testing-contract

Provider-consumer contract testing in CI prevents integration regressions by enforcing an explicit compatibility policy. It identifies contract surfaces and critical consumers, then executes verification runs to block breaking API or event schema changes.

A contract compatibility matrix maps provider-consumer schema compatibility across backward, forward, and strict policies. It generates automatic evidence and documented migration paths to verify API schemas against critical consumers.

Defining backward and forward compatibility policies for API and event schemas involves specifying strict contract surfaces, identifying critical consumers, and executing verification runs that generate evidence for CI gates.

Yes, contract testing generates documented migration paths for critical consumers by executing verification runs against a defined compatibility policy, producing evidence and a compatibility matrix stored as structured artifacts.

Documenting residual risks involves storing policy decisions and verification evidence as structured artifacts within assets and references, ensuring reproducible CI checks and clear tracking of provider-consumer compatibility gaps.

Provider-consumer contract testing operates without external dependencies by using internal references and assets components to store policy decisions, evidence, and compatibility matrices for reproducible CI checks.