Wednesday, January 25, 2017

When automation goes wrong

http://www.satisfice.com/blog/archives/559

This scenario came to pass for a co-worker and myself. Our attempts to automate some manual tests uncovered a configuration issue that resulted in test data being fed into the production environment. In this case, a patient, said patient's medical record, and a prescription order for a controlled substance – in this case Oxycodone – for said patient sent to a local Walgreen's pharmacy.

Another reason why automating tests at the GUI level is not as easy as it seems . . .

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