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Date Published
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Lauren Zuniga
Word count
762
Language
English
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Summary

Datadog has introduced Test Suites for Synthetic Monitoring to help modern teams organize, manage, and scale their synthetic tests more effectively. As organizations expand, they often face challenges in managing a growing number of tests, which can become overwhelming and disconnected. Test Suites address this by allowing teams to group related tests based on user journeys, environments, locations, or services, which mirrors the real-world systems hierarchy and transforms a disorganized list of tests into a structured map of application health. This organization not only simplifies test management and maintenance but also enhances cross-team collaboration, accountability, and clarity of ownership by linking tests to specific teams and services. Test Suites provide a unified view of testing results, enabling proactive management and fostering better alignment between engineering, QA, and leadership teams, ultimately turning raw test data into actionable insights and improving response times and system reliability.