Testing Release Upgrades in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

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Public Edition upgrade regression card

• Read dates from SAP's Upgrade & Maintenance Schedule; mark test and production weekends.
• Run RASD and the What's New Viewer; list changed apps in your scope.
• Give or confirm post-upgrade test consent; set scope and variants in Manage Upgrade Tests.
• Before day one: test users, passwords, roles, data variants and containers checked.
• Day one: launch every automated plan; do quick human smoke checks.
• Validate every custom step marked with a question mark.
• Triage daily: test asset, your fix, suspected SAP issue, expected change.
• Cover extensions and interfaces by risk; book partner systems for the window.
• Readiness report with a clear recommendation; process owner sign-off before production.
• Smoke test production on the first business day; import content after regression.