US 11,379,349 B2Granted

Verifiable testcase workflow

AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation

InventorsAnn Barnette Umberhocker, Ariba Siddiqui, Sowmya Janakiraman, George Conerly Wilson

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Abstract

Verifiable test case workflow is provided by creating a secure database for actions taken regarding a source file that is stored on a first computer; creating a test executable from one or more source files and storing it on the first computer; finalizing the source file for test on a second computer different from the first computer; hashing a test environment related to the source file and the second computer; and in response to determining that a version of the test executable provided to the second computer matches a version of the test executable provided to the secure database: executing the test executable on the second computer; hashing test results from testing the source file on the second computer; and adding the test executable as hashed and the test results as hashed to the secure database to actions already stored in the secure database.

Claims17

Dependent claims

A method comprising:

creating a secure database for actions taken regarding a source file that is stored on a first computer;
receiving, at the secure database from the first computer, a test executable created from at least the source file after the source file is finalized on the first computer for test on a second computer different from the first computer;
storing, in the secure database, a first hash based on a test environment related to the source file and the second computer;
in response to determining that a version of the test executable provided to the second computer matches a version of the test executable provided to the secure database:
receiving, from the second computer, a second hash of test results from testing the test executable on the second computer;
and
storing the second hash in the secure database;
and
in response to receiving a test request for the test executable on the second computer:
finalizing the source file on the second computer as a second test executable;
creating a third hash of the second test executable;
adding the third hash to the secure database;
providing the second test executable for testing to the second computer;
and
in response to determining that the second test executable provided to the second computer does not match a version of the second test executable provided to the secure database, generating an alert that the source file has been tampered with.

12 more elements

A system, comprising:

a processor;
and
a memory storage device, including instructions that when executed by the processor perform an operation including:
creating a secure database for actions taken regarding a source file that is stored on a first computer, wherein the secure database is implemented as a blockchain for the source file and wherein the blockchain is updated in response to designated actions taken on the first computer and on a second computer with respect to the source file;
receiving, at the secure database from the first computer, a test executable created from at least the source file after the source file is finalized on the first computer for test on the second computer different from the first computer;
storing, in the secure database, a first hash based on a test environment related to the source file and the second computer;
and
in response to determining that a version of the test executable provided to the second computer matches a version of the test executable provided to the secure database:
receiving, from the second computer, a second hash of test results from testing the test executable on the second computer;
and
storing the second hash in the secure database.

8 more elements

A computer program product for verifiable testcase workflow, the computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instruction executable by a computer processor to cause the computer processor to:

create a secure database for actions taken regarding a source file that is stored on a first computer, wherein the secure database is implemented as a blockchain for the source file and wherein the blockchain is updated in response to designated actions taken on the first computer and on a second computer with respect to the source file;
in response to the first computer finalizing the source file for test as a test executable on the second computer different from the first computer:
store, in the secure database, a first hash of a test environment related to the source file and the second computer;
and
in response to receiving a second hash of test results from the second computer from executing the test executable on the second computer and in response to determining that a version of the test executable provided to the second computer matches a version of the test executable provided to the secure database:
store the second hash to the secure database.

3 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/733,796Filed 3 Jan 2020
Published: US 2021/0209012 A18 Jul 2021
Granted: 5 Jul 2022
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification13 codes

G06F 11/3688
Test management: for test execution, e.g. scheduling of test suites
G06F 11/3684
Test management: for test design, e.g. generating new test cases
G06F 11/3696
Testing of software: methods or tools to render software testable
G06F 21/57
Monitoring users, programs or devices to maintain the integrity of platforms, e.g. of processors, firmware or operating systems: certifying or…