# Automatic Quality Assurance and Release (Report from Dagstuhl Seminar 18122)

## TL;DR

This report summarizes the outcomes of Dagstuhl Seminar 18122, focusing on bridging research and industry practices in DevOps for automatic quality assurance and identifying key challenges in the field.

## Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of current DevOps tools, practices, and challenges in automatic quality assurance from both academic and industrial perspectives.

## Key findings

- Established a common understanding of DevOps tools and practices.
- Identified major academic and educational challenges in the field.
- Highlighted the need for further research and education in DevOps for quality assurance.

## Abstract

This report documents the program and the outcomes of Dagstuhl Seminar 18122 "Automatic Quality Assurance and Release". The main goal of this seminar was to bridge the knowledge divide on how researchers and industry professionals reason about and implement DevOps for automatic quality assurance. Through the seminar, we have built up a common understanding of DevOps tools and practices, but we have also identified major academic and educational challenges for this field of research.