TestGuild News Show: : Weekly Software Testing & DevOps News

Are you sitting on a Playwright upgrade that finally makes passwordless login testable? A chatbot invented a policy that didn't exist and cost a company real money in court. Is your test plan ready for that, or are you only testing the happy path? Have you heard how LinkedIn built a digital tester that found over 200 real bugs on its own? Find out in this episode of the Test Guild News Show for th...

Are you falling into the selector trap that's probably burning like 80 percent of your team's time?  Is Apple's new self-testing agent in Xcode 27 a genuine leap, or just more vibe coding to clean up later?  Are testers really first in line to lose work to AI, or first in line to win the next big role? Find out in this episode of the Test Guild New Shows for the week of June 15th. So, grab your fa...

What if every bug report came with session replay, console errors, and network requests attached automatically? Postman just launched an AI Engineer that runs QA on every pull request. Helpful or hype? Plus, the free Playwright Step Decorator that's blowing up on LinkedIn, what is it? Find out in this episode of the TestGuild News Show for the week of June 8th. So grab your favorite cup of coffee...

Have you seen the new testing tool that claims to give you fully working end-to-end tests in five minutes with zero setup? What are some of the ways AI agents are quietly gaming their own benchmarks, and what does that mean for how you evaluate them? How do you keep test-driven development alive when AI is the one writing the code? Find out in this episode of the TestGuild News Show for the week o...

Are you shipping code faster with AI but quietly skipping the tests that matter most? Did you know that GitHub Actions went down 57 times in 12 months? Does your MCP server pass every test but your AI agent still fail in production? Find out the answer to these and other top news stories for the week of May 10th in this episode of the TestGuild news show. Don't miss TestGuild IRL in Nashville and...

Is your test coverage keeping pace with your AI-accelerated dev team? If the honest answer is no, stay tuned. Can a browser agent beat your entire Selenium test suite for less than a cent per task? We've got the benchmark numbers. Plus, are you trusting your AI testing tools a little too much?  Find out the answers to all these questions and more in this week's Test Guild news show. So grab your f...

Are you spending 80% of your time fixing tests that never catch bugs? What are 2 must know Cypress plugins that are in the news this week? Is AI flooding your codebase with code nobody can validate? What to know more? Find out in this episode of the Test Guild New Shows for the week of March 15th.  So, grab your favorite cup of coffee or tea, and let's do this. 0:00 Intro   0:19 Sub to Newsletter...

Are your AI-assisted tests giving you a false sense of confidence?  Is the traditional QA role about to be replaced by an Agentic Engineer? The creator of Selenium just showed up with something new, and you can see him live for free! Find out in this episode of the Test Guild New Shows for the week of March 8th.  So, grab your favorite cup of coffee or tea, and let's do this. 0:00 News Intro   0:2...

Are you still writing Playwright tests by hand while AI can now generate them straight from user intent?  Is your AI testing adoption stalling because you're skipping the most critical step most teams get wrong? And could a free, in-person testing event be coming to a city near you  this week?" Find out in this episode of the Test Guild New Shows for the week of Feb 22.  So, grab your favorite cup...

Are your automated tests measuring anything? What would happen if you delegating your entire QA workflow to an AI agent? Is your observability bill now rivaling your production infrastructure costs? Find out the answerer to these and all the other top news stories in this episode of the Test Guild New Shows for the week of Feb 1st. 0:20 Automation Guild Reg https://testguild.me/ag26linkedin 1:03 A...

What if Playwright tests could be created, not coded — and what if that tool just removed the paywall to prove it?  Are you testing AI agents all wrong? Could a Chrome extension replace your entire Playwright setup? Find out in this episode of the Test Guild New Shows for the week of Jan 18. So, grab your favorite cup of coffee or tea, and let's do this. 0:20 Free BlinqIO https://testguild.me/blin...

Did Jason Huggins just make selectors obsolete? What major test platform just rebranded around autonomous AI agents? And what if today's AI agents are repeating the same security mistakes the web made decades ago? Find out in this episode of the Test Guild New Shows for the week of Jan 12th 2026.  So, grab your favorite cup of coffee or tea, and let's do this.   time news link 0:25 Vibium Live htt...

Which long-running testing event just announced registration for its 10th annual edition? Why are teams getting burned by something called VIBE syndrome, even when their AI-generated tests look solid on day one? Have you heard about the OWASP AI Testing Guide? Find out in this episode of the Test Guild news show for the week of Dec 7th. So grab your favorite cup of coffee or tea and let's do this!...

