_fuzzing)):
1.`sync_fuzzing`: Runs all your fuzz targets for a short period of time in a blocking
configuration. This finds simple bugs and allows you to be confident that your MRs aren't
introducing new bugs or causing old bugs to reappear.
1.`async_fuzzing`: Runs on your branch and finds deep bugs in your code without blocking your
development cycle and MRs.
The `covfuzz-ci.yml` is the same as that in the [original synchronous example](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security-products/demos/coverage-fuzzing/go-fuzzing-example#running-go-fuzz-from-ci).
### Glossary
- Seed corpus: The set of test cases given as initial input to the fuzz target. This usually speeds