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If you notice that the beaker icon isn’t showing up on your Azure Boards sprint or Kanban card, it usually means the work item isn’t linked to test cases the right way. Just copying a user story that has child work items doesn’t automatically create the correct links or test-plan context needed for the beaker to appear.
To get the beaker to show on your new user story, follow these steps:
First, open the new user story. Then, check the links section to verify it’s connected to test cases. Make sure it is linked using the “Tested By” link type—this is the supported method. If it isn’t linked yet, go to the Links tab, and either add existing test cases or create new ones from there. This ensures the user story is properly connected to its test cases.
Another way to do this is from the Boards or Test Plans options. You can add tests directly from the work item using the “Add test” feature on the board. Alternatively, from the Test Plans hub, you can create a requirement-based test suite based on your user story and then add test cases to that suite.
It’s important to know that the test status updates on your board only happen if the test case is linked using the “Tested By” link type and added through these supported options. If your story lost those links during copying or if they were originally linked through other means (like a test suite without the proper link type), the beaker won’t show up. In such cases, you need to manually recreate those links following the steps above.
Keep in mind, simply copying the story and its child work items doesn’t recreate the necessary test links. To see that beaker icon again, ensure all links to test cases are correctly established using the supported methods.
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