Impact quotient determination for pruning test automates

A computing system comprising:

• at least one hardware processor;
• at least one memory coupled to the at least one hardware processor;
• a plurality of stored test automates;
• and
• one or more non-transitory computer-readable media having stored therein computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the computing system, cause the computing system to perform:
• receiving a request to evaluate a first test automate and a second test automate of the plurality of stored test automates;
• responsive to the request:
• assigning a first impact quotient to the first test automate based on a first plurality of factors;
• and
• assigning a second impact quotient to the second test automate based on a second plurality of factors;
• comparing each of the first impact quotient and the second impact quotient to an impact quotient threshold;
• responsive to a determination that the first impact quotient is below the impact quotient threshold, changing a status of the first test automate to disabled;
• and
• responsive to a determination that the second impact quotient is above the impact quotient threshold, maintaining an enabled status of the second test automate.

One or more non-transitory computer-readable media comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a computing system, cause the computing system to perform operations comprising:

• for each test automate among a plurality of test automates:
• performing a software analysis of the test automate;
• performing an analysis of historical data of the test automate;
• determining an impact quotient of the test automate based on the software analysis of the test automate, the analysis of the historical data of the test automate, and a plurality of static rules, wherein each rule of the plurality of static rules specifies a condition which, if met for the test automate, either increases or decreases the impact quotient of the test automate;
• comparing the impact quotient of the test automate to an impact quotient threshold;
• and
• responsive to the impact quotient being below the impact quotient threshold, modifying a status of the test automate from enabled to disabled;
• and
• during a subsequent automatic testing process, executing a first subset of the plurality of test automates with an enabled status and excluding from execution a second subset of the plurality of test automates with a disabled status.