Payroll Smoke and Scenario Testing
Summary
This page records confirmed payroll smoke and scenario testing behavior and marks incomplete boundaries explicitly.
Audience
Payroll users, developers, QA and support engineers, architects, and implementation reviewers.
Confirmed assets
Payroll smoke, cutover smoke, parity, go/no-go, and broader scenario validation assets exist.
Safe coverage
Run only in approved isolated environments with synthetic data. Cover service health, native calculation/lifecycle/output behavior, compatibility parity, projection readiness, tenant separation, error handling, and cutover/rollback evidence.
| Scenario | Minimum evidence |
|---|---|
| Startup/health | Host responds and startup failures are absent; dependency readiness is assessed separately |
| Native lifecycle | Calculated, Frozen, and native Unfrozen transitions plus audit/outbox intent |
| Compatibility lifecycle | Save/freeze/unfreeze behavior and expected Draft return after compatibility unfreeze |
| Inputs | Eligible workforce, required Attendance, and independent Leave/Expense behavior |
| Outputs | Structured payslip, PDF response, CSV, and frozen-only bank export without real data |
| Isolation | A test tenant cannot observe another test tenant's Payroll state |
| Negative behavior | Invalid period, missing inputs, invalid lifecycle, and duplicate/retry protection |
| Cutover | Parity result, go/no-go evidence, controlled route shift, smoke result, and rollback decision |
Acceptance
Treat partial, skipped, or compatibility-only results explicitly. Do not infer production readiness from one smoke pass.
Requires confirmation
Execution ownership, test environment, data reset, evidence retention, pass thresholds, and release gate integration.
Source References
microservices/scripts/smoke-payroll.ps1scripts/validate-payroll-scenarios.ps1microservices/docs/payroll-cutover-runbook.mdmicroservices/scripts/compare-payroll-parity.ps1microservices/scripts/payroll-cutover-go-no-go.ps1microservices/scripts/smoke-payroll-cutover.ps1
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See Also
Keywords
- Payroll operations
- Payroll Smoke and Scenario Testing
Revision Information
- Status: Draft
- Last reviewed: 2026-07-15
- Review cycle: Quarterly