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How to create a test cycle | Zephyr

SmartBear Zephyr is the Jira-native test management and automation platform that empowers your team to deliver better software, faster. Organizing your testing into Test Cycles is the best way to align your QA efforts with specific sprints, releases, and versions, ensuring your team stays focused and on schedule. This short demo video guides you through the process of setting up and populating your Test Cycles. You’ll learn how to define execution windows, link cycles to specific release versions, and pull