Quick Answer
Automated testing pipeline stages: fast unit tests first (fail early), then integration tests (service + real dependencies), then contract tests (API compatibility), then E2E tests for critical flows (slowest, run last). Parallelize where possible. Cache dependencies. Stop deployment on test failure. Each stage gates the next - don't deploy if tests fail.
Answer
Automate unit, integration, contract, and E2E tests in CI/CD. Run tests on every commit to ensure reliability. Pipelines fail early to prevent bad deployments.
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