Predicting software build errors

A system for predicting a software build error, comprising:

• a display device to display a plurality of probabilities;
• a processor to execute processor executable code;
• a storage device that stores processor executable code, wherein the processor executable code, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to:
• detect a plurality of changes in software;
• identify a plurality of change lists, wherein a change list is identified for each of the plurality of changes in the software;
• identify a characteristic for each change list in the plurality of change lists the characteristic comprising a complexity metric based in part on a number of nested loops surrounding a changed line of software code;
• identify a regression;
• use the regression to calculate the plurality of probabilities based on the characteristic of each of the plurality of change lists, the plurality of change lists corresponding to the changes to the software since a previous software build, wherein each of the probabilities indicates the likelihood of one of the plurality of change lists creating the software build error, the software build error preventing the software from being compiled into an executable file or preventing the software from being translated into machine executable code, and wherein the plurality of probabilities are calculated based on a plurality of coefficients, each coefficient corresponding to each characteristic of each of the plurality of change lists, the coefficients determined from historical data;
• calculate a combined probability of the software build error by aggregating the plurality of probabilities, the combined probability corresponding to an aggregate maximum probability, an aggregate minimum probability, an aggregate average probability, or an aggregate median probability;
• report the combined probability of the software build error;
• recommend an action to reduce the combined probability of the software build error;
• and
• remove the change that resulted in the software build error from the software.