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Website discovery
Map pages and actions before you create automated tests.
How discovery works
Discovery opens your website in a browser and follows available navigation. It records pages, forms, buttons, and other useful controls. This map becomes the source for test ideas.
Prepare the website
- Use a stable test environment.
- Prepare safe test data.
- Make sure important pages are reachable.
- Pause deployments while discovery is running.
Review the map
Automation can find a page without understanding its business importance. Check that critical journeys are present. Remove duplicates and confirm that actions have clear names.
Protected pages
Use a dedicated test account for signed-in areas. Give it only the access needed for the selected journey. Never use a personal or production administrator account.