1. Desktop application automation testing within Katalon Studio Enterprise (KSE) is still lacking. Does Katalon have plans to improve this area of KSE
[AKA] Katalon Studio - Feb 26 to Mar 04, 2024 ✨ - #4 by yann.sautreuil.ext
Hello, we intensively use WebUI and WS features of KSE yet noticed that regarding desktop app automation KSE seems behind the competition: missing WebUI features (no video record, no screenshot, no “rerun from here”) and not handling all desktop app development languages meaning for some desktop app interactions is difficult and object recognition not working well.
Question: is it intended to remain like this, because KSE is actually mostly used for WebUI / WS test automation, or is it intended to catchup competitors in this domain?
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Hi @yann.sautreuil.ext ,
Thank you for trusting Studio for your day-to-day work, I really appreciate your feedback on WebUI and WS features. We’re still working on enhancements and developing new features every releases.
For the object recognition, we’ve just released 9.3.1 yesterday, introducing Smart Locator , where it can be used in advanced cases that previous locators might not work well. We would love to hear if this new feature can help your testing work easier.
Some other docs I believe could help you:
If you have other issues or feature suggestions for video record, screenshot or debugging, please let me know. We would love to hear more from you so that we can improve Studio better.
2. Would it be possible to make a time boundary on test execution (stopping Katalon Runtime Engine test suites run) and then generate the report as "finally" part of execution (by sending it to TestOps)?
[AKA] Katalon Studio - Feb 26 to Mar 04, 2024 ✨ - #5 by Elly_Tran
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Thanks @wbalien for your suggestion.
Currently, reports are only generated when execution is completed, and there will be no reports if the execution is stopped in the middle. We value your suggestion, and we might consider it for future releases.
3. Are there plans for Katalon StudioAssist to use alternative Large Langugage Models (LLM) such as Google Gemini or other (free/no-cost) models instead of ChatGPT?
[AKA] Katalon Studio - Feb 26 to Mar 04, 2024 ✨ - #6 by Elly_Tran
With this question, however, I would also like to emphasize the matter of data protection. The issue is not only important for large companies such as Apple, which is said to have issued a general ban on ChatGPT as early as the beginning of 2023, but also for small companies such as ours, which want to ensure that no sensitive information leaves the company.
Here, fore example you can find some LLMs to host yourself: library
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Hi @Testinator-X ,
A 30-day data retention on OpenAI
No data is used to train the OpenAIs model
For more information on OpenAI’s data policies, refer to: Enterprise privacy . On an account level, we can set the data retention to 0 days if desired.
We do have plans to support Azure OpenAI soon. Their policies on data are more stringent as the data will completely be controlled by Microsoft. Refer to Data, privacy, and security for Azure OpenAI Service - Azure AI services | Microsoft Learn for the data policy for Microsoft.
Other than the above-mentioned, our long-term plan is to support other LLMs (both propriety & open source models).
I hope that this addresses your concern.
4. Is there any plans to incorporate Performance/Load-testing capabilities into Katalon Platform such that someone does not need to use third-party tool to get performance insights about their application whose test cases are primarily housed in Katalon Studio?
[AKA] Katalon Studio - Feb 26 to Mar 04, 2024 ✨ - #7 by Elly_Tran
A question from @katamba :
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5. Which security-related information is Katalon Studio getting from our usage of the product itself?
[AKA] Katalon Studio - Feb 26 to Mar 04, 2024 ✨ - #9 by grylion54
I received an email from Katalon that they “knew that I used Keywords” in my test scripts and to talk to Katalon about the new KS product, version 9.0, in which, if you use Keywords, you need to pay for subscription. Note: This is on my home machine in which I don’t do much except respond to forum questions.
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Hi @grylion54 ,
We do collect some information about your application use for the purpose of analyzing and improving the product better, eg what types of keywords you use, but not more than that, we cannot read your script. You can refer to this document: Privacy Policy for further details of our tracking.
In case you do not want to be tracked, you have the option to disable usage tracking, but pls note that it will require a KSE license. I hope this info can help you.
6. Is it possible to run Katalon Runtime Engine on Apple Silicon (the M1 chip specifically)?
[AKA] Katalon Studio - Feb 26 to Mar 04, 2024 ✨ - #15 by albert.vu
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Hi @trungnghia.ctn94 ,
I want to use KRE in my M1 mac. Is there any way to do that?
Yes, you can use KRE on Apple Silicon, KRE for macOS can run well on both Intel and Apple Silicon chips. I hope that this answer could help, if you need further support, please let me know.
Happy testing,
7. I am trying to iterate through the list of web elements but kept getting error (expand to see more
[AKA] Katalon Studio - Feb 26 to Mar 04, 2024 ✨ - #21 by ishmaleezi
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The error MultipleCompilationErrorsException means you have defined the same variable more than once. Somewhere in your code, you likely copied and pasted the variables, Table , rows_table and Columns_row . What you need to do is remove the definition from in front of the variables. You can leave the definition in front of the very first one in your code, then remove all others. As an example, keep your definition in the first instance:
WebElement Table = driver.findElement(...)
but any other use of the same variable, you just use:
Table = driver.findElement(...)
Same goes for the others listed in your error message.
8. How do I customize the reports generated by Katalon?
[AKA] Katalon Studio - Feb 26 to Mar 04, 2024 ✨ - #22 by bmiryala
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9. Does Katalon Studio support multiple languages for testing?
[AKA] Katalon Studio - Feb 26 to Mar 04, 2024 ✨ - #23 by bmiryala
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10. I am facing issues when trying to set up a mobile automation project using Perfecto Cloud
[AKA] Katalon Studio - Feb 26 to Mar 04, 2024 ✨ - #25 by syed.shoaib
Hi Team,
I’m trying to setup a mobile automation project using perfecto cloud.
I used the plugins provided in Katalon Store but unable to achieve the result.
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Hi @syed.shoaib ,Perfecto Integration v2022 . If you have any specific error message or screenshot of where you’re stuck, please share it with us so that we can help you further.
11. Can you walk us through on how each module of the Katalon Platform can be integrated with JIRA (no Xray), and more specifically, the activities that can be synced between the two platforms?
[AKA] Katalon Studio - Feb 26 to Mar 04, 2024 ✨ - #26 by nathaniel1
Can the team walk through how each piece of the Katalon suite of products can be integrated with JIRA(no Xray), specifically the activities that can be synchronized between the two platforms? A high-level outline/diagram or flowchart?
We have Studio and TestOps attempting to bring TrueTest online as well.
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Hey Nathaniel,
Here’s a video I recorded against Jira in the pas it also has GitLab integration but you can skip that part.
Note, some of the screens have changed but I believe it’s still applicable.
[Tutorial] Integrating Katalon TestOps With Jira and Gitlab
Let me know if you have any questions.
Philip B
12. Can we directly upload test cases/suit/folder from Katalon Studio to TestOps?
[AKA] Katalon Studio - Feb 26 to Mar 04, 2024 ✨ - #27 by himanshupawar.work
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