Test Chat Summary: 13 February 2024


On Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at 04:30 PM GMT+5:30, <test-chat> started in #core-test facilitated by @webtechpooja Agenda can be found here.

Attendees: @ankit-k-gupta, @rcreators, @JavierCasares, @mahbubmr500, @anandau14, @huzaifaalmesbah, @vipuljnext, @zunaid321, @devmuhib, @sakibsnaz, @shiponkarmakar, @krupajnanda.

Note-taker and facilitator for the next meeting:

Facilitator – @krupajnanda
Note taker – looking for volunteer

1. Announcements 📣

  • Bug scrub schedule for WordPress 6.5 – This post lists bug scrub sessions dedicated to moving things forward toward the next major WordPress release, 6.5, slated for March 26, 2024. Read the full 6.5 Release Schedule.
  • Important milestones for WordPress 6.5 – The WordPress 6.5 beta 1 was scheduled for release on February 13th, which was yesterday. Be ready for the Beta and get started for testing soon.
  • Core Editor Improvement: Power in the Details – These “Core Editor Improvement…” posts (labeled with the #core-editor-improvement tag) are a series dedicated to highlighting various new features, improvements, and more from Core Editor-related projects. Take a moment to learn more about them—and explore how the power of details in 6.5 can transform your current workflows.
  • Improving block development documentation: 2023 recap and a look ahead – Over the last year, a group of contributors has been working to improve the block development onboarding experience within the Block Editor Handbook. In this post, you can find the highlights of the updates made, pinpoint areas for further refinement, and outline our focus for the next few months and ways you can help.

2. Test Team Updates

  • Week in Test Post: Wondering where you can contribute and learn? The Test Team’s got you covered. Check out this post and pick any issue mentioned in it.
  • Test Team Update: Metrics for overall team progress

3. Focal Group Updates

  • We are working on some easy way to provide a badge to Test team contributors, so we worked on a handbook page where all the details are mentioned. Please Review Test team badge criteria and share your feedback.

4. Open Floor

  • @rcreators discussed that the Gutenberg Plugin nightly build does not work with the Gutenberg regular plugin. Along with that we received the feedback from @JavierCasares  who shared updates on improving the WordPress test results tool, inviting questions on reviewing fails, accessing support for failed tests, and expanding testing capabilities like WP-CLI integration and pre-installed plugins for hosters.

Next Meeting 🗓

The next scheduled meeting is on Tuesday, February 20, 2024 at 04:30 PM GMT+5:30 for <test-triage> in #core-test.

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Thank you, @webtechpooja, for the peer review and for helping me write this post. 

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