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Selenium driver for web app testing on chrome in incognito windows

So I am trying to use a selenium web driver extension on chrome to record a web application test on a chrome browser that is in an incognito mode. How do you run a test on a web application in an ...
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What are the best practices for automating test cases in a dynamic web application with frequently changing UI elements?

I'm currently working on automating test cases for a dynamic web application, and I'm facing a challenge due to the frequent changes in UI elements. The application's UI components often undergo ...
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What are the options for automated testing of screen reader in Web apps?

Our team's resources are limited, still we need to make sure our site is accessible (government site, EU). Manual testing includes a lot of fiddling around with JAWS, sometimes other screen readers, ...
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Appium TestNG error : Attempting bi-dialect session, assuming Postel's Law holds true on the remote end

I'm trying to launch a simple web application test using Appium, using AVD. I'm using eclipse, and the android studio emulator. I included all the packages. I would like to make sure about the ...
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How do I automate front-end testing for a web app with Javascript?

I am introducing myself to devops engineering and I'm stuck on "how to automate testing for web applications". I consider that backend and api test automation are relatively simple and the concept is ...
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What is Guerilla testing?

What exactly does Guerilla Testing cover? What can be done in Guerilla Testing? Why is Guerilla Testing used? Is Guerilla Testing especially for UX Design?
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Web scrape - Not get any children elements

I have trouble in web scrape, come with short VBA for help on MSXML2.XMLHTTP60. VBA Code's Goal: get 5 class names(num,stock-ad,data,pan-cont-chart toggle_area) from parent element(pan-cont) URL: http:...
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What to do when defect is found in production but not during the QA phase?

In one of my interviews, I was asked this question What to do when the defect is found in production but not during the QA phase? I answered it this way: Check for impact on the system. And if is of ...
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Accessibility Testing - Should it be considered functional testing or non functional testing?

Well, I am not going to say what falls in functional/non-functional testing as it might vary in your work place. But if you carry out a11y testing then do you have it marked as functional testing or ...
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How to Track Users

How do I track the source of each user signup for B2B SaaS product? In other words, how do I check from which source the user landed on my website? I need to track for each individual user.
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Bugged Mobile App To Test

I am looking for some bugged apps in order to perform functional test training and/or test some techniques. I found some resources like this, or a list of web application like it. However these are ...
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How do you determine critical areas to test when verifying multiple browser support?

With Microsoft putting out a new version of IE every year or so, competitors like Google Chrome, Firefox, and Safari also doing the same, there are questions, frequently, as to whether a web ...
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How do we decide which tools to use to test web and mobile applications? [closed]

My friend and I have just started our business that aims to conduct web and mobile application testing. We have read a lot and learned how to perform such testing. However, throughout our reading, we ...
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Methods for testing existing or commercial software?

First of all ,sorry if post in wrong room, I confuse should write question in SQA room or academia room. But actually i think member in SQA have more experience about this, and will help. I have to ...
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Selenium IDE Store variable in Javascript of Page

I'm attempting to inject JavaScript directly into a page in order to set a variable for the page. I'm still rather new to the IDE and I have seen the runScript function and I think it does what I need,...
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API Automated Testing Tool XML & JSON

I am looking for an automated test tool that can: MUST HAVE: Ability to connect to a server endpoint, that returns JSON or XML based data. Ability to fully parse and validate either XML or JSON (both ...
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Problem facing to automate city auto suggested field when html structure is complex [duplicate]

I have tried many different XPATH, but still I am not able to fetch city from displayed list and perform click on it. I have posted this question earlier also suggested answers couldn't help. With my ...
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One tool to rule them all

This question may have already been asked/answered in various places, and in various forms, but this is my problem. I have been in software testing for a few years now, most of this has been manual ...
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Best Opensource Tool available for Security Testing of Web applications

I'm on to an R & D task for testing the security vulnerabilities that can happen in a web application. I want to use an open source tool. There are many type of vulnerabilities like Cross Site ...
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Automating test for VoIP webapp?

Our Web App is a call center app. One of the key functions of our Web App is to make VoIP call and then do post call processings. But we can't find a tool/way to do automate testing, which involves ...
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Web Application Quality Metrics

Is there a defined list of web application quality metrics? I'm looking for a list of metrics like performance, reliability, usability, ... with a reliable source (w3c, ...). I want to describe how a ...
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How to close pop up window in Selenium webdriver?

Below is my Selenium Webdriver script. When I run this script my website is opened but the popup window is also opened. How do I close this popup window so the script can continue? Take a look on ...
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How can a Software Tester use "Out of the Box" thinking approach to find more bugs?

Well, I am a black-box tester and I don't think out of the box. I just think about happy paths, thus I want to improve. I always read that testers should have great critical, analytical skills and ...
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What Are Some Unobvious Differences Between Testing a Web Application and a Desktop Application?

In the same flavour of this question, what are some unobvious differences between testing a web application and a desktop application? I've recently started looking at automating some GUI tests for a ...
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How can you test if a page can be anonymously accessible within an app you have already authenticated in?

