Hi @Betisa_Teale,
It’s possible that the tests are skipping the start page because the start page is not what Katalon Studio/Appium are expecting for the start of your app. This can happen when your main app includes a third party library for a starting login form, for example.
You may need to set the appWaitActivity and appWaitPackage Desired Capabilities for the test to start correctly.
There are some other people with this issue in this forum post that might be helpful:
Hope this helps,
Chris