Automated Tests in SAP CI/CD and Cloud ALM

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Release gate design checklist

• Map each delivery flow: ABAP transports, BTP pipelines, Public Edition releases; mark where tests run today.
• ABAP: configure ATC (transaction ATC), activate object checks at release (SE03), block on priority 1–2.
• Include ABAP Unit in the ATC check variant; keep unit tests fast and isolated.
• Use an ATC baseline for legacy findings, reviewed every release with expiry dates, and narrow, time-boxed exemptions with approver, reason and expiry.
• BTP: build with unit tests first, then deploy and run acceptance tests, then scans, then release via Cloud Transport Management.
• Run long UI and end-to-end suites nightly and before promotion, not on every push; keep secrets out of repositories.
• Cloud ALM: process-level automated tests in the test plan; gate evidence on the feature.
• Write a gate policy: scope, criteria, risk-based thresholds, exceptions, records, review.
• Track block rate, escaped defects, exception age, time in gate and false blocks.