Patent ID: 8812911

Claim:
A method comprising: sending an update notification from a notification server of a software provider to a plurality of independent software vendors (ISVs) each associated with at least one platform targeting application (PTA) to execute on a software platform of the software provider, the update notification to indicate occurrence of an update to the software platform and to trigger execution of regression testing by the plurality of ISVs of the at least one PTA; receiving a result of the regression testing from at least some of the ISVs; updating, via a test server of the software provider, a first count for each of the ISVs providing a result indication of successful regression testing of the at least one PTA with regard to the update to the software platform and updating a second count for each of the ISVs providing a result indication of unsuccessful regression testing of the at least one PTA with regard to the update to the software platform; and committing the update to the software platform if the first count exceeds a first threshold.