SmartActions: The Future of Resilient Test Automation
Rapise 9.0 introduces SmartActions, a revolutionary self-healing layer that combines object descriptions with action intent expressed in natural language. When UI changes cause traditional locators to fail, SmartActions leverages AI-based visual recognition to automatically identify and interact with the correct elements—without manual intervention.
"Web test automation has long been plagued by brittle locators that break with every UI update," said Adam Sandman, CEO of Inflectra. "SmartActions changes the game by embedding intelligence directly into test actions. Tests now understand what they're looking for and why, enabling them to adapt automatically when applications evolve."
The technology operates through a multi-level recovery process:
- Standard object lookup using the existing repository
- AI-based recovery using visual and contextual analysis
- Deep inspection with intelligent resolution (proceed, wait, skip, or fail)
When SmartActions successfully recovers an object, it generates patch files that can update the object repository, ensuring future test runs benefit from the healing without repeated AI intervention.
Inflectra.ai Integration During Test Playback
Rapise 9.0 extends the power of Inflectra.ai directly into test execution through the new AiTester global object. Test automation engineers can now send text-based and image-augmented queries to Inflectra.ai during playback, enabling:
- Advanced visual validation to detect layout shifts, missing elements, and design inconsistencies
- Intelligent analysis that combines the precision of automation with human-like observational skills
- Real-time AI-powered decision making within automated test flows
Additional Enhancements
Rapise 9.0 also delivers significant platform improvements:
- Upgraded to Selenium 4.40 and Appium 8.0.1 for latest browser and mobile compatibility
- Node.js 22.22 runtime for improved performance
- Enhanced Google Gemini support with gemini-embedding-001 model
- Improved alert/prompt/confirm recording via CDP events
- JUnit XML report generation from RapiseLauncher
- Support for .env files to configure AI server environment variables
Availability
Rapise 9.0 is available immediately for new and existing customers. For existing customers, you can download the new version from the secure Customer Area of our website.
For more information, visit https://www.inflectra.com/Rapise or contact Inflectra sales.
About Inflectra
Inflectra is a market-leading developer of software testing and application lifecycle management solutions. The company's products—including SpiraTest, SpiraPlan, SpiraTeam, Rapise, and RemoteLaunch—help organizations worldwide deliver quality software faster. Inflectra.ai, the company's agentic AI platform, brings intelligent automation to every stage of software delivery.
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