AiHealing in Test Automation: Fast-tracking your Releases

Over the years, application or software testing has become an integrated and continuous process of SLDC rather than being a standalone activity that is done at the end of the SLDC. C The software testing has evolved from exploratory and manual testing to continuous testing with the help of automation. 

While automation testing has reduced the time spent on testing significantly, it is associated with some problems. So, without any further ado, let us understand what test automation is in detail followed by the issues that it has and a reliable solution that we can go for.

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What Is Test Automation?

Test automation takes a set of software testing activities and executes them via an automation tool or framework. The tool will run a set of tasks in a properly defined pattern. 

It aims at increasing the efficiency of testing by removing any scope for human errors, saving time, and improving test coverage. 

It is an undeniable fact that manual testing is a time-consuming and cumbersome process. Test automation can help in generating thousands of test cases within a very short time without causing tester fatigue. With ever evolving technology, test automation is a must have in 2023. 

Test Automation Challenges

While automated testing is a great way to reduce efforts and increase efficiency, it comes with some challenges.

• Upfront Investment: You need to analyze, design, and set up a framework for test automation, and it comes at a cost. The initial licensing, development, and operational costs can pose another huge burden.  
• Test Case Prioritization: With very short release cycles, there is very limited time for testing, test cases have to be prioritized based on multiple parameters. This prioritization is tough because one needs to focus on the quality of the test case, save time, and shouldn’t compromise at any point.
• Lack of Scripting Expertise: The QA team should be familiar with multiple programming languages in order to generate test cases which is a time-consuming process. 
• Emulating Real-World Scenarios: For comprehensive testing it is important to consider the real world scenarios. Covering all the possible situations is difficult and time consuming. 
• Device Fragmentation: This is the biggest challenge faced by any testing team. They need to check whether the application is compatible with different OS  and versions but the process isn’t that easy to do.
• Test Case Maintenance: Maintaining the test cases is very important, and updating them from time to time as per the changes requires effort. This perhaps, is the biggest challenge because as per Webomates’ study creating test automation is just 20% of the effort, while 80% lies with the maintenance. Figuring out how to maintain these test cases is a hurdle for so many testers, but there is a solution.

Self Healing Test Automation

Self healing test automation is a technique of leveraging both artificial intelligence and machine learning to adapt application testing dynamically for any changes in the application interface or development environment. Some of its benefits are:

Looking for Faster Releases? See how Webomates’ AiHealing can help!

Self healing helps in maintaining the test automation process in a proper way however, infusing AI in test automation can make the self healing process efficient and faster.  As mentioned earlier, test case maintenance can take up 80% of a team’s time. Self healing processes enhanced with AI can help you automate your entire testing process without stressing yourself about its maintenance. Webomates’ patented AiHealing technology, takes the load of test case maintenance off your shoulders. Let’s see how it does that in the next section. 

Process of AiHealing

AiHealing happens in three steps:

• Defect identification
• Root cause identification and
• Action

Defect Identification

Webomates AI system analyzes the pass or fail report and other execution data to identify false failures. It takes two types of inputs for this analysis:

• Test Automation Execution Data: Pass/fail report, exception data results, locators, timeouts, test data inputs, console logs and network logs.
• Build Release Notes: These release notes will have text that describes features in the build. They have the user stories stored in Atlassian’s JIRA describing features or bug fixes in that build. 

Root Cause Identification

Most of the time, locator changes, timeout and script errors, and feature changes are the main reasons for automation script failure. The AI system identifies the exact reason for failure along with end-to-end flow changes. The release notes and user stories also help in identifying the test cases that require healing.

Webomates defect predictor takes care of this entire process, and depending upon the type of error, the next course of action starts. Mind you, AiHealing uses advanced AI technology, which will help resolve the issue within 24 or 8 hours with contract-guaranteed SLA agreements as per your requirements. 

Action

The kind of action that an AI system will take depends upon the defect and its root cause. Once the action is proposed by our AI system, it can be reviewed and confirmed for effective results. 

Impact of AiHealing on Automation Testing for Faster Releases

Webomates has patented this AiHealing technology for a reason. It comes with so many benefits and has a huge impact on accelerating the releases. Here are some of its benefits:

• No false positives
• Adaptability
• Reduce maintenance times and efforts.
• Up-to-date automation scripts

Webomates guarantees you 100% results with our AiHealing technology. If you are vexed with flaky, false positive results, then it is time to take your testing up a notch with the help of Websites. Our patented technology, along with the industry experts, can bring a huge difference in the way you have tested till now and ensure that you release your software apps as soon as possible. 

Take action now to save so much time, effort and resources. Drop an email on info@webomates.com or book a free demo to see how we can transform your testing process.

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