Quality Gates in CI/CD
Integrate quality gates into your CI/CD pipeline so builds proceed only when criteria are met.
Quality Gates in CI/CD
We integrate quality gates into your CI/CD pipeline so that builds only proceed when defined criteria are met. Gates protect quality without relying on manual checks, and they make it clear what “good” looks like for every merge or release.
What We Cover
- Gates — Test pass rates, coverage thresholds, lint and security checks, and performance budgets. We help you choose which gates to enforce and at which stage (e.g. PR vs main).
- Tuning — Balancing protection vs. speed so gates protect quality without blocking delivery unnecessarily. We avoid gates that are too loose (everything passes) or too strict (everything fails or is bypassed).
- Documentation — How to fix or adjust gates when the pipeline fails, so the team can act without bottlenecks. We document thresholds, how to run checks locally, and when it is acceptable to temporarily relax or skip a gate.
- Alignment — Gates that match your Test Strategy and E2E/Integration approach, and that fit into your Cloud Native pipelines.
Types of Gates
| Type | Examples |
|---|---|
| Tests | All unit/integration/E2E tests pass; no known flaky failures |
| Coverage | Minimum coverage on new or changed code (e.g. 80% on diff) |
| Lint / format | ESLint, Prettier, or equivalent; no critical or security issues |
| Security | Dependency checks (e.g. npm audit), SAST if applicable |
| Performance | Budgets (e.g. bundle size, response time in a smoke test) |
We help you introduce gates incrementally and tune thresholds based on current baseline and team feedback.
Fail Fast and Clear Feedback
Gates are most useful when they fail fast and give clear feedback. We structure pipelines so that the cheapest and fastest checks run first (e.g. lint, unit tests), and heavier checks (E2E, performance) run after. Failure messages and logs should point the developer to what broke and how to fix it.
When a Gate Fails
When a gate fails, the team needs to know whether to fix the code, fix the test, or adjust the gate. We document the decision process and, where appropriate, use temporary overrides (e.g. skip or relax for one PR) with a clear follow-up so that the gate is restored. This keeps the pipeline trustworthy and avoids “green at any cost” workarounds.
Next step
Quality gates sit in your Cloud Native pipelines and support Implementation & Delivery and Support & Maintenance.