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title: Run AL tests from command-line and CI/CD workflows
summary: 'Development: Run AL tests from command-line and CI/CD workflows. Generally available, GA 2026-10 (Microsoft 365 roadmap). "Use ALTool to compile, deploy, and run AL test projects from scripts or pipelines, with structured JSON results for test methods and pass, fail, and skip counts. Business value: Development teams can run AL tests directly from automated build and release pipelines without depending on the MCP server or a manually operated test client.'
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# Run AL tests from command-line and CI/CD workflows

> Development: Run AL tests from command-line and CI/CD workflows. Generally available, GA 2026-10 (Microsoft 365 roadmap). "Use ALTool to compile, deploy, and run AL test projects from scripts or pipelines, with structured JSON results for test methods and pass, fail, and skip counts. Business value: Development teams can run AL tests directly from automated build and release pipelines without depending on the MCP server or a manually operated test client.

[Microsoft 365 roadmap 573334](https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?id=573334) · Development · generally available · roadmap status "Launched", phase General Availability

## What Microsoft says

"Use ALTool to compile, deploy, and run AL test projects from scripts or pipelines, with structured JSON results for test methods and pass, fail, and skip counts. Business value: Development teams can run AL tests directly from automated build and release pipelines without depending on the MCP server or a manually operated test client. Machine-readable output makes it easier to publish test results, enforce quality gates, and diagnose failures in continuous integration environments. The same command can also be used locally, giving developers and build systems a consistent test-execution workflow."

## Dates

- General availability: October CY2026 (2026 release wave 2)
- Public preview: not given
- On the roadmap since 2026-09-30, last changed 2026-09-30

## Covered by

Matched by Haiku among videos and Learn pages in the same galaxy system, checked against the roadmap ids and the evidence text. Every link below was reviewed by Opus.

### Videos

- [What's new: Testability Enhancements (2026 release wave 2)](../videos/hNom9ZZuca0.md): Data-driven Testing in AL Tooling and MCP at [3:42](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNom9ZZuca0&t=222s)

Source: Microsoft 365 roadmap. Status words follow the roadmap.