Release Notes Test Planner

Offline VS Code extension that reads release notes (Markdown/CSV/XLSX), maps them to existing automated tests, and produces a day-by-day execution plan.

Quick Start

• Open a workspace with your release notes and automated tests.
• Run the command Generate Test Plan From Release Notes.
• Review the generated files in the release-notes-test-plan folder.

Supported Inputs

• Markdown release notes (e.g. CHANGELOG.md, RELEASE_NOTES.md)
• JIRA export CSV
• Excel release notes (.xlsx)

CSV/XLSX Format

The parser expects columns that map to issue key, summary, priority, and type. By default it recognizes:

• key: Issue key, Issue Key, Key, Jira Key
• summary: Summary, Title, Issue summary, Description
• priority: Priority, Priority Name
• type: Issue Type, Type

If your export uses different column names, update releaseNotesTestPlanner.csvColumns in Settings to map them.

How Matching Works

• Default mode is keyword matching against test descriptions.
• Example: if a release note mentions "deposit", tests containing "deposit" are linked.
• Priority is used to assign execution day (Day 1, Day 2, etc.).

Key Settings

• releaseNotesTestPlanner.releaseNotesPaths
• releaseNotesTestPlanner.releaseNotesGlobs
• releaseNotesTestPlanner.testFileGlobs
• releaseNotesTestPlanner.matchingMode
• releaseNotesTestPlanner.keywordMinLength
• releaseNotesTestPlanner.keywordStopWords
• releaseNotesTestPlanner.keywordMinMatches
• releaseNotesTestPlanner.keywordMaxResults
• releaseNotesTestPlanner.issueKeyPattern
• releaseNotesTestPlanner.priorityDayMap
• releaseNotesTestPlanner.defaultDay
• releaseNotesTestPlanner.csvColumns
• releaseNotesTestPlanner.outputFolder