Our paper focuses on four popular snowpack tests, the Rutschblock Test (RB), Compression Test (CT), Extended Column Test (ECT), and Propagation Saw Test (PST), reviewing past and current stability test research in the context of recent advances in our understanding of dry slab avalanche release. We found that: 1) Not all tests provide the same information with regards to the critical stages of avalanche release, namely snowpack layering, failure initiation, and crack propagation, 2) Stability test research is challenging, leading to some discrepancies between studies, 3) Each stability test has its own advantages, as well as its own limitations 4) Test accuracy should not be the only selection criteria, but instead users need to pick the appropriate test to answer the questions they have about their snowpack especially with regards to failure initiation and crack propagation. Finally, conducting stability tests is valuable beyond the actual test results. Tests provide an opportunity for slowing down our thinking, focusing on the snowpack, and increasing group communication, all of which are important for minimizing common decision-making biases.