Discovery

Discovery automatically crawls your web application to find pages, detect user flows, identify UI patterns, and generate documentation.

What is Discovery?

Think of Discovery as an intelligent spider that explores your website:

• Finds all pages by following links
• Detects user flows (login, signup, checkout, etc.)
• Identifies UI patterns (forms, tables, modals, navigation)
• Captures screenshots of every page
• Generates documentation about your app structure

Why Use Discovery?

For New Applications

• Quickly understand the app structure
• Find all user journeys
• Identify areas that need testing

For Existing Applications

• Detect changes between versions
• Find pages you didn’t know existed
• Verify all flows still work

For Regression Testing

• Compare before and after deployments
• Detect UI changes automatically
• Ensure no pages are broken

How Discovery Works

Discovery Configuration

When starting a discovery session:

Authenticated Discovery

Test authenticated areas using Personas:

1. Select a Persona with login credentials
2. Discovery logs in automatically
3. Crawls protected pages behind authentication
4. Discovers user-specific flows

Learn about Personas →

What Discovery Finds

Pages

Every page discovered includes:

• URL and title
• HTTP status code
• Screenshot
• Page elements (links, forms, buttons)
• Load time

User Flows

Automatically detected flows:

• Authentication - Login, signup, password reset
• CRUD Operations - Create, read, update, delete
• Search - Search forms and results
• Navigation - Site navigation patterns
• Checkout - E-commerce purchase flows
• Onboarding - New user orientation

UI Patterns

Identified patterns:

• Forms - Input fields, selectors, submissions
• Tables - Data grids and lists
• Modals - Dialogs and popups
• Navigation - Menus, breadcrumbs, footers
• Cards - Content cards and tiles

Crawl Comparison

Compare two discovery sessions to detect changes:

Before Deployment → After Deployment
         ↓
    Comparison Report:
    - New pages: 5
    - Removed pages: 2
    - Modified pages: 12
    - Changed flows: 1

Change Severity

Changes are categorized:

• Critical - Broken pages, missing flows
• Major - Significant UI changes, new errors
• Minor - Small content or style changes

Generating From Discovery Results

1. Generate Test Cases

Automatically create tests from discovered flows:

• Each flow becomes a test case
• Steps are based on the actual journey
• Assertions verify key elements

2. Generate Documentation

AI analyzes results to create:

• Application structure overview
• Flow documentation
• UI pattern inventory
• API endpoint list

3. Export Data

Export discovery results:

• JSON - Machine-readable data
• CSV - Page list spreadsheet
• PDF - Visual report with screenshots

Controlling Discovery

Pause/Resume

Pause a running discovery and resume later:

• Useful for long crawls
• Saves progress
• Resume from where it stopped

Cancel

Stop a discovery and discard remaining work:

• Keeps what’s been discovered so far
• Useful if discovering unwanted areas

Discovery Limits

Discovery counts against your plan quota:

Best Practices

1. Start Small - Begin with limited depth and pages
2. Use Exclusions - Skip admin areas, APIs, and external links
3. Schedule Regular Crawls - Weekly or before deployments
4. Compare Baselines - Keep a baseline crawl to compare against
5. Generate Tests - Don’t just discover - create tests from results!

Next Steps