Why does Katalon Studio randomly erase test cases?

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Katalon team have been aware of this problem over last 10 months and has left it unresolved. They seem to be busy developing something else. So I suppose that they would NOT be able to fix this problem in the near future. This problem may accidentally occur to anyone.

:bomb: WARNING Someday your test case code may be erased by Katalon Studio.

How to help yourself? ---- Start using Git before the disaster.

I always use Git to make a fly-weight local backup of the project. The local Git repository will always rescue me from the glitches of Katalon Studio.

  1. I make local Git repositories for each of all Katalon projects of mine.
  2. Just before renaming a Test Case, I will commit the current “healthy” files into the main branch.
  3. I will create a temporary branch.
  4. I will check out into the temporary branch
  5. Then I will try renaming a Test Case.
  6. I will make very sure if renaming a Test Case hasn’t caused any troubles in the project. I will run full set of Test Cases to see the status of the project.
  7. When assured, I will commit all changes into the temprary branch;
  8. I will check out the main branch;
  9. I will merge the temporary branch into the main branch.
  10. I will make sure the main branch is OK, then delete the temporary branch
  11. At the step 6 if I found anythng wrong , I will check out the main branch where my healthy set of files remain unbroken. I will drop the dirty temporary branch away.

Git saves us all !

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