Key DevOps enhancements in this release of Pega Platform™ include a new feature to merge application-level test coverage reports, as well as improvements to Pega scenario testing for increased performance. The scenario testing enhancements include the ability to add a wait-step at runtime to reduce testing flakiness, and the new functionality to rerun failed scenario tests automatically.

Adding wait time to a step

DevOps and Application Testing includes the following enhancements:

• Extend PegaUnit setup and clean up capabilities using custom fixtures (8.6)

• Delay the execution of a step within a test and rerun failed scenario tests for enhanced scenario test stability (8.5)

• Avoid duplicating application test efforts by merging test coverage reports (8.5)

• Export and import simulation data automatically with Deployment Manager (8.4)
• Improve test cases with new testing features (8.4)
• Monitor branch quality with the new branch quality dashboard (8.4)
• Simulate calls to data pages and connector rule types when unit testing (8.4)
• Troubleshoot pipelines in Deployment Manager with improved diagnostics (8.3)
• Manage test and application changes separately in Deployment Manager by using a separate product rule for test cases (8.3)
• Start a Deployment Manager deployment in a distributed, branch-based environment by using the Merge Branches wizard (8.3)
• Upgrade Deployment Manager without running post-upgrade steps (8.3)
• Track changes for branch merges in Deployment Manager (8.3)
• Unit test more rule types and configure activity status assertions (8.3)
• Update and adapt existing scenario tests to UI changes (8.3)
• Group related tests into test suites (8.3)
• Improve your experience with creating and cleaning test data for automated tests (8.2)
• Improve your application quality by monitoring test coverage metrics (8.2)
• Monitor application quality in real time by using the REST API to fetch quality metrics (8.2)
• Clean up Pega unit test cases that use inactive or deleted rules (8.2)
• Manage your deployments in a dedicated portal (8.2)
• Improve user access to Deployment Manager (8.2)
• Configure notifications in Deployment Manager (8.2)
• Manage your artifacts by using custom repositories (8.2)
• Get test coverage from multiple testing sessions (8.1)
• Use trend charts to visualize application quality and view more metrics (8.1)
• Organize Pega unit tests with nested test suites (8.1)
• Create UI-based tests with automated scenario testing (8.1)
• Quickly access Deployment Manager features with an intuitive interface (8.1)
• Easily configure Deployment Manager pipelines with a simplified setup (8.1)
• Deploy with confidence by enforcing quality metrics (8.1)
• Manage aged application updates in Deployment Manager (8.1)
• Diagnose pipelines and view troubleshooting information (8.1)
• Run Pega unit tests for a suite or an access group (8.1)
• Run Pega unit tests on branches in Deployment Manager (8.1)

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