Jira integration with Test Management

Learn how to integrate Jira with Test Management to streamline testing workflows, better tracking, and enhance management.

Jira integration with BrowserStack’s Test Management allows you to create a more efficient workflow by directly linking Test Cases, test results, and Test Runs with the relevant Jira issues. This integration helps streamline your testing process and ensures better issue tracking and test case management from within your Jira environment as you would from Test Management.

Integrate Jira with the Test Management

Depending on your Jira instance type choose the appropriate procedure for either:

• Jira On Cloud
• Self Hosted

Prerequisite

BrowserStack Local Binary

To successfully integrate BrowserStack with your Jira self-hosted instance, you need to set up the BrowserStack Local Binary. Follow these steps to ensure everything is correctly configured.

1. Download the latest version of the BrowserStack Local Binary.
2. Before running the binary, ensure the file has execute permissions:
   chmod +x BrowserStackLocal
   
3. To connect BrowserStack with your Jira self-hosted instance, use the following command: ./BrowserStackLocal --local-identifier integrations-repeater --only <jira-host-url-without-https>,<jira-port>,<ssl 0 or 1> --key <browserstackKey>
   

This will ensure that you have the necessary setup to connect their local environment to BrowserStack before proceeding with the integration steps.

Integrate Jira On Cloud

Follow these steps to integrate Jira on cloud with your Test Management.

1. In the left navigation bar of Test Management, click Integrations.

   

2. Click Connect on the Jira tile.

   

3. Select Jira On Cloud from the dropdown menu.

   

4. Choose your authentication method:
   • Click Connect with OAuth to log in using OAuth.
   • Click Continue with PAT to use a Personal Access Token (PAT).
5. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the authentication.

After successful authentication, the Jira tile should indicate a connected status. Your Jira On Cloud instance is now integrated with the Test Management, allowing you to create and track issues directly from the tool.

Integrate Jira Self Hosted

Follow these steps to integrate Jira self hosted with your Test Management.

1. In the left navigation bar of Test Management, click Integrations.

   

2. Click Connect on the Jira tile.

   

3. Select Self Hosted from the dropdown menu.

   

4. Click Continue with Jira.

5. Enter your Atlassian host URL and API token to complete the integration.

   

6. Click Continue.

After successful authentication, the Jira tile should indicate a connected status. Your Jira Self-Hosted instance is now integrated with the Test Management, allowing you to create and track issues directly from the tool.

Link Jira issues in Test Management

First, Integrate Jira with Test Management to connect Jira issues to test cases and test runs from Test Management.

Link Test Cases with Jira issues

You can connect a Jira issues to a test case while creating a test case in the Create Test Case form.

1. Log in to Test Management.
2. Click Create Test Case.
3. Fill Test Case Name and other fields as per the requirement, then click Show More Fields.
4. Select or enter a Jira Issue, you can select or enter multiple Jira Issues in the Jira Issues field.
5. Click Create Case to create the test case connected with the Jira Issue.

Alternately, you can also connect Jira Issue with TEST CASE DETAILS slide over.

1. Select the test case TITLE or ID a slideover opens in the right with TEST CASE DETAILS section.
2. Select the Link to Jira link in the Issues section.
3. Enter the Jira Issue ID and select Link Issue to link the jira issue. You can also select Create New Issue to create a new Jira issue.

Once the Jira issue is connected to a test case you can open the linked Jira issue from the Issues tab in TEST CASE DETAILS slide over.

Link Test Case results with Jira issues

You can link the Jira issues with failed or passed test case results.

1. In the TEST CASE DETAILS slide over, navigate to the Results tab and select Add Result.
2. Select Status, then select or enter the Jira issue ID in the Issues field or click Add / Modify Issue to create or modify the issue in Jira.
3. Click Add Result to add the status of the test case.

The linked Jira issues with test results will appear in the Issues tab of the Test Case Details page.

Link Test Runs with Jira issues

You can link a Jira issue while creating the Test Run. Select or enter a Jira Issue, you can select or enter multiple Jira Issues in the Jira Issues field.