TestFlow Recorder (Web Spy & Recorder)

Record web interactions with robust locators, assertions, replay, and structured flows for Playwright, pytest, and Serenity.

TestFlow Recorder is a Chrome extension for recording, inspecting, reviewing, and replaying web UI test flows. It captures user interactions and generates robust, traceable locator candidates for each element, including CSS and XPath strategies based on semantic attributes, labels, parent/child relationships, siblings, and surrounding DOM context. Locator candidates are validated for uniqueness before being recommended. TestFlow Recorder includes an interactive Object Spy for inspecting elements without interrupting the test flow, adding actions and assertions, and selecting alternative locators. Recorded flows can be reviewed and edited in the TestFlow Runner before execution. Users can change locators, add or skip assertions, configure execution timeouts, remove steps, and replay the complete flow in an isolated browser session. The extension also supports complex web applications that use iframes and open Shadow DOM. Execution results include step-level status, locator information, timing, failure diagnostics, and downloadable HTML evidence. Recorded flows can be exported and imported as structured JSON, preserving actions, assertions, locator candidates, page context, execution configuration, iframe/Shadow DOM context, and metadata intended to support downstream test automation workflows. TestFlow Recorder is designed for QA engineers, test automation engineers, developers, and teams that need to capture browser workflows and convert them into structured, reusable automation assets.