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description: Test suites are the foundational building blocks of your testing strategy in DevOps Center Testing. A test suite is a logically grouped collection of tests from a single test provider — such as a set of Apex unit tests, a Code Analyzer scan configuration, or a partner test package. Rather than running individual tests one by one, test suites let you define meaningful groups of tests that reflect your team's quality standards and assign them as a unit to pipeline stages.
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# Test Suites

Test suites are the foundational building blocks of your testing strategy in DevOps Center Testing. A test suite is a logically grouped collection of tests from a single test provider — such as a set of Apex unit tests, a Code Analyzer scan configuration, or a partner test package. Rather than running individual tests one by one, test suites let you define meaningful groups of tests that reflect your team's quality standards and assign them as a unit to pipeline stages.

Test suites originate from your configured test providers. When you sync a provider, its available suites are pulled into the Tests tab in Lifecycle Center, where you can assign them to stages, monitor their execution, and review results.

## How Test Suites Work in Your Pipeline

- Each pipeline stage — Development, Integration, Staging, and Production — can have its own set of assigned test suites.
- When a Review Event or Pre-Promotion Event is triggered, all test suites assigned to the relevant stage run automatically as a group.
- Quality gates evaluate the combined results of the suite run to determine whether the work item meets your release standards.

## What You Can Do with Test Suites

- Assign test suites to specific pipeline stages to control what gets tested and when.
- Remove suite assignments when a suite is no longer relevant to a stage.
- Reorder and manage suites from the Tests tab in the Pipeline view.
- View individual test results within a suite after execution to pinpoint failures.

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Note Test suites are provider-specific — a suite from Apex Unit Testing and a suite from Code Analyzer v5 are separate and managed independently. You can assign suites from multiple providers to the same stage to build layered quality coverage.

1. **[Add Test Suites to a Stage](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.devops_center_testing_add_test_suites_to_stage.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Assign test suites to a pipeline stage to automate quality checks when a Review Event or Pre-Promotion Event is triggered for that stage.
2. **[Unassign Test Suites from a Stage](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.devops_center_testing_remove_test_suites_from_stage.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Unassign a test suite from a stage when it's no longer relevant or when you need to streamline testing for a faster deployment. Removing an assignment does not delete the test suite — it remains available to reassign at any time.
3. **[View Test Suite Group Execution](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.devops_center_testing_view_test_suite_group_execution.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Monitor the live status and results of all test suites running as a group during a review or promotion event.

#### See Also

- [Add Test Suites to a Stage](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.devops_center_testing_add_test_suites_to_stage.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Assign test suites to a pipeline stage to automate quality checks when a Review Event or Pre-Promotion Event is triggered for that stage.")
- [Unassign Test Suites from a Stage](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.devops_center_testing_remove_test_suites_from_stage.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Unassign a test suite from a stage when it's no longer relevant or when you need to streamline testing for a faster deployment. Removing an assignment does not delete the test suite — it remains available to reassign at any time.")
- [View Test Suite Group Execution](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.devops_center_testing_view_test_suite_group_execution.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Monitor the live status and results of all test suites running as a group during a review or promotion event.")