Enhancing Web Test Automation Through Screenshot and Video-Based Execution Reporting

Cherkashyn, Oleksii

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Proceedings of International Conference on Applied Innovation in IT · 2026/04/22 · Vol. 14 · Issue 2 · pp. 243–248

Enhancing Web Test Automation Through Screenshot and Video-Based Execution Reporting

Oleksii Cherkashyn

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Abstract

Automated web testing increasingly relies on comprehensive reporting mechanisms to facilitate bug reproduction and analysis. This study focuses on enhancing test automation through screenshot and video-based execution reporting using the WebdriverIO framework. The built-in method saveScreenshot was employed for capturing screenshots at each step of the test execution, while the Video Reporter library was used to record videos for failed tests. The study demonstrates that both GUI and headless modes of the Chrome browser do not affect the quality of screenshots and videos. Captured screenshots have an average size of approximately 61.5 KB to 136.9 KB, and videos range from 18.4 KB to 71.7 KB, making them suitable for execution on low-budget or resource-limited remote servers. Furthermore, with Jenkins supporting PNG screenshots and WEBM video playback, visual analysis can be performed directly within the CI/CD interface. The results confirm that the visual quality of both screenshots and video recordings is sufficient to identify the exact point of test failure and to reproduce the corresponding bugs, providing practical guidance for improving test reporting and debugging in automated web testing environments.

Keywords

Video Reporter Screenshot Reporter Web Application Testing Web Test Automation WebdriverIO JavaScript.

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