CertusQA · Engine Workflow

45s interactive storyboard · recordable WebM/MP4 source

Scene 1 · The Problem

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Build

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Test

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Deploy

Hand-maintained selectors break when the UI ships a dynamic id rename.

playwright · checkout.spec.js

✗ checkout.spec.js › Place Secure Order
   Error: Element #checkout-submit-btn not found
   Timeout 30000ms exceeded

Scene 2 · Spec Generation

Application state · sandbox checkout

Display price$499

scanning DOM · aria roles

checkout.spec.js generated · runnable

Scene 3 · SmartLocatorEngine

Live DOM · bug1 selector shift

healed: true · strategy: role-name-fallback

Pipeline Test

Heal ladder · AppDriver.smartClick

original-selector#checkout-submit-btn

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role-name-fallbackgetByRole('button', { name: 'Place Secure Order' })

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text-fallbackgetByText('Place Secure Order')

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css candidatesinjected descriptors

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Scene 4 · Proof Artifact

schemaVersion 1.0.0

QA Forge Proof Artifact

SELECTOR_HEALED HEALED INFO Ready for Jira

Root cause — Primary locator missed the target control; a semantic fallback resolved the element and the journey continued.

Owner hint · test-inventory · confidence high

Prefer role+name, data-testid, or data-action over the failed primary selector; commit the healed locator so the next run does not need runtime recovery.

Brittle test scripts fail every time your UI changes.

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Storyboard scenes

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