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What are the biggest challenges in software testing today? We've asked chatGPT

His answer: Keeping up with new technologies and changes in the software development landscape. Ensuring comprehensive testing coverage...

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Cloning XRAY issues - what to expect (Jira server)

This time, most of the post content is copied from XRAY. The idea is to have all clone behavior in one location and not per issue type,...

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XRAY: explaining the (complex) relations between Test Plans, Tests, and Test Executions

Have you heard about the synch between Test Plans (TP) and Test Executions (TE)? Don’t feel bad if you didn’t – there isn’t any. Not full...

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XRAY for Jira: Failed Tests in Test Plan - how to re-run

Let’s discuss a real-life dilemma: the situation in which you have failed tests in a Test Plan: what is the correct way to re-run them?...

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XRAY for Jira: Test quality indication (custom arrangement)

We have a few formal criteria for tests quality. To make it easy for our Test Engineers, we added indications representing these criteria...

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Bugs - Aging reports

There are two ways I know to calculate bugs aging: The time that the bug was opened until now, assuming it is still open. The time that...

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Tests Quality Dashboard (XRAY for Jira)

How to measure the quality of the tests themselves.

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Bugs Quality Dashboard

I would like to share the bugs quality dashboard we use. The report represents some criteria we thought will give us a good understanding...

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XRAY for Jira: tests status per folder in the Test Plan hierarchical view

If you want to see tests run status not only overall but per folder: Stand on the relevant top folder Switch to Flat View (on the top...

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XRAY for Jira: Reports options in high level

Reviewing the different report types (in project, gadgets and native Jira) to show the possibilities.

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XRAY for Jira: From Repository to Execution

The XRAY, being built within the Jira and inheriting many of its features, is flexible and allows you to do the same thing in different...

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XRAY for Jira: Parameterized Tests explained (video)

Parameterized tests are a new feature introduced in XRAY version 5. From XRAY documentation: "Test parameterization is a powerful practice