DevConf.IN 2026

Saumya Vishwakarma

Proactive Open Source Software Quality Engineer at Red Hat with 4+ years of experience, passionate about continuous learning and sharing knowledge through documentation and presentations.


Company or affiliation:

Red Hat

Job title:

Software Quality Engineer


Session

02-14
11:15
15min
FIREWATCH: Automated JIRA Bug Creation Based on CI Job Configuration
Saumya Vishwakarma

Tired of manually creating JIRA bugs after each CI run? Firewatch is here to save the day! This innovative, open-source tool automates bug creation based on pre-defined rules within your CI configuration, saving you time and effort.
Firewatch was designed to allow for users to define which JIRA issues get created depending on a set of predetermined rules within your CI run or reporting a success in a successful run. This automation can be used in a CI using the firewatch configuration and its a list of rules, each rule is defined using the failure_rules and successful_rules with a set of required and optional values.

Key Features:
1. Easy-to-use JSON configuration: Define your rules without complex coding, Users can track issues in their CI runs efficiently.
2. Flexible rule system: Specify criteria for both successful and failed builds, capturing all relevant issues based on labels.
3. Enhanced data insights: Leverage data generated labels to create dynamic JIRA dashboards for clear visualization of key metrics.
4. Open-source collaboration: Contribute to Firewatch's development and benefit from the RedHat QE community's expertise.

In this presentation, you'll learn:
1. Firewatch automation with deep understanding of the configuration.
2. Usage and example of JIRA issues created/reported in the Openshift-CI.
3. How others can leverage and contribute to Firewatch in the CI system.

Open Track
VYAS - 1 - Room#VY104