Is there any way to lock the screen when test is running in katalon?

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Hi Team

Can anyone tell , On katalon is it possible to lock only the test screen when test is running. Now actually its effecting my test run if cursor moves by mistake. So any suggestions for this ?

Thank you
Creta

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This would be pretty neat, especially if I could actually WinKey + L lock my screen and go to lunch while a massive regression test suite runs without fear of someone messing with my computer.

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@josephdsaylor
Yeah thats one way. But sometimes situation like run the suite and work on something else side by so then how to handle it? Its really effecting my test run sometimes.

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Hello,

maybe this will help you
https://support.microsoft.com/en-ca/help/4028111/windows-lock-your-windows-10-pc-automatically-when-you-step-away-from
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But sometimes situation like run the suite and work on something else side by so then how to handle it?

Mhm … so how can you work side by side with the screen locked? :thinking:

Some possible solutions:

  • run the test on a different machine (e.g on a CI server)
  • run the test in a virtual machine
  • something else i don’t have in mind right now …
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ha ha i wanted to know is there any feature in katalon which will only lock the test run screen. :slight_smile: Not the entire window screen. Hope u got my point now.

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ha ha i wanted to know is there any feature in katalon which will only lock the test run screen. :slight_smile: Not the entire window screen. Hope u got my point now.

well … the idea is … katalon is not actually running in ‘his own screen’ but, spawning maybe, in UI testing, own browser instances.
so, the problem is, you have to find a way to isolate katalon processes from the host processes.
here virtualization may help

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+1

That, or run the browser headless.

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Great… Thank you for your reply.