What tool is trying to give testers more control over flakiness and element changes—without rewriting everything? How do you migrate cypress test to playwright? Have you seen how to do Mobile App Testing with AI Agents? Find out in this episode of the Test Guild New Shows for the week of Nov 30th.  So, grab your favorite cup of coffee or tea, and let's do this.   Time News Title link 0:16 TestDriv...

Is your test automation making things worse? Could AI agents replace your entire performance testing workflow? The first AI-orchestrated cyber-attack just got blocked—What does this mean for AI safety testing? Find out in this episode of the Test Guild New Shows for the week of Nov 16th.  So, grab your favorite cup of coffee or tea, and let's do this.   Links to News Mentioned in this Episode 0:19...

What are the top 4 free news tools every test should check out? How can AI-powered test management tools help QA teams balance rapid software delivery with quality assurance? Is your traditional test strategy falling apart with LLMs? Find out in this episode of the Test Guild New Shows for the week of Nov 9th.  So, grab your favorite cup of coffee or tea, and let's do this. Links to News Mentioned...

Is your architecture sabotaging your tests Playwright users, there's a new shortcut in town, what is it. AI testing tools are multiplying fast but what's actually useful versus what's just hype. Find out in this episode of the Test Guild New Shows for the week of Nov2 .  So, grab your favorite cup of coffee or tea, and let's do this. 0:20 ZAPTEST AI https://testguild.me/ZAPTESTNEWS 0:59 Playwright...

Is Cypress about to change how you write automation forever? Are you spending more time coordinating deployments than actually testing? Should you trust AI to generate your Playwright scripts? Find out in this episode of the Test Guild New Shows for the week of Oct 26th.  So, grab your favorite cup of coffee or tea, and let's do this. Links to News Mentioned in this Episode 0:18 Cy Prompt Free Tri...

Is the Testing Pyramid holding your team back? AI agents are writing, planning, and even fixing your Playwright tests automaticall, but do they actually save time, or just add complexity? And why are your AI agent tests passing today but mysteriously failing tomorrow? Find out in this episode of the Test Guild New Shows for the week of Oct 12th.  So, grab your favorite cup of coffee or tea, and le...

Are your accessibility tests missing critical issues? A new open-source framework with Selenium + Axe-core might be your fix. Can AI really make Test-Driven Development 10x faster? Autonomous testing is heating up. Forrester's Q3 2025 report reveals the big winners, risks, and disruptors testers need to know about. Find out in this episode of the Test Guild New Shows for the week of Oct 5th.  So,...

Are your API tests really covering what they should, or are you flying blind? Could this new AI GitHub reviewer stop bad code from slipping through your pipeline? And where does your team sit on the Automation Maturity Pyramid? Find out in this episode of the Test Guild News Show for the week of Sep 21st. So, grab your favorite cup of coffee or tea and let's do this.

About This Episode: Are you overlooking this new tool that finds accessibility bugs? Could AI finally make your tests self-heal—without breaking everything else? Have you seen New way to measure software quality - we break it down for you. Find out in this episode of the Test Guild News Show for the week of Sep 14th. So grab your favorite cup of coffee or tea and let's do this.

Is AI the future of Test management? Have you seen Is Playwright's must try brand-new browser extension? Can Cypress really automate complex healthcare APIs like FHIR Find out in this episode of the Test Guild New Shows for the week of Aug 24. So, grab your favorite cup of coffee or tea, and let's do this. Support the show check out ZAPTEST.AI https://testguild.me/ZAPTESTNEWS

Looking for fresh insights and global testing connections? TestMu 2025 is just around the corner Are you testing LLMs the right way — or setting yourself up for hidden failures?" And, is performance testing really dead in the age of AI? The answer might surprise you. Find out in this episode of the Test Guild New Shows for the week of Aug 17th.   So, grab your favorite cup of coffee or tea, and le...

Is the Next Gen Selenium era about to begin? What new AI agents can write AND execute your tests? Are you sacrificing quality for speed? Find out in this episode of the Test Guild New Shows for the week of Aug 10. So, grab your favorite cup of coffee or tea, and let's do this. TIME NEWS LINK 0:15 ZAPTEST AI https://testguild.me/ZAPTESTNEWS 0:55 NEXTGEN SELENIUM https://testguild.me/io46da 2:10 coT...