Test Chat Summary: 5th February 2026 – DocsWP

1. Attendance

In attendance was:
@fakhriaz @huzaifaalmesbah @ozgursar @supernovia @mosescursor @sajib1223 @andrewssanya @mohkatz @zuveria @r1k0 @sirlouen

2. Volunteer

This week’s facilitator was @sirlouen
This week’s note-taker was @ozgursar

3. Test Team Discussions

Switching to Monthly Newsletter

The team discussed changes to the monthly newsletter format. The decision was made to remove the “tests to be done” section and replace it with a new “call for testing” section that aggregates requests from other groups. Additionally, the newsletter will include announcements, news, and ideas from team members. @mosescursor will comment on the related GitHub issue with further details.

New Triage Guide

@sirlouen presented the diagram proposed by @juanmaguitar in the “Add Trac Keyword Triage Guide for Test Team Members” initiative. During the discussion:

@ozgursar raised concerns about whether bug reproduction should be included, noting it could be confusing.
@r1k0 commented that the guidance on what to write for expected results is not clear enough.

@sirlouen requested that team members add more comments to the GitHub issue to help refine the new guide.

Announcements for Test Team Promotions

Promotions were announced for the following team members: @ozgursar, @r1k0, @juanmaguitar, and @huzaifaalmesbah.

4. Open Floor

@sirlouen expressed hope that the team can move toward an automated testing protocol in the future. Several ideas were discussed around improving the onboarding experience for new contributors:
@shazzad suggested adding a special keyword to identify easy tickets for new test team members.
- @fakhriaz agreed with the idea.
- @supernovia suggested the name good-first-test for this keyword.
- @sirlouen had some concerns looking at the triage workflow: when a new test ticket appears in chat, a team member should triage and review it, removing the needs-testing keyword if the ticket cannot be tested, but leaving it if it can be tested. Placing the good-first-test keyword on tickets doesn’t seem to find a good place in this workflow. Further refinement is required to confirm that this keyword will truly fit.
- @shazzad will open a ticket in the GitHub test-handbook repository to formalize this idea.
The team also discussed the need for weekly test team updates on current Needs Reproduction and Needs Patch Testing tickets. @mosescursor will handle this responsibility until @nikunj returns.
@mosescursor asked if @r1k0 would be joining the contribution day in Uganda on March 14. @r1k0 will check his schedule and confirm.
@sirlouen reminded the team that any AI tools used during testing should be noted in the footnotes of test reports.
@mosescursor will request huddle permission from the meta team to facilitate future voice chats.

5. Announcements

WordPress Ecosystem Announcements

Test Team Announcements

Test Team Program Recap

Call for Testing

6. Other Meetings

Tuesday, 10 February 2026, 03:00 PM UTC – <patch-testing-scrub> in #core-test.
Thursday, 12 February 2026, 03:00 PM UTC – <test-team-chat> in #core-test.

Props to @supernovia, @huzaifaalmesbah, @ozgursar, and @r1k0 for helping review this article and offering feedback.

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