Cache Browser on Katalon

[zedromason]

By default, does each session run one test case and test suite using a fresh session or the existing browser cache? If the default is a fresh session, is it possible to have the script use the browser cache every time it runs?

[kazurayam]

The following topic might be interesting for you.

Open Browser with Custom Profile

This tutorial is inspired by this question: Katalon Studio automatically prompts a new browser with no cached data for every test execution. However, sometimes you need to have some types of default state, for example, to verify that an action is taken when a user logs in for the first time ever. This test scenario requires that a new browser must be opened with some cached data. This tutorial is aimed to demonstrate how to do this scenario in Katalon Studio. This tutorial will guide you thr…

[kazurayam]

@zedromason

is it possible to have the script use the browser cache every time it runs?

No. The Chrome browser never allows users to mess with its internals (profile, cache, etc)

I have ever tried to do it in the chromedriverfactory project, but I was not successful. When I thought I found a hack, later Chrome changed its internal, so that my solution got broken. It’s like a never-ending game of catch. I got many problems that I could not fix.

I abandoned that idea.