I am trying to ensure that a page that can be visited from within an app that requires user to be logged in, can be accessed anonymously. A controller has been introduced that can present views as ...
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How to clear localStorage using selenium and webdriver

I want to call localStorage.clear() before running a group of specific tests but the thing is I don't know how. I can see CLEAR_LOCAL_STORAGE variable mentioned here but still failing to understand ...
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how to detect a real front end issue?

If I am testing a website, perform a "zoom in" action, and notice that the features are no longer in their correct places (the boundaries have changed), should I consider this behavior a ...
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RESTful JSON Web API Testing - what tools?

My company is working on its API which is RESTful JSON Web API. So far, all my testing was done using Selenium WebDriver. Starting from one and more tests I manage to create some sort of framework. ...
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What are the best tools available to test performance of a MVC web site

I am new to QA. I need to find best tools available to test performance of a MVC web site. Please help me.
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How do I test an application for SQL injections?

I'm supposed to test a web application for SQL injections. I'm new to this type of security testing and I'd like to get some tips on the matter. Are there any best practices or do I simply search on ...
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How to modify HTTP request header in Selenium WebDriver with Java?

I want to add "iv-user" request header to log into web app. I'm using the newest ChromeDriver. Using extensions like ModHeader or ModifyHeaders is not working in this case. Fiddler is working, but I ...
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How to find out if a website is performing A/B Testing

A have given website say - https://sqa.stackexchange.com/ I need to find out if there is A/B testing being run on the websites. I have come across some tools like, - Ghostery - Conversion.com's ...
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Is it possible to open a mobile browser with Selenium WebDriver?

I know it is possible to open a desktop web browser with Selenium WeDriver. The following lines written in Java allows doing so: WebDriver webDriverChrome = new ChromeDriver(); webDriverChrome.get(...
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Tuning .net core 3.1 application load testing using Jmeter on linux

I want to do (distributed) performance/load testing using jmeter on an Aspnet core 3.1 application on linux but I'm not satisfied with the results I had so far. To make sure the environment is well ...
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How to check in the page if the name exists and then increment a unique name

I have a scenario where I need to add new username everytime is run the script. For instance, if the last time I had added a name as test1, then next time when I add another name I should not add ...
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How to go through all pages at a certain domain with Selenium WebDriver?

I need to verify a certain thing on multiple pages on a certain site. The thing is it is quite tedious to manually add links to each page for testing to a script. Is there a way the Selenium WebDriver ...
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Slow page load time when increasing concurrent users

I've been load testing our site recently and noticed that the browser page load time in Azure's Application Insights suffers a great deal when ramping up the number of concurrent users. The page ...
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Error with driver.switchTo().window() complaining that something isn't a string when it is

TL;DR I give my function a string. It complains that what I gave it isn't a string. My code: new WebDriverWait(driver, 5).until(ExpectedConditions.numberOfWindowsToBe(1)); //induce WebDriverWait ...
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Should cross-browser and cross-platform be performed for testing network calls from a website?

My team is implementing Adobe Analytics on a web site. We have three layers where it should be tested. Adobe Data Layer. The required variables and their values are added to an object handled by a ...
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Test Plan/Strategy of an application which has API +DB

I have faced this question numerous times during interviews. Given a simple application diagram (like below) how would you test it or what will be your test plan or test strategy. I know it is a very ...
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How can I test "link expiration after 15 days" manually?

I am testing a web application. This is the scenario: An agent signs up by providing some details like email etc The agent then receives an email with a Registration link that expires after 15 days. ...
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How to stress test a web application relying on Socket.IO?

I developed a web application in typescript relying on a node.js server. Now I want to monitor the load time behaviour under stress accessing it on my public development server by virtual users. The ...
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Report non-unique ids?

Since a webpage should only have unique id attributes, does that mean you should report that as a bug on an otherwise functional page? For one, it surely makes automation more difficult, but for some ...
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Can I test an app on all devices without purchasing all devices?

Is there any way to test an app on all devices without purchasing all devices?
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Automating POS application to do same action in different instances

I have a POS application that works in different client bases. I need to test if I generate a bill at the same time from two different locations, will it gets interchanged or any such anomalies. Is it ...
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Is there a tool to mirror input events on one device to multiple devices?

I am working on testing a progressive web app. Initially I've tried tools like Browserstack because it's tedious to manually run the same test multiple times on physical phone. Although these tools ...
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Need ideas/suggestions for validating test cases for a large web application

I'm currently testing a web application that has 300+ test cases. I'm doing manual validation only. How to prioritize them and to make sure I'm covering 100%? I'm also validating the reports page ...
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xss scripts through console of web-developers-tools

So, well I am learning selenium webdriver, junit4. I need to know, is it a proper way to add "XSS scripts" through the console of web developers tools? Can anyone help me with an example ?
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Testing a web application that sends activation link to newly added users

I have to add new users in a web application. Users need valid email addresses and users are activated by clicking activation link sent to their emails. As I have to add dozens of users so I cannot ...
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Load Testing tool help which can send emails to 500 or more users

I have to test a web application which sends emails to multiple users. I have to test it to send emails to more than 500 users at a time. Any tool which can create 500 users and send emails to them