dvsa/vol-functional-tests
Nov 2024 – Oct 2025
9 Months active
Languages Used
GherkinJava
Technical Skills
Behavior Driven DevelopmentBehavior Driven Development (BDD)Functional TestingJavaSeleniumTest Automation
Neil Culshaw
PROFILE
Neil Culshaw
Neil Culshaw enhanced the dvsa/vol-functional-tests repository by building and stabilizing automated test suites for complex regulatory workflows, including consultant account creation, PSV license variations, and permit processing. He applied Behavior Driven Development with Java, Selenium, and Cucumber, focusing on maintainable Gherkin scenarios and robust UI automation. Neil improved test reliability by introducing explicit waits, deterministic data handling, and direct input methods, while reducing flakiness and CI noise through targeted bug fixes and test tagging strategies. His work delivered broader coverage, faster feedback cycles, and lower maintenance overhead, demonstrating a deep understanding of functional testing and test automation engineering.
Overall Statistics
Feature vs Bugs
74%Features
Repository Contributions
56Total
Bugs
5
Commits
56
Features
14
Lines of code
1,368
Activity Months9
Your Network
18 people
Work History
October 2025
4 Commits • 2 Features
Oct 1, 2025October 2025 performance summary for the dvsa/vol-functional-tests repository: Delivered stability improvements for automated Self-Serve UI tests, introduced direct address entry in the Transport Manager journey, and performed a targeted code-quality cleanup. The changes enhance test reliability, remove postcode lookup dependencies in critical flows, and improve code readability, delivering business value through faster feedback cycles and lower maintenance effort.
4 Commits • 2 Features
Oct 1, 2025October 2025 performance summary for the dvsa/vol-functional-tests repository: Delivered stability improvements for automated Self-Serve UI tests, introduced direct address entry in the Transport Manager journey, and performed a targeted code-quality cleanup. The changes enhance test reliability, remove postcode lookup dependencies in critical flows, and improve code readability, delivering business value through faster feedback cycles and lower maintenance effort.
October 2025
September 2025
2 Commits
Sep 1, 2025In September 2025, focused on stabilizing and expanding automated functional tests for PSV GOV.UK Sign In flows in dvsa/vol-functional-tests. Addressed test flakiness, expanded coverage to include Public operator types, and improved robustness by replacing wait-based checks with explicit assertions. These changes delivered more reliable CI feedback, reduced maintenance overhead, and broader validation of critical sign-in paths.
September 2025
2 Commits
Sep 1, 2025In September 2025, focused on stabilizing and expanding automated functional tests for PSV GOV.UK Sign In flows in dvsa/vol-functional-tests. Addressed test flakiness, expanded coverage to include Public operator types, and improved robustness by replacing wait-based checks with explicit assertions. These changes delivered more reliable CI feedback, reduced maintenance overhead, and broader validation of critical sign-in paths.
August 2025
12 Commits • 3 Features
Aug 1, 2025August 2025 — dvsa/vol-functional-tests: Delivered end-to-end PSV variation support (Standard and Small Vehicle licenses) and refined restricted variation flows; performed extensive test-suite maintenance and a key stability fix to PSV restricted variation tests. These changes increase coverage, reliability, and maintainability, enabling faster validation of PSV-related features.
12 Commits • 3 Features
Aug 1, 2025August 2025 — dvsa/vol-functional-tests: Delivered end-to-end PSV variation support (Standard and Small Vehicle licenses) and refined restricted variation flows; performed extensive test-suite maintenance and a key stability fix to PSV restricted variation tests. These changes increase coverage, reliability, and maintainability, enabling faster validation of PSV-related features.
August 2025
June 2025
5 Commits • 1 Features
Jun 1, 2025June 2025 focused on stabilizing and organizing the permit-related test suite in the dvsa/vol-functional-tests repository, delivering reliable test execution without altering application behavior. Implemented explicit waits to ensure stable page loads, introduced regression tagging to improve test organization and reporting, and cleaned up test data and tags in ValidLicenceChanges and download-permissions tests to reduce flakiness and simplify maintenance. These improvements enhanced feedback speed, reliability, and long-term maintainability of the automated tests.
June 2025
5 Commits • 1 Features
Jun 1, 2025June 2025 focused on stabilizing and organizing the permit-related test suite in the dvsa/vol-functional-tests repository, delivering reliable test execution without altering application behavior. Implemented explicit waits to ensure stable page loads, introduced regression tagging to improve test organization and reporting, and cleaned up test data and tags in ValidLicenceChanges and download-permissions tests to reduce flakiness and simplify maintenance. These improvements enhanced feedback speed, reliability, and long-term maintainability of the automated tests.
May 2025
4 Commits • 1 Features
May 1, 2025May 2025 monthly summary for dvsa/vol-functional-tests: Focused on stabilizing the functional test suite for BusRegistrationJourney and Surrender Resume tagging. Delivered deterministic date calculations, reduced flaky tests, and cut CI noise by cleaning up regression tags. The work lowers release risk by ensuring more reliable test outcomes and faster feedback to developers.
