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Jul 18, 2026 · Backend Development

Microservice Contract Testing: From CDC to CI/CD Automation with SCC & Pact

This article details a practical microservice contract testing system using Spring Cloud Contract and Pact, covering consumer-driven contracts, DSL definitions, provider verification, CI/CD pipeline integration with GitLab, stub versioning, breaking change management, and team collaboration practices to replace fragile manual integration with automated, version-controlled interface guarantees.