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Plan creation is the only feature of TestPulse that writes to Azure DevOps. It is opt-in, always confirmed, and create-only.
From the preview, Create plan in ADO opens a confirmation dialog recapping exactly what will be written (N requirement-based suites, M auto-populated tests, K empty gap suites). Nothing is written before you confirm. On confirm, TestPulse creates the plan and one requirement-based suite per requirement — ADO auto-populates the covered ones from TestedBy and leaves the gaps empty (living scaffolding: the day a test is written and linked, it shows up by itself). It is creation only: it never modifies or deletes an existing plan, suite or test. A name collision warns instead of overwriting, and a partial failure reports exactly what was created.

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Choose the area path (and iteration)

Before creating, pick the area path (and optionally the iteration) the new plan will live under. Leave both empty and the plan is created under the project root. The lists come from the project’s classification nodes via the existing vso.work scope — no new permission — and you can always type a path by hand.

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The “permission ≠ scope” 403

The most common creation failure is a 403 — you do not have the appropriate permissions to manage test plans under this area path.
This 403 is not a scope problem. vso.test_write is already granted — the error is an area-path ACL.
Azure DevOps grants Manage test plans per area path. Create under the project root without that right and you get the 403. Pick an area path where you hold Manage test plans and creation succeeds. TestPulse names the fix precisely: a permission 403 points you to Manage test plans on the chosen area path (ask your administrator); the “add the scope” message appears only when the scope is genuinely the cause (for example a 401).

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The write permission

Creation requires the vso.test_write scope, added to the extension manifest by an administrator, which triggers an extension re-approval for the organisation. Until it is granted, the read-only analysis and export work fully — only creation is unavailable.

Coverage Builder overview

Analyse and export first.

Read-only by design

Scopes and the write exception.