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Last updated Jul 2, 2025

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Finding obsolete tests based on requirements

You can identify obsolete test cases linked to requirements using Autopilot^TM for Testers. Autopilot identifies obsolete test cases by analyzing their relevance to updated requirements, checking for deprecated functionality, redundant coverage, outdated environments or dependencies, and misaligned or unsupported test steps.

Note: This capability is available only in Test Manager delivered via Test Cloud.

Prerequisites

To find obsolete test case linked to requirements, your Test Manager role must have the following permissions:

Requirement - Edit
Test Case - Edit

Steps

To find obsolete test cases linked to requirements, follow these steps:

Open a project, and navigate to Requirements.
Select More Options for the desired requirement and choose Optimize coverage. Alternatively, open the requirement, and then choose Optimize coverage.
In the Optimize coverage dialog, select Find obsolete tests.
The Provide additional context window opens, focused on Add documents, prompting you for attachments or other documents necessary for identifying the obsolete test cases.
1. In the Add documents section, select the attachments you want to use when searching for obsolete test cases. You can upload other files yourself.
2. Select Next and provide additional instructions that Autopilot^TM should use when finding obsolete test cases. Choose a prompt from the Prompt library or type these instructions in the Provide additional guidance window.
3. Select Find obsolete tests to initiate the process.
  When the find operation finished, you will receive an Obsolete tests discovered or a No obsolete test cases discovered notification. Depending on your notification preferences, you can receive the notification both in-app and via email.
  
  You can then un-assign the resulted obsolete test cases, or add labels to them, depending on your needs.
Figure 1. The Latest results for a requirement, including obsolete tests