Retrying failed test cases in software testing using parallel threads
US11720482B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | May 28, 2021 |
| Grant date | Aug 8, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 28, 2041 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06N20/00
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Test cases written to test a software application can be dynamically distributed among different sets of test cases that can be executed simultaneously in different parallel threads, thereby speeding up testing relative to executing the test cases sequentially in a single thread. Although executing the test cases in parallel threads can cause the test cases to execute in a different order than intended by developers, any test cases that fail due to database conflicts or other errors as a result of the parallelization can be retried at least once. Re-executing failed test cases at a later time can lead to the full set of test cases ultimately succeeding, despite errors that may have been caused by the parallelization.
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