QA & Release: one portal for test plans, pipelines & notes

Eliminate ship-blockers and last-minute hunts. Centralize test plans, CI/CD, staging URLs, dashboards, feature flags, release notes, and rollback guides—kept current, searchable, and governed.

TL;DR: Service workspaces → tags for env, service, severity, asset, owner, version, review, status → import canonical links → publish read-only internal portal → enforce SSO/SAML & audit.

Common pain points

Test plans and release notes scattered across docs and tickets.
Staging URLs, flags, and dashboards hard to find under pressure.
Gates/checks vary by team; nobody’s sure what “done” means.
Rollback steps exist—but the right runbook isn’t handy.

How Linkinize helps

Release portal with test plans, gates, notes, and dashboards.
Service/env tags to route people to the right URLs fast.
Flag catalog and rollback runbooks in one governed hub.
SSO/SAML + audit for safe access and change history.

How it works (5 steps)

Create service workspaces for Web, API, Billing, Mobile, etc.
Define tags (see template): env:dev|staging|prod, service:* , severity:sev-1..3, asset:testplan|case|report|ci-pipeline|staging-url|feature-flag|release-notes|runbook|rollback|monitor, owner:qa|release|platform|sre, version:1.2.3, review:pre|post|monthly, status:approved|draft|deprecated|outdated.
Import canonical links (plans/cases, pipelines, env URLs, dashboards, flags, notes, rollback guides). Assign owners.
Publish an internal portal for testers, release managers, and on-call; keep sensitive consoles private.
Enforce SSO/SAML, set gates and review cadence, and audit monthly.

Integrations you’ll likely use

Link to the single source of truth—permissions remain enforced where content lives.

CI/CD: GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, CircleCI
Test Mgmt: TestRail, Xray/Jira, Zephyr, Playwright/Cypress dashboards
Feature Flags: LaunchDarkly, Split, ConfigCat
Monitoring/APM: Datadog, New Relic, Grafana, Sentry
Tickets/Incidents: Jira, ServiceNow, PagerDuty, Opsgenie
Docs: Confluence, Notion, Google Drive/SharePoint

Also see: IT & Security Ops · Engineering Teams · Public Pages

Starter taxonomy (copy & adapt)

Environment & Service

env:dev · env:staging · env:prod
service:web · service:api · service:mobile · service:billing

Severity & Assets

severity:sev-1 · severity:sev-2 · severity:sev-3
asset:testplan · asset:case · asset:report · asset:ci-pipeline · asset:staging-url · asset:feature-flag · asset:release-notes · asset:runbook · asset:rollback · asset:monitor

Governance & Versioning

owner:qa · owner:release · owner:platform · owner:sre
version:1.2.3 · review:pre · review:post · review:monthly
status:approved · status:draft · status:deprecated · status:outdated

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Common questions & objections

“We already document releases in Jira/Confluence.”
Keep them there—Linkinize is the front door that routes everyone to the canonical plans, pipelines, URLs, notes, and monitors with clear owners.

“Will this expose privileged consoles?”
No—publish only non-sensitive references on read-only internal pages; keep consoles/runbooks in private workspaces with SSO.

“Another thing to maintain?”
You save canonical URLs; content lives in CI, test mgmt, docs, and monitoring. Portals auto-update as links change.

“How does this help on-call?”
One link routes to the correct dashboards, flags, and rollback steps—tagged by service and environment for fast triage.

Fewer hotfixes, calmer launches

Teams use Linkinize to align QA, release managers, and on-call—everything current in one place with owners and gates.

• One hub for plans, pipelines, URLs, monitors & notes
• Read-only internal portals (no secrets)
• SSO/SAML, roles, and audit logging
• Works with GitHub/GitLab/Jenkins, TestRail/Xray, LaunchDarkly, Datadog

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Frequently Asked Questions

Do we store files or artifacts in Linkinize?: No—Linkinize stores links and metadata only. Artifacts remain in your CI, registries, and drives with native permissions.
Can we run separate portals for Mobile vs. Web?: Yes—use separate workspaces or tags by service:mobile|web and publish targeted internal pages.
How do we highlight gates and approvers?: Include gate/gov links (QA sign-off, SRE approval, change window) and tag owners + review:pre|post to make accountability clear.