Cloud-based test execution

A method comprising:

• receiving, via one or more computing devices, a capacity request and test requirements for executing testing on a test target;
• appropriating, via at least one computing device of the one or more computing devices, a plurality of workers in a cloud computing service for use in executing the testing based, at least in part, on the capacity request, wherein the appropriating comprises at least one of:
• appropriating idle workers already allocated in the plurality of workers;
• or
• requesting one or more additional workers from the cloud computing service join the plurality of workers;
• configuring, via at least one computing device of the one or more computing devices, the plurality of workers for executing the testing based, at least in part, on the test requirements;
• and
• providing, via at least one computing device of the one or more computing devices, at least one test execution chunk to individual workers of the plurality of workers for executing the testing on the test target.

One or more computing devices comprising:

• one or more processors;
• one or more computer-readable media;
• a plurality of dispatchers maintained on the computer-readable media and executed on the one or more processors, individual dispatchers configured to administer testing in a supported testing framework of a particular type from among a plurality of types of supported testing frameworks;
• and
• an intake component maintained on the computer-readable media and executed on the one or more processors to receive a test execution request and map the test execution request to a particular supported testing framework, the intake component further executed to pass the test execution request to a selected dispatcher corresponding to the particular supported testing framework,
• wherein the selected dispatcher is executed on the one or more processors to determine a computing capacity for performing the testing and sending a request for scheduling the computing capacity.