9th Workshop on
Validation, Analysis and Evolution of Software Tests

Software projects accumulate large sets of test cases, encoding valuable expert knowledge about the system under test to the extent of many person years. Over time, the reliability of the tests decreases, and they become difficult to understand and maintain. Extra effort is required for repairing broken tests and for adapting test suites and models to evolving software systems.

The International Workshop on Validation, Analysis and Evolution of Software Tests (VST) is a unique event bringing together academics, industrial researchers, and practitioners for exchanging experiences, solutions, and new ideas in applying methods, techniques and tools from software analysis, evolution and re-engineering to advance the state of the art in test development and maintenance.

The workshop invites high quality submissions related, but are not limited, to:

 ●  Analysis and validation of test code, test data, and test models

 ●  Test execution monitoring, results analysis, and visualization

 ●  Fault detection and localization

 ●  Co-evolution of tests and production code

 ●  Test case maintenance and automated repair

 ●  Clone detection for test code and data

 ●  Test generation and amplification

 ●  Test prioritization, minimization and simplification

 ●  Application of generative AI and LLMs in testing

 ●  Combinations of the topics above

  Download Call for Papers (txt)

Previous editions of this workshop: VST 2025, VST 2024, VST 2023, VST 2022, VST 2021, VST 2020, VST 2018, and VST 2016.

We encourage submissions on the topics mentioned above with a page limit of max 8 pages, IEEE format. In addition, we will also allow position papers and tool demo papers of two to four pages.

Papers will be by reviewed by at least three program committee members based on scientific originality, novelty, and the potential to generate interesting discussions.

Accepted papers will be included in a separate section of the SANER conference proceedings – the companion proceedings.

Submission Instructions

• Papers must not exceed the page limit of 8 pages (including all text, references, appendices, and figures), position papers and tool demos 2-4 pages

• Papers must conform to the IEEE formatting guidelines for conference proceedings

• Papers must comply with the IEEE policy on authorship. Papers must be original work that has neither appeared elsewhere for publication nor which is under review for another publication

• Use of GenAI: Submissions must be in line with the policy regarding the use of generative AI tools and technologies, such as ChatGPT, described in the FAQ of the ACM Policy on Authorship

• Submissions are required in PDF format via EasyChair at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=vst2026

  Submit your paper at: VST 2026 EasyChair submission site