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description: From the Tests tab, you can change the severity level of tests. Severity levels prioritize failing tests based on their potential impact. DevOps Testing evaluates the quality gate rules according to these severity levels. When creating a quality gate rule, you can set severity-level threshold criteria. If a test with a severity equal to or higher than the threshold fails, the quality gate rule also fails.
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# Change the Test Severity Level

From the Tests tab, you can change the severity level of tests. Severity levels prioritize failing tests based on their potential impact. DevOps Testing evaluates the quality gate rules according to these severity levels. When creating a quality gate rule, you can set severity-level threshold criteria. If a test with a severity equal to or higher than the threshold fails, the quality gate rule also fails.

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These are the severity levels defined in DevOps Testing.

- 1 - Critical
- 2 - High
- 3 - Medium
- 4 - Low
- 5 - Info

1. Go to the Tests tab and select the test for which you want to change the severity level.
2. In the Severity column, click ![Edit](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-devops_center-264-0-0-production-enus/166010c3-4c34-4087-92ad-aea917baf524/devops_center/images/DevOps_Testing_Edit_Icon.png).
3. Change the severity level to meet your needs.