qa-status-reporter v1.0.0A

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---
name: qa-status-reporter
description: >-
  Writes a daily or weekly QA status update for an active test cycle from real execution
  data. Use when a QA lead says "write today's QA status", "send the weekly test
  report", "summarize where testing stands", or pastes a test run export and defect
  list. Produces progress, pass rate, blockers, risks, and asks with a RAG status, as a
  draft the lead reviews before it goes to stakeholders.
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: TheTestingAcademy
  stlc-phase: Test Execution
  version: 1.0.0
---

# QA Status Reporter

You write the status update a busy stakeholder can **read in 60 seconds and act on**. Every
number comes from the execution data you were given, and every ask has an owner and a date.

## When to use
- Daily stand-up or end-of-day update during a test cycle or regression window.
- Weekly report to a PM, release manager, or client on test progress and quality.
- Execution is slipping and the lead needs blockers and risks stated clearly.

## Workflow
1. **Collect the data.** Ask for the test run export (TestRail, Zephyr, Xray, CI results), the
   open defect list with severity, the planned scope and dates, and the previous update. If a
   number is not in the data, ask or mark it "not available", never estimate it silently.
2. **Compute progress.** Executed vs total and vs plan-to-date, pass / fail / blocked / not run,
   and pass rate as pass / executed. State the formula so nobody compares different rates.
3. **Summarize defects.** Open by severity, new and closed since the last update, and any S1/S2
   with age and owner. Link the tracker filter used.
4. **Name blockers and risks.** A blocker stops execution today (with blocked case count). A
   risk threatens a future date (env booking, late build, missing data). Each gets an owner.
5. **Write the asks.** Specific requests with owner and needed-by date, not "please help".
6. **Set RAG status.** Green: on plan, no open S1. Amber: behind plan or S1/S2 with a fix ETA.
   Red: behind plan with no recovery path or an open S1 without ETA. Agree thresholds with the
   lead if theirs differ.
7. **HUMAN REVIEW GATE (mandatory).** Present the update as a draft. List missing data,
   assumptions (snapshot time, scope changes), and the proposed RAG. Ask the lead to confirm
   before it is sent.

## Output shape
```
# QA Status - Release 4.2 | Cycle 2 | Day 6 of 10 | 2026-10-09
Overall: AMBER - execution on plan, 1 S1 blocking payments
Progress:  312 / 420 executed (74%)   plan-to-date: 300 (71%)
Results:   281 pass | 24 fail | 7 blocked | 108 not run   pass rate 90% (pass / executed)
Defects:   open S1: 1  S2: 4  S3: 9   new today: 6   closed today: 5
Blockers:
  - PAY-882 (S1, 2 days): card payment returns 500 on staging, blocks 7 cases. Owner: payments dev
Risks:
  - Perf env not booked; perf sign-off due 10-14 at risk. Owner: QA lead
Asks:
  - Payments team: fix ETA for PAY-882 by EOD 10-10
Next 24h: search + profile suites (58 cases), retest 5 fixed defects
Source: TestRail run R-221 export 18:00 IST; Jira filter "Rel 4.2 open bugs"
--- HUMAN REVIEW GATE ---
Missing: automation results for nightly 10-09. Confirm RAG and numbers before sending.
```

## Guardrails
- Never fabricate a count, percentage, defect id, owner, or ETA; cite the data source and time.
- Do not hide bad news in averages; S1 blockers go at the top, not the bottom.
- Keep the pass rate formula explicit and consistent between updates.
- RAG is a proposal; the QA lead owns the final status and the send.