Test cases in Qase can be marked muted. This functionality is especially useful for handling flaky tests or those test cases that are currently less critical. When a test is marked as "muted", its results will not affect the overall status of test runs.
This means your test runs can still pass even if a muted test fails, preventing unnecessary delays in your release process.
How to mark a test case "muted":
👉 Ability to mute or unmute test cases is regulated by a user permission "Mute/Unmute" in the "Test cases" category of a user role.
Among the system roles, it is enabled for Owner and Administrator roles.
For custom user roles, it can be granted through editing a custom role.
In the repository, open a test case in the preview sidebar, switch to the "Properties" tab and check the box for "Muted case":
Open a test case in edition mode, and check the box for "Muted case":
Select multiple cases in the repository and bulk edit them, checking the "Muted" box:
In a test run, select a test case and click the "Mute" button above the result statuses:
Recognising Muted test cases:
In the repository:
In the Test runs:
If a test case has been "muted" from a test run, it will also appear "muted" in the repository.
Any previously muted test case can be "unmuted" at any time by unchecking the "Muted case" box when editing a test case - or by clicking an "Unmute" button when viewing the test case in a test run:
What does Muting a test do?
If a test run includes a muted test case, then a Failed, Invalid, Blocked result (or a custom result of a "Failure" type) submitted for such a case will not affect the completion status of the test run, i.e. having failed a muted test case will not result in the test run getting marked failed:
❗ If a test run already has a completion status (Passed/Failed), even after extra test cases were added into it or cases were muted - after the run was completed - the completion status of the run will not be recalculated;
When parametrized test cases are included in a run, marking one of the parametrized siblings "muted" will also mute all the other parametrized versions of such a test case.