On Thursday, 23 April 2026, 03:00 PM UTC, <test-chat> started in #core-test facilitated by @nikunj8866. The agenda can be found here.
1. Attendance
In attendance was:
@nikunj8866 @ozgursar @sajib1223 @khushdoms @juanmaguitar @huzaifaalmesbah @r1k0 @mosescursor @pavanpatil1 @sajjad67 @monzuralam @sumitsingh @mohkatz (async)
2. Volunteer
This week’s Note-taker was @nikunj8866
3. Test Team Discussions
Review the current handbook PRs before publishing
- Add guide for testing Gutenberg tickets with Playground
- @nikunj8866 reviewed PR and identified missing routes entry in handbook-manifest.json, which is required to properly register the new handbook page.
- @khushdoms was requested to add the routes entry, with reference to an existing PR.
- @ozgursar asked whether using ?gutenberg-branch=trunk should be recommended when testing Gutenberg tickets in Playground.
- @r1k0 raised a concern about including a custom report example instead of using the standard Test Reports plugin format, potential confusion for new contributors.
- Add weekly testing digest workflow for #core-test
- This PR is currently in draft mode and is being worked on by @juanmaguitar
- Slack webhook needs to be enabled via the #meta team.
- @juanmaguitar mentioned further testing and clarification is needed before moving forward.
Proposed new handbook pages
- Proposal: Update Test Team Meeting Schedule for Better Participation
- This proposal was discussed in the previous meeting.
- No major objections were raised during this chat.
- If consensus continues, changes may be applied starting next month.
4. Open Floor
@juanmaguitar opened a new PR to tackle an existing issue #114.
5. Announcements
WordPress Ecosystem Announcements
- WordPress 7.0 Release Party Updated Schedule
- Roster of design tools per block (WordPress 7.0 edition)
- What’s new in Gutenberg 23.0? (22 April)
Test Team Announcements
Call for Testing
- Call for Testing: Community AI Connector Plugins
- It’s time to test real-time collaboration!
- Call for Testing – Pattern editing and content-only interactivity in WordPress 7.0
- Help Test WordPress 7.0
- We have Patch Testing issues for the WordPress 7.0 milestone that need testing.
- We also have a couple of Gutenberg Issues that need testing.
6. Other Meetings
- Tuesday, 28 April 2026, 03:00 PM UTC – <
patch-testing-scrub> in #core-test. - Thursday, 30 April 2026, 03:00 PM UTC – <
test-team-chat> in #core-test.
Props to @mosescursor for peer reviewing this.