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Auto-healing Smart XPath in Katalon Studio

From version 7.6.0, Katalon Studio launches Self-healing to replace Auto-healing Smart XPath for Web test execution. See Self-healing.

Note: This documentation is for the Katalon Studio version before 7.6.0.

Download the latest version of Katalon Studio: Katalon Studio.

Install Auto-healing Smart XPath plugin​

  1. Go to Katalon Store and download the plugin: Auto-healing Smart XPath.

  2. After successfully installing the plugin, open Katalon Studio. Click on the dropdown icon of the Profile button and choose Reload Plugins. To learn more about plugin installation, see Reload plugins.

  3. In the main toolbar, click on the Auto-healing Smart XPath button. If you see the Smart XPath Disable, the Auto-healing Smart XPath is currently enabled.

Configure XPath​

Go to Project Settings > Test Design > Web Locators. Choose the XPath option.

choose XPath

The list contains XPath generator providers which generate the corresponding XPath values for Katalon Studio test objects. You can drag and drop to change XPath priority.

Learn more about XPath locators here: Web Selection Method: Configure XPath.

Create test objects by Recording/Spying​

Once test objects in test cases are created by the Recording or Spying feature in Katalon Studio, a set of XPath values are generated in the prioritized order of the XPath generator provider list. The first value in the list is the default XPath value of the test objects.

object view

Execute test cases with Auto Healing, supported by Smart XPath​

During execution, if a default XPath value fails to detect a test object, other XPath options in the list are automatically applied until successfully find the test object. The execution continues as if no failed detection has happened. This helps significantly save time updating test cases, especially when the test cases are executed in batch overnight.

log viewer



Update to the new stable XPath values​

After execution, you can update the proposed XPath values to the test objects. Go to Smart Xpath > Xpath Auto-healing logs.

xpath auto-healing logs

Check the Approve box, then click OK to update the value. If you wish to update all values, click Approve all.

After approval, close the object and refresh the Object Repository to see the updated XPath values.

updated xpath values