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REL08-BP02 Integrate functional testing as part of your deployment - AWS Well-Architected Framework (2022-03-31)

REL08-BP02 Integrate functional testing as part of your deployment

Functional tests are run as part of automated deployment. If success criteria are not met, the pipeline is halted or rolled back.

These tests are run in a pre-production environment, which is staged prior to production in the pipeline. Ideally, this is done as part of a deployment pipeline.

Level of risk exposed if this best practice is not established: High

Implementation guidance

  • Integrate functional testing as part of your deployment. Functional tests are run as part of automated deployment. If success criteria are not met, the pipeline is halted or rolled back.

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