<rss version="2.0" xmlns:a10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Inflectra Customer Forums: What does blocked test cases actually mean? (Thread)</title><description>  Hi,  I've just upgraded SpiraTest to the latest version, and I noticed that under the edit button on test cases screen, theres an option to block test cases. What does this status actually mean throughout the application?  Thanks in advance, Michael     </description><language>en-US</language><copyright>(C) Copyright 2006-2026 Inflectra Corporation.</copyright><managingEditor>support@inflectra.com</managingEditor><category domain="http://www.dmoz.org">/Computers/Software/Project_Management/</category><category domain="http://www.dmoz.org">/Computers/Software/Quality_Assurance/</category><generator>KronoDesk</generator><a10:contributor><a10:email>support@inflectra.com</a10:email></a10:contributor><a10:id>http://www.inflectra.com/kronodesk/forums/threads</a10:id><ttl>120</ttl><link>/Support/Forum/spiratest/issues-questions/125.aspx</link><item><guid isPermaLink="false">threadId=125</guid><author>Michael Persson (mippzon@gmail.com)</author><title>What does blocked test cases actually mean?</title><description>  Hi,  I've just upgraded SpiraTest to the latest version, and I noticed that under the edit button on test cases screen, theres an option to block test cases. What does this status actually mean throughout the application?  Thanks in advance, Michael     </description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 06:42:27 -0400</pubDate><a10:updated>2011-08-02T15:46:58-04:00</a10:updated><link>/Support/Forum/spiratest/issues-questions/125.aspx</link></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">messageId=242</guid><author>David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com)</author><title> It means that the test case cannot be executed because of some external reason:       The test envi</title><description> It means that the test case cannot be executed because of some external reason:       The test environment is not ready    There is a failure somewhere else that stops us getting to this test case     Once you have addressed these items, you can then unblock the test case and it will go back to "not run". </description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 15:46:58 -0400</pubDate><a10:updated>2011-08-02T15:46:58-04:00</a10:updated><link>/Support/Forum/spiratest/issues-questions/125.aspx#reply242</link></item></channel></rss>