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Debug in Katalon

The document discusses how to debug test cases in Katalon Studio. It describes features like debug mode, enabling and disabling test steps, and debugging from a specific step. It provides instructions for using these features to pause execution and investigate issues.

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Debug in Katalon

The document discusses how to debug test cases in Katalon Studio. It describes features like debug mode, enabling and disabling test steps, and debugging from a specific step. It provides instructions for using these features to pause execution and investigate issues.

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Debug a test case inKatalon Studio

Creating automation test cases is a repetitive task that requires a lot of editing and re-running test
cases. In many automation tools, when a test case fails and you make certain changes to the script,
you usually have to execute the whole script all over again to make sure the test is executed as
expected.
To save your precious time from tedious repetitive re-running all unnecessary steps for debugging
and to make debugging easier, Katalon Studio provides the following utilities:
Debug: Run from here
Debug: Enable/Disable steps
Debug mode
Debug from here

Requirements
An active Katalon Studio Enterprise license.

Debug: Run from here


With this feature, you can resume the existing execution quickly. Katalon Studio currently
supports Run from here with Chrome, Firefox, and Edge Chromium (Edge Chromium is supported
in versio 7.3.0 and later) only. To use it, from the Manual view of a test case:

1.Start a browser with the Open Browser step, or you must have a currently running
browser.
2.Make sure this browser's session is NOT terminated when the execution finishes (Go
to Project/Settings/Execution and uncheck the Terminate... options in Post-Execution
Options based on your testing needs)
3.In the Manual view of the test case, right-click on a step, select Run from here and select
one of the currently running browser instances to execute your test.
If there are no running browser instances that are previously launched in Katalon
Studio, Run from here is disabled.
Debug: Enable or Disable steps
Debug: Enable or Disable Steps
Katalon Studio allows you to enable or disable one or more test steps before executing the test case
to skip unwanted steps during execution. You can use the provided keyboard shortcuts to perform
the actions.
For Windows: Ctrl+D (disable) and Ctrl+E (enable) on selected steps.
For macOS: command+/ (disable) and option+command+/
Debug mode
The Debug mode in Katalon Studio is designed to make debugging easy to use, allowing
investigating the root causes more quickly. The following steps present how to debug a test case:
1.Open a test case and switch to the Script view.

2.Double-click on the leftmost side of the script editor to mark a breakpoint. A breakpoint is
where Katalon Studio pauses the test execution for you to start debugging.
3.Choose a browser for Debug from the main toolbar.
4.Confirm (select Yes) when being asked to display the Debug perspective.
5.The Debug perspective provides convenient options for debugging purposes. You can:
Navigate execution using commands from the debug toolbar

Where:

Command Description
Resume debugging
Suspend debugging
Terminate debugging
Disconnect
Step into the current code block
Step over the current code block
Return from the current code block
Run to a specific line
Track values of variables using Watch utilities.**
Where:

View Description
You can view all variables associated with the current debugged action using
Variables Variables View, which is similar to Variables View in Eclipse. Refer to
this guide for more details.
You can view all breakpoints using Breakpoints View, which is similar to
Breakpoints
Breakpoints View in Eclipse. Refer to this guide for more details.
You can inspect data using Expressions View, which is similar to Expressions
Expressions
View in Eclipse. Refer to this guide for more details.

Debug from here


 Introduced in version 7.5.5.
To use Debug from here with Chrome, Firefox, or Edge Chromium, do as follows:

1.Start a browser with the Open Browser step, or you must have a currently running
browser
2.Make sure this browser's session is NOT terminated when the execution finishes (Go
to Project/Settings/Execution and uncheck the Terminate... options in Post-Execution
Options based on your testing needs)
3.Open a test case in its Script view and double-click on the leftmost side of the script editor
to mark a breakpoint. A breakpoint is where Katalon Studio pauses the test execution for you
to debug.
4.Switch to the test case's Manual view, right-click on a step, select Debug from here and
select one of the currently running browser instances to execute your test.
If there are no running browser instances that are previously launched in Katalon
Studio, Debug from here... is disabled.

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