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Record-and-replay is dead. Agents reason about your app instead

jul 2026 · 9 min

Record-and-replay is dead. Agents reason about your app instead

Recorded tests break because they remember where something was, not what it was. Change a wrapper div and every selector below it snaps.

Relocating by meaning

QAce finds elements the way a person does: by role, by visible text, by relationship to nearby landmarks. When markup shifts, the button labelled "Continue" inside the checkout step is still the button labelled "Continue" inside the checkout step.

Why a calibrated judge beats a coin flip

An agent that decides pass or fail on a single look is a coin flip with extra steps. QAce separates observation from judgement: it gathers evidence, then a separate judge weighs it against the stated intent of the test.

That separation is what makes it safe to gate a pull request. A flaky verdict that blocks a merge is worse than no test at all.

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