4 Commits • 1 Features
May 1, 2025May 2025 monthly summary for dvsa/vol-functional-tests: Focused on stabilizing the functional test suite for BusRegistrationJourney and Surrender Resume tagging. Delivered deterministic date calculations, reduced flaky tests, and cut CI noise by cleaning up regression tags. The work lowers release risk by ensuring more reliable test outcomes and faster feedback to developers.
May 2025
April 2025
4 Commits • 2 Features
Apr 1, 2025April 2025 — dvsa/vol-functional-tests focused on stabilizing ECMT permit flows and refining test strategy. Key deliverables include permit flow enhancements for the ECMT International Removal Journey, improved tracking with applicationCompleteDate, streamlined permit page completion, and restoration of correct permit functionality after reverting an unintended formatting change. Implemented test-branch tagging for manual-bus-reg.feature to enable/disable branch-specific tests, aligning testing with development workflows. Addressed critical regressions with targeted fixes to permit completion handling and permit formatting.
April 2025
4 Commits • 2 Features
Apr 1, 2025April 2025 — dvsa/vol-functional-tests focused on stabilizing ECMT permit flows and refining test strategy. Key deliverables include permit flow enhancements for the ECMT International Removal Journey, improved tracking with applicationCompleteDate, streamlined permit page completion, and restoration of correct permit functionality after reverting an unintended formatting change. Implemented test-branch tagging for manual-bus-reg.feature to enable/disable branch-specific tests, aligning testing with development workflows. Addressed critical regressions with targeted fixes to permit completion handling and permit formatting.
January 2025
3 Commits
Jan 1, 2025January 2025 monthly summary for dvsa/vol-functional-tests focused on stabilizing key test flows, improving test reliability, and cleaning test infrastructure. Highlights include stabilizing EBSR smoke tests by refining test data and scenario shapes, fixing internal UI flow sequencing for payment and publication steps, and removing vestigial test helpers to reduce maintenance overhead. These changes enhanced CI stability, reduced flaky test flakes, and improved coverage of critical flows used in business operations.
3 Commits
Jan 1, 2025January 2025 monthly summary for dvsa/vol-functional-tests focused on stabilizing key test flows, improving test reliability, and cleaning test infrastructure. Highlights include stabilizing EBSR smoke tests by refining test data and scenario shapes, fixing internal UI flow sequencing for payment and publication steps, and removing vestigial test helpers to reduce maintenance overhead. These changes enhanced CI stability, reduced flaky test flakes, and improved coverage of critical flows used in business operations.
January 2025
December 2024
12 Commits • 3 Features
Dec 1, 2024December 2024 monthly summary for dvsa/vol-functional-tests: Delivered critical improvements to login flow compliance, expanded test coverage for consultant user types, and performed comprehensive test suite maintenance to improve reliability and release readiness. The work reduced legal risk by enforcing terms acceptance, broadened scenario coverage, and streamlined CI feedback through targeted test cleanup and version control hygiene. Business impact includes more robust user onboarding compliance, increased confidence in automated tests, and faster turnarounds for release cycles.
December 2024
12 Commits • 3 Features
Dec 1, 2024December 2024 monthly summary for dvsa/vol-functional-tests: Delivered critical improvements to login flow compliance, expanded test coverage for consultant user types, and performed comprehensive test suite maintenance to improve reliability and release readiness. The work reduced legal risk by enforcing terms acceptance, broadened scenario coverage, and streamlined CI feedback through targeted test cleanup and version control hygiene. Business impact includes more robust user onboarding compliance, increased confidence in automated tests, and faster turnarounds for release cycles.
November 2024
10 Commits • 2 Features
Nov 1, 2024November 2024 monthly summary for dvsa/vol-functional-tests: Delivered two key features focused on consultant workflows and test robustness. Enhanced the Account Creation Journey to support consultant toggle, existing applications/licences scenarios, and consultant-created accounts, resulting in more reliable and faster test data generation. Strengthened the testing framework with consultant-focused messaging, scenario outlines, and tagging to improve coverage and maintainability. Fixed a critical bug in the UI selector (toggle off) and removed a redundant boolean, reducing flakiness. The changes collectively expand automated testing coverage for consultant workflows, shorten test cycles, and reduce risk in release validation.
10 Commits • 2 Features
Nov 1, 2024November 2024 monthly summary for dvsa/vol-functional-tests: Delivered two key features focused on consultant workflows and test robustness. Enhanced the Account Creation Journey to support consultant toggle, existing applications/licences scenarios, and consultant-created accounts, resulting in more reliable and faster test data generation. Strengthened the testing framework with consultant-focused messaging, scenario outlines, and tagging to improve coverage and maintainability. Fixed a critical bug in the UI selector (toggle off) and removed a redundant boolean, reducing flakiness. The changes collectively expand automated testing coverage for consultant workflows, shorten test cycles, and reduce risk in release validation.
November 2024
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Quality Metrics
Correctness89.4%
Maintainability90.4%
Architecture84.0%
Performance85.0%
AI Usage20.0%
Skills & Technologies
Programming Languages
GherkinJava
Technical Skills
BDDBehavior Driven DevelopmentBehavior Driven Development (BDD)CucumberFunctional TestingGherkinJavaJava DevelopmentRegression TestingSeleniumTest AutomationUI AutomationUI Testing
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