CI/CD and Quality Gates
Test automation that runs only after deployment catches issues too late. By the time regression failures surface in UAT, defects have already compounded and timelines have slipped.
CenterTest integrates with any CI/CD platform and Guidewire's BYOT Quality Gate framework, enabling shift-left testing where developers validate changes within the same sprint they're built. Quality Gates can block untested or failing code from reaching higher environments, making testing a continuous activity rather than an end-of-project phase.
CenterTest integrates with all major CI/CD platforms including Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, and TeamCity. Because CenterTest is a standard Java repository using Gradle, any pipeline that can execute Gradle commands can run CenterTest. There is no proprietary runner, no special agents, and no lock-in to a specific CI/CD platform.
Automated Asset Regeneration through CI/CD pipelines ensures test assets always reflect the actual Guidewire environment without manual intervention. Pipelines can regenerate framework assets from Guidewire source code before or after deployments, regenerate DDT classes from spreadsheets to synchronize data structures, compile and flag any breaking changes before tests execute.
This is valuable during all Guidewire development activities: updates, feature enhancements, product launches, new integrations, and Cloud migrations.
Version-Specific Suite Execution supports organizations running multiple Guidewire versions. Test codebases and generated assets differ between versions, so organizations typically maintain separate branches for each version and configure pipelines to select the appropriate branch at runtime.
This enables parallel environment testing (development, QA, staging, production on different versions), post-acquisition consolidation where acquired carriers run different Guidewire configurations, and upgrade validation against both source and target environments.
Guidewire BYOT Integration positions CenterTest within Guidewire's Bring-Your-Own Testing framework. For Cloud migrations, CenterTest's Version Compatibility is the only way to bring meaningful pre-Cloud test automation into the Cloud environment.
The BYOT framework consists of three pillars:
Notifications: Webhook callbacks triggered by CI/CD events that automatically initiate external test pipelines.
Integrated Pipelines: Mechanisms to propagate external test results back into Guidewire Cloud Platform.
Quality Gates: Pre-configured criteria using test results to enforce merge and promotion decisions.
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