hmrc/income-tax-submission-journey-tests
Oct 2024 – May 2025
8 Months active
Languages Used
GherkinScalaJava
Technical Skills
Dependency ManagementScalaTest AutomationUI TestingBDDBehavior Driven Development
baha.aboukoura
PROFILE
Baha.aboukoura
Baha Aboukoura developed and maintained automated end-to-end test suites for the hmrc/income-tax-submission-journey-tests repository, focusing on improving reliability, coverage, and maintainability. Using Scala, Java, and Cucumber with Behavior Driven Development, Baha refactored test flows, enhanced UI locator robustness, and implemented new scenarios for complex user journeys such as agent authorization and property income reporting. He addressed flaky tests and data inconsistencies, ensuring stable CI feedback and safer production releases. His work included targeted bug fixes, test data corrections, and codebase cleanups, demonstrating a thorough approach to test automation engineering and supporting ongoing quality in the submission journey.
Overall Statistics
Feature vs Bugs
47%Features
Repository Contributions
20Total
Bugs
8
Commits
20
Features
7
Lines of code
1,261
Activity Months8
Your Network
34 peopleSame Organization
@digital.hmrc.gov.uk33
Shared Repositories
1
Work History
May 2025
1 Commits
May 1, 2025Monthly work summary for 2025-05 focused on the hmrc/income-tax-submission-journey-tests repository. Delivered improvements to the tailoring feature test suite for property income reporting and fixed associated test logic to ensure accuracy and reliability.
1 Commits
May 1, 2025Monthly work summary for 2025-05 focused on the hmrc/income-tax-submission-journey-tests repository. Delivered improvements to the tailoring feature test suite for property income reporting and fixed associated test logic to ensure accuracy and reliability.
May 2025
April 2025
1 Commits
Apr 1, 2025April 2025 focused on test-data quality for NINO validation in the hmrc/income-tax-submission-journey-tests repository. Delivered a targeted test data correction to ensure the National Insurance Number is properly formatted, so the validation logic exercises realistic data without impacting production code. The change is confined to tests, preserving test suite integrity and CI stability.
April 2025
1 Commits
Apr 1, 2025April 2025 focused on test-data quality for NINO validation in the hmrc/income-tax-submission-journey-tests repository. Delivered a targeted test data correction to ensure the National Insurance Number is properly formatted, so the validation logic exercises realistic data without impacting production code. The change is confined to tests, preserving test suite integrity and CI stability.
March 2025
1 Commits • 1 Features
Mar 1, 2025March 2025 performance highlights focused on test automation for the income-tax submission journey, specifically Structures Buildings Allowance flow, within hmrc/income-tax-submission-journey-tests. The updates refactor test locators and steps to reduce duplication, ensure correct interaction with Qualifying Day/Month/Year fields, and stabilize end-to-end validations. This work improves test reliability, maintainability, and onboarding for new contributors.
1 Commits • 1 Features
Mar 1, 2025March 2025 performance highlights focused on test automation for the income-tax submission journey, specifically Structures Buildings Allowance flow, within hmrc/income-tax-submission-journey-tests. The updates refactor test locators and steps to reduce duplication, ensure correct interaction with Qualifying Day/Month/Year fields, and stabilize end-to-end validations. This work improves test reliability, maintainability, and onboarding for new contributors.
March 2025
February 2025
2 Commits
Feb 1, 2025February 2025 monthly summary focusing on business value and technical delivery in the income-tax-submission-journey-tests repo. Deliveries centered on improving test reliability and security coverage in the end-to-end submission journey. Implemented two critical fixes: robust UI test locators for the State Benefits page and a new test scenario for unauthorized agent access. These improvements reduce flaky test failures, increase CI stability, and strengthen security checks, enabling faster feedback and safer release cycles.
February 2025
2 Commits
Feb 1, 2025February 2025 monthly summary focusing on business value and technical delivery in the income-tax-submission-journey-tests repo. Deliveries centered on improving test reliability and security coverage in the end-to-end submission journey. Implemented two critical fixes: robust UI test locators for the State Benefits page and a new test scenario for unauthorized agent access. These improvements reduce flaky test failures, increase CI stability, and strengthen security checks, enabling faster feedback and safer release cycles.
January 2025
2 Commits • 1 Features
Jan 1, 2025January 2025 focused on improving reliability and coverage of the income tax submission journey tests. Delivered targeted test coverage for policy removal flows and fixed UI text inconsistencies that impacted redirect behavior, resulting in more stable test outcomes and faster feedback in CI for the HMRC submission journey tests repo.
2 Commits • 1 Features
Jan 1, 2025January 2025 focused on improving reliability and coverage of the income tax submission journey tests. Delivered targeted test coverage for policy removal flows and fixed UI text inconsistencies that impacted redirect behavior, resulting in more stable test outcomes and faster feedback in CI for the HMRC submission journey tests repo.
January 2025
December 2024
4 Commits • 1 Features
Dec 1, 2024December 2024: Consolidated test automation work for the income-tax-submission-journey-tests repo, focusing on reliability, coverage, and end-to-end validation for critical user journeys.
December 2024
4 Commits • 1 Features
Dec 1, 2024December 2024: Consolidated test automation work for the income-tax-submission-journey-tests repo, focusing on reliability, coverage, and end-to-end validation for critical user journeys.
November 2024
7 Commits • 3 Features
Nov 1, 2024Month: 2024-11. In the hmrc/income-tax-submission-journey-tests repo, delivered end-to-end flow enhancements and test coverage improvements focused on the section-completion user journeys, PAYE completion flow, and secondary agent authorization through the Gains gateway. Implemented standardized completion confirmations across multiple tax sections, added and corrected test scenarios for PAYE within tailor-your-return_II, and expanded Gains gateway coverage. Strengthened test data handling (NINO alignment) and fixed feature files to stabilize CI validation, reducing risk for production releases.
7 Commits • 3 Features
Nov 1, 2024Month: 2024-11. In the hmrc/income-tax-submission-journey-tests repo, delivered end-to-end flow enhancements and test coverage improvements focused on the section-completion user journeys, PAYE completion flow, and secondary agent authorization through the Gains gateway. Implemented standardized completion confirmations across multiple tax sections, added and corrected test scenarios for PAYE within tailor-your-return_II, and expanded Gains gateway coverage. Strengthened test data handling (NINO alignment) and fixed feature files to stabilize CI validation, reducing risk for production releases.
November 2024
October 2024
2 Commits • 1 Features
Oct 1, 2024October 2024 monthly summary focused on test automation and maintenance for the hmrc/income-tax-submission-journey-tests repository. The deliverables enhanced UI test reliability, reduced flaky tests, and cleaned the test framework to improve maintainability and faster CI feedback.
October 2024
2 Commits • 1 Features
Oct 1, 2024October 2024 monthly summary focused on test automation and maintenance for the hmrc/income-tax-submission-journey-tests repository. The deliverables enhanced UI test reliability, reduced flaky tests, and cleaned the test framework to improve maintainability and faster CI feedback.
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Quality Metrics
Correctness95.0%
Maintainability95.0%
Architecture92.0%
Performance92.0%
AI Usage20.0%
Skills & Technologies
Programming Languages
GherkinJavaScala
Technical Skills
BDDBehavior Driven DevelopmentBehavior Driven Development (BDD)Behavior-Driven DevelopmentCucumberDependency ManagementEnd-to-End TestingPage Object ModelScalaSeleniumTest AutomationUI Testing
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