Granted Patent B2

US 12,481,498 · App. 17/940,452 · Granted Nov 25, 2025

Inventors: Daniel Toralles Avila (Porto Alegre, BR); Vicente Eliseu da Rosa (Imbé, BR); Sakthivel Govindasamy (Frisco, TX)

Assignee: Dell Products L.P.

G06F8/71

Abstract

Claims (32)

1 . A method, comprising:

obtaining a first software code identifier value for a first version of software code of an application, wherein the first software code identifier value is automatically generated, in response to a validation of a software testing stage of a software deployment pipeline, by applying a function to the first version of the software code;

comparing a second software code identifier value to the first software code identifier value, wherein the second software code identifier value is automatically generated, in response to a second version of the software code of the application being deployed to a production environment during a software deployment stage of the software deployment pipeline, by applying the function to the second version of the software code of the application, wherein the comparison comprises: (i) detecting that the first version of the software code of the application is a same version of the software code as and the second version of the software code of the application and (ii) verifying that the second version of the software code of the application being deployed to the production environment is a same version of the software code as the first version of the software code of the application tested in the software testing stage; and

performing one or more automated actions based at least in part on a result of the comparison;

wherein the method is performed by at least one processing device comprising a processor coupled to a memory.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first version of the software code comprises software code associated with a first stage of a software development cycle and wherein the second version of the software code comprises software code associated with a different stage of the software development cycle.

3 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising generating the first software code identifier value at a first time associated with a completion of the first stage and generating the second software code identifier value at a second time associated with a completion of the different stage.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the applying the function to the first version of the software code is performed at a first time and wherein the applying the function to the second version of the software code is performed at a different time.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the applying the function to the first version of the software code and the applying the function to the second version of the software code comprise (i) extracting information from the respective version, wherein the extracted information comprises one or more of text and binary information, and (ii) applying the function to the extracted information from the respective version.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the function comprises a secure hash algorithm.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more automated actions comprise one or more of: generating a validation of the software code; generating an alert; and generating supporting documentation for a compliance evaluation.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the function generates a substantially unique value for an applied input.

9 . An apparatus comprising:

at least one processing device comprising a processor coupled to a memory;

the at least one processing device being configured to implement the following steps:

obtaining a first software code identifier value for a first version of software code of an application, wherein the first software code identifier value is automatically generated, in response to a validation of a software testing stage of a software deployment pipeline, by applying a function to the first version of the software code;

comparing a second software code identifier value to the first software code identifier value, wherein the second software code identifier value is automatically generated, in response to a second version of the software code of the application being deployed to a production environment during a software deployment stage of the software deployment pipeline, by applying the function to the second version of the software code of the application, wherein the comparison comprises: (i) detecting that the first version of the software code of the application is a same version of the software code as and the second version of the software code of the application and (ii) verifying that the second version of the software code of the application being deployed to the production environment is a same version of the software code as the first version of the software code of the application tested in the software testing stage; and

performing one or more automated actions based at least in part on a result of the comparison.

10 . The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the first version of the software code comprises software code associated with a first stage of a software development cycle and wherein the second version of the software code comprises software code associated with a different stage of the software development cycle.

11 . The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the applying the function to the first version of the software code is performed at a first time and wherein the applying the function to the second version of the software code is performed at a different time.

12 . The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the applying the function to the first version of the software code and the applying the function to the second version of the software code comprise (i) extracting information from the respective version, wherein the extracted information comprises one or more of text and binary information, and (ii) applying the function to the extracted information from the respective version.

13 . The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the one or more automated actions comprise one or more of: generating a validation of the software code; generating an alert; and generating supporting documentation for a compliance evaluation.

14 . A non-transitory processor-readable storage medium having stored therein program code of one or more software programs, wherein the program code when executed by at least one processing device causes the at least one processing device to perform the following steps:

obtaining a first software code identifier value for a first version of software code of an application, wherein the first software code identifier value is automatically generated, in response to a validation of a software testing stage of a software deployment pipeline, by applying a function to the first version of the software code;

comparing a second software code identifier value to the first software code identifier value, wherein the second software code identifier value is automatically generated, in response to a second version of the software code of the application being deployed to a production environment during a software deployment stage of the software deployment pipeline, by applying the function to the second version of the software code of the application, wherein the comparison comprises: (i) detecting that the first version of the software code of the application is a same version of the software code as and the second version of the software code of the application and (ii) verifying that the second version of the software code of the application being deployed to the production environment is a same version of the software code as the first version of the software code of the application tested in the software testing stage; and

performing one or more automated actions based at least in part on a result of the comparison.

15 . The non-transitory processor-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the first version of the software code comprises software code associated with a first stage of a software development cycle and wherein the second version of the software code comprises software code associated with a different stage of the software development cycle.

16 . The non-transitory processor-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the applying the function to the first version of the software code is performed at a first time and wherein the applying the function to the second version of the software code is performed at a different time.

17 . The non-transitory processor-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the applying the function to the first version of the software code and the applying the function to the second version of the software code comprise (i) extracting information from the respective version, wherein the extracted information comprises one or more of text and binary information, and (ii) applying the function to the extracted information from the respective version.

18 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the software development cycle transitions to a next stage in response to detecting that the first software code identifier value and the second software code identifier value are the same value.

19 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processing device is implemented in a software development system that processes software code in a plurality of stages of a software deployment pipeline.

20 . The method of claim 1 , wherein one or more of: (i) a new first software code identifier value is automatically generated in response to an update of the first version of the software code of the application following the validation of the software testing stage and (ii) a new second software code identifier value is automatically generated in response to an update of the second version of the software code of the application following the deployment of the software code of the application to the production environment.

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