Dynamic communication architecture for testing computer security application features

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions for facilitating testing of a feature of a computer security application, the instructions when executed by a processor causing the processor to perform steps including:

• obtaining, at a server, a script comprising a set of control statements in a hierarchy, the hierarchy having a first path including a first subset of control statements and a second path including a second subset of control statement, wherein which path a client device traverses depends on evaluation of one or more conditions;
• receiving, from a plurality of clients, respective queries for the control statements;
• providing at least some of the control statements to the plurality of clients in response to the queries, wherein a first client of the plurality of clients follows the first path of the plurality of paths and a second client of the plurality of clients follows the second path of the plurality of paths;
• receiving telemetry data from the first and the second clients, wherein the first and the second clients send telemetry data to the server as specified respectively by the first and second subsets of control statements, the telemetry data indicative of an effect of enabling the feature on client applications associated with the first and the second clients, respectively;
• evaluating the telemetry data to determine a test outcome;
• and
• executing an action based on the test outcome.

A computer system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions for facilitating testing of a feature of a computer security application, the instructions when executed by the processor causing the processor to perform steps including:
• obtaining, at a server, a script comprising a set of control statements in a hierarchy, the hierarchy having a first path including a first subset of control statements and a second path including a second subset of control statement, wherein which path a client device traverses depends on evaluation of one or more conditions;
• receiving, from a plurality of clients, respective queries for the control statements;
• providing at least some of the control statements to the plurality of clients in response to the queries, wherein a first client of the plurality of clients follows the first path of the plurality of paths and a second client of the plurality of clients follows the second path of the plurality of paths;
• receiving telemetry data from the first and the second clients, wherein the first and the second clients send telemetry data to the server as specified respectively by the first and second subsets of control statements, the telemetry data indicative of an effect of enabling the feature on client applications associated with the first and the second clients, respectively;
• evaluating the telemetry data to determine a test outcome;
• and
• executing an action based on the test outcome.