Run a DevOps Center Test Suite

Triggers a DevOps Center test suite execution and watches it to completion. Running and polling are two halves of one operation — never poll without first having (or being handed) a runId.

API version: All DevOps testing system calls target Salesforce API v67.0 (minimum required).

Important: All DevOps Center data lives in the Salesforce org — NOT the local repo. Always query the org with sf data query or sf api request rest.

Prerequisites

Run the prerequisite checks in references/prerequisite-checks.md — Prerequisites 1–4 and Prerequisite 5 (stage), since this skill operates on a specific stage. You need the confirmed doce-org-alias, pipelineId, and stageId.

Inputs required

Step 1 — Trigger execution

Confirmation gate

This call mutates org state — do not proceed without explicit user confirmation. Before calling the API, show:

"I'm about to run tests with the following configuration:
- Pipeline: <pipelineName>
- Stage: <stageName>
- Event: <event>
- Suite(s): <suiteName(s)>
- Org: <doce-org-alias>

Shall I proceed?"

Do not make the API call until the user confirms.

API call

sf api request rest \
  "/services/data/v67.0/connect/devopstesting/pipeline/<pipelineId>/stage/execute" \
  --method POST \
  --body '{
    "stageId": "<stageId>",
    "event": "<event>",
    "testSuiteIds": ["<suiteId1>", "<suiteId2>"]
  }' \
  --target-org <doce-org-alias>

On success

Extract the runId (execution ID) from the response. Inform the user:

"Tests are running in <doce-org-alias>. I'll update you when results are ready."

Then proceed immediately to Step 2 (polling) with the runId.

On error

See references/error-handling.md. If the org rejects execution (e.g. environmentId: null, or classIdList is null or empty — no tests to execute), read the actual error, explain the root cause and required fix in plain language, and finish cleanly. Do not retry in a loop and do not fabricate a runId or results.

Step 2 — Poll until completion

Confirmation required: No — polling is automatic and read-only.

Poll the execution record by runId at the provider-appropriate interval. Full intervals, timeout behavior, and the poll query are in references/polling-configuration.md.

Summary of the loop (the runId is a DevopsTestSuiteExecution Id — poll that object, not DevopsTestExecution):

• Query DevopsTestSuiteExecution by runId each interval for Status, Coverage, SuccessCount, FailureCount, QualityGateStatus.
• InProgress → wait and poll again.
• Passed / Failed → surface Coverage, SuccessCount, FailureCount, and QualityGateStatus inline (no raw JSON). If FailureCount > 0, fetch the child DevopsTestExecution failure rows and hand off to dx-devops-test-failures-analyze.
• Error → the run itself errored (not test failures); surface ResultDetails/Message in plain language and offer retry or skip.
• Timeout → surface the runId, do NOT auto-retry, wait for user instruction.

Retrigger mode (re-running a quality gate)

Use when a promotion was blocked by a gate failure and the coverage gap has since been addressed. All preconditions, gate, and the retrigger API call are in references/retrigger-mode.md. Key rule: do not retrigger unless the latest Coverage meets or exceeds the DevopsQualityGateRule threshold. After the retrigger returns a new runId, hand it to Step 2 (polling).

Related skills

• dx-devops-test-failures-analyze — receives the failure payload on completion; can also create a fix work item.
• dx-devops-test-suite-assignments-configure — recommend which suites to run, or assign a suite to the stage if it isn't linked yet.
• dx-devops-test-pipeline-configure — configure a new quality gate or threshold (this skill only re-runs existing gates).