Code change request management and human gate free deployment based on data collected from a development system

A computer program product, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to:

• collect, by the computer, data existing in a development system that relates to a code change request to merge new code with existing code in response to receiving the code change request, wherein the collecting includes collecting a plurality of developer information factors characterizing a developer on the new code, a plurality of developer availability factors characterizing an availability of the developer, and a plurality of environment health analysis factors characterizing a health of a production environment of the existing code, wherein the factors include labeled data;
• compute, by the computer, factors from the collected data for assessing a risk of promoting the new code, wherein the computing includes labeling at least:
• a subset of the plurality of developer information factors characterizing the developer of the new code, a subset of the plurality of developer availability factors characterizing the availability of the developer, and a subset of the plurality of environment health analysis factors characterizing the health of the production environment of the existing code, as having an impact on a confidence score for promoting the new code, wherein the remaining plurality of developer information factors, the remaining developer availability factors and the remaining environment health analysis factors are labeled as having no impact on the confidence score;
• subsequent to the compute, filter out a subset of the labeled factors that have a level indicating an item has no impact on the confidence score;
• for the labeled factors that have an impact on the confidence score, process, by the computer, the factors to compute the confidence score for the code change request;
• promote, by the computer, the new code corresponding to the code change request for merging with the existing code in response to the confidence score being in a first predefined range, wherein the promote includes:
• select a timing for the automatic promotion of the new code based at least in part on labeled factors;
• and
• automatically promote the new code corresponding to the code change request for merging with the existing code during the selected timing.

A system, comprising:

• a hardware processor;
• and logic integrated with the processor, executable by the processor, or integrated with and executable by the processor, the logic being configured to:
• collect data existing in a development system that relates to a code change request to merge new code with existing code in response to receiving the code change request, wherein the collecting includes collecting a plurality of developer information factors characterizing a developer on the new code, a plurality of developer availability factors characterizing an availability of the developer, and a plurality of environment health analysis factors characterizing a health of a production environment of the existing code, wherein the factors include labeled data;
• compute factors from the collected data for assessing a risk of promoting the new code, wherein the computing includes labeling at least:
• a subset of the plurality of developer information factors characterizing the developer of the new code, a subset of the plurality of developer availability factors characterizing the availability of the developer, and a subset of the plurality of environment health analysis factors characterizing the health of the production environment of the existing code, as having an impact on a confidence score for promoting the new code, wherein the remaining plurality of developer information factors, the remaining developer availability factors and the remaining environment health analysis factors are labeled as having no impact on the confidence score;
• subsequent to the compute, filter out a subset of the labeled factors that have a level indicating an item has no impact on the confidence score;
• for the labeled factors that have an impact on the confidence score, process the factors to compute the confidence score for the code change request;
• promote the new code corresponding to the code change request for merging with the existing code in response to the confidence score being in a first predefined range, wherein the promote includes:
• select a timing for the automatic promotion of the new code based at least in part on labeled factors;
• and
• automatically promote the new code corresponding to the code change request for merging with the existing code during the selected timing.