There are many ways how you can fix, update or enhance an existing a test case in Octomind.

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Edit test steps manually

Manual editing is accessible via the steps tab in the test detail view.
Edit the test steps in the 'steps' tab

Edit the test steps in the 'steps' tab, 5/2025

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Change locator

the locator indicates the element in your app you want to interact with in a particular test step. When should you change it? Maybe the AI Agent addressed the wrong locator when generating the test. Or the flow in the app changed and you have to point the test step to a different element.
  • Go to the snapshot of the relevant test step
  • Hover over the visual locator picker
  • Click change locator
  • Select a different locator with your mouse in the snapshot
changing locators with visual locator picker

Changing locators with the visual locator picker, 7/2024

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Change interaction or assertion type

Use the visual locator picker to change the type of the locator. Your options are currently:
  • interactions - enter text, type multiple character, execute javascript, navigate to, press key, select option, click, hover, upload, drag, extract, open email in new page, close page, wait for
  • assertions - visible, hidden, disabled, have value, checked, unchecked, contains text, has style
These are all available for manual editing and in the Recorder. A more limited selection can be used by our AI Agent. We are constantly adding new interaction and assertion types.
Changing interaction and assertion types in the visual locator picker dropdown

Changing interaction and assertion types in the visual locator picker dropdown, 05/2025

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Add and remove steps

Click on add step and drag the new step to its respective place in the step sequence. The snapshot on the right will adapt so you can use the visual locator picker to select the locator. Delete steps by clicking on the trash icon in the upper right corner of the test step view or by pressing backspace(⌫) or the delete key(DEL).
adding a step with the visual locator picker

Adding a step with the visual locator picker, 7/2024

drag and drop a test step and delete it

Drag & drop a new step, delete a step, 7/2024

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Drag & drop, duplicate and copy paste steps

Octomind test steps can be flexibly manipulated. You can drag and drop steps to different places in the sequence, duplicate them by clicking on the duplicate icon in the upper right corner or simply select a step and copy & paste it where you need it. Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V (or Cmd-C / Cmd-V for Mac) works also for copy pasting steps from other test cases.
duplicating test steps

Duplicate a step, delete a step, 7/2024

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Record new steps

You can access the Recorder from within the test case detail. Click the record from here button to launch it. The recorder replays previous steps and you’re good to record next ones.
Using recorder to edit a test case manually

Using recorder to edit a test case manually, 05/2025

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Edit prompt and restart AI generation

You can edit the prompt and have the AI agent regenerate test steps based on the new prompt. We will ask you to select the last step in the sequence you want to keep. The AI agent will regenerate test steps from this step onward. Or you have simply hit the regenerate button to regenerate the steps based on the same prompt.
edit the prompt regenerate the test steps

Edit prompt and restart AI auto-generation, 7/2024

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Edit dependencies

Click on the refresh icon next to the existing test dependency and select a more suitable option to chain your test with.
editing dependencie in a test case

Editing dependencies in a test case, 7/2024

editing dependencie in a test case

Choose a different dependency, 7/2024

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Save and run edits

Save & run your test case to see if it works. You can click on the run only button if you want to validate the test first before saving it or save only if you want to keep the changes without validating them. By the way, we will warn you if you try to leave without saving the test case.
Double check that your newly edited test is active - the toggle is on. Your active tests will run it in your next test report.
Save and run the test case

'save & run' the test to validate and save changes, screenshot 05/2025

'run only' and 'save only' options when editing

'run only' and 'save only' options when editing, 05/2025