What does "promoting to production" mean for MCP tests?

Promoting a test moves it from development/experimental status to production-ready. Production tests run on schedules, integrate with CI/CD, and are monitored for reliability. This ensures only validated, stable tests run in your production pipeline.

How do I promote an MCP test to production?

After verifying a test works correctly in development, use the Desplega dashboard to mark it as production-ready. Configure scheduling, environment variables, and notification settings. The test then becomes part of your production test suite.

Can I run production tests from the MCP server?

Yes, you can trigger production tests via MCP for manual verification. However, production tests typically run automatically via CI/CD triggers or schedules. Use MCP primarily for test development and debugging.

What happens if a production test fails?

Production test failures trigger notifications (email, Slack, etc.) and can block deployments if configured. Review failure details in the dashboard, fix the issue, and re-run. Desplega tracks failure patterns to identify flaky tests vs. real bugs.

How do I manage different environments (staging vs production)?

Configure environment-specific variables (URLs, credentials) in Desplega settings. Tests use these variables automatically based on where they run. This allows the same test to work across development, staging, and production environments.

How-To/MCP/Promoting Tests to Production

Promoting Tests to Production

By promoting your tests to a different environment, you can run them in production or other environments, and integrate them into your CI/CD pipeline.

Select Tests to Promote

First, select the local filter, then choose the tests you want to promote, and click the "Promote" button.

Select Target Configuration

Choose the configuration where you want to deploy your tests. Once selected, simply click continue.

Promote dialog - showing configuration selection for test deployment

Benefits of Production Deployment

CI/CD Integration

Automatically run tests in your deployment pipeline

Scalable Testing

Run tests at scale across multiple environments

Quality Assurance

Ensure production readiness with automated validation

Team Collaboration

Share and collaborate on test suites across teams

Next Steps

Now that you know how to promote tests to production, explore more testing capabilities!

Promoting Tests to Production

Select Tests to Promote

Select Target Configuration

Benefits of Production Deployment

CI/CD Integration

Scalable Testing

Quality Assurance

Team Collaboration

Next Steps

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