Precision Testing for Modern Delivery

In the modern DevOps landscape, developers face a constant dilemma: sacrifice quality for speed or delay releases for exhaustive testing. SeaLights Test Optimization breaks this bottleneck by using intelligent analysis to map code changes to specific tests. By identifying exactly which tests matter for every build, SeaLights allows you to skip the noise and focus on what’s changed.


The Challenges of Traditional Testing

  • Slow Release Cycles: Massive E2E and regression suites create multi-day bottlenecks, hindering agility and market responsiveness.

  • High Operational Expenses: Large-scale manual testing and high-compute automated runs strain both human resources and cloud budgets.

  • Inefficient Practices: Developers lose productivity to "context switching" while waiting hours for feedback from irrelevant tests.

  • The Confidence Gap: During urgent hotfixes, limited time leads to guesswork and incomplete testing, risking unstable releases.


The Solution: Strategic Test Optimization

Most code changes only impact a fraction of your total test suite. SeaLights uses machine learning to meticulously map code methods to their corresponding tests.

When a new build is triggered, the Strategy Configuration allows you to define the level of "aggressiveness" for your optimization. Depending on your risk tolerance (from a lean, highly aggressive hotfix run to a broader, more conservative regression) SeaLights selects only the relevant tests for execution. Tests that hold no likelihood of failure based on your chosen strategy are automatically skipped.


Core Value Pillars

1. Shorten Release Cycles

SeaLights accelerates delivery by running only the tests affected by recent code changes. This surgical approach eliminates the "test everything" bottleneck, providing developers with near-instant feedback and faster paths to production.

2. Reduce Troubleshooting

By isolating tests to specific code changes, SeaLights makes debugging effortless. When a failure occurs, it is directly linked to recent edits, removing the noise of massive suites so you can identify and fix the root cause in minutes.

3. Reduce Costs & Infrastructure

Optimizing your test suite significantly slashes CI/CD compute usage and infrastructure bills. Additionally, by automating the "what to test" decision, you eliminate repetitive manual regression and free your QA team for high-value strategic tasks.


Impact in Action

Scenario
Traditional Approach
With SeaLights Optimization

Manual Testing

Full cycles spanning a week or more.

Targeted testing completed in days or hours.

Regression Runs

Nightly or weekly "all-or-nothing" runs.

Integrated CI/CD feedback in minutes.

Urgent Hotfixes

High-risk guesswork and partial coverage.

Maximum coverage within critical timeframes.

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