Tracetest for Development and Test Automation Teams
Stop spending days to figure out why tests fail: start using OTel in tests to identify where and why they broke
5 Ways Trace-based Testing Matters to Devs and QAs
1. Tracetest is built on OpenTelemetry Standards
- Programming language agnostic!! OpenTelemetry libraries exist for every programming language!
- We only care about traces
- Trace Analyzer helps you enforce OpenTelemetry Semantic Conventions
- Supports traces generated from both manual and automatic instrumentation
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2. Troubleshoots Failed tests quickly
- Get a trace with every test.
- See the full transaction, identify where it broke, and which team can help fix it.
- Share failed test results across your team, including the trigger, trace, and any assertions.
- Reduce mean time to recovery (MTTR) failed tests by 80%.
3. Enables True End-to-end Testing w/Cypress & Playwright
- Provides visibility across the browser and the back end for every test.
- True end-to-end testing. One test to check the front end and back end.
- Write true end to end tests without spending 3 days mocking them.
- Uses your existing Cypress or Playwright tests with Tracetest in the lifecycle hooks.
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4. Promotes Observability Driven Development
- Make observability part of every test, using observability driven development.
- Creating tests based on observability results in improved observability, establishing a self reinforcing improvement loop.
- Tracetest Analyzer helps ensure OpenTelemetry semantic conventions are followed and aids in development
- Promote a culture of Observability everywhere.
5. Tracetest Tests Across Cloud Native Technologies
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