TestCycle
A time-boxed execution cycle within a test plan, grouping test cases for a specific release, sprint, or testing phase.
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"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/test-plans/refs/heads/main/json-schema/test-plans-test-cycle-schema.json",
"title": "TestCycle",
"description": "A time-boxed execution cycle within a test plan, grouping test cases for a specific release, sprint, or testing phase.",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Unique identifier for the test cycle."
},
"name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Name of the test cycle (e.g., Sprint 12 Regression, Release 2.1 UAT)."
},
"description": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Description of the test cycle and its goals."
},
"test_plan_id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Identifier of the parent test plan."
},
"status": {
"type": "string",
"enum": ["planned", "in-progress", "completed", "abandoned"],
"description": "Current execution status of the test cycle."
},
"start_date": {
"type": "string",
"format": "date",
"description": "Start date of the test cycle."
},
"end_date": {
"type": "string",
"format": "date",
"description": "End date of the test cycle."
},
"environment": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Target environment for this test cycle."
},
"build_version": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Software build version being tested in this cycle."
},
"total_tests": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 0,
"description": "Total number of test cases in this cycle."
},
"passed": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 0,
"description": "Number of test cases that passed."
},
"failed": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 0,
"description": "Number of test cases that failed."
},
"blocked": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 0,
"description": "Number of test cases that were blocked."
},
"not_executed": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 0,
"description": "Number of test cases not yet executed."
},
"owner": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Person responsible for managing this test cycle."
}
},
"required": ["id", "name", "test_plan_id", "status"]
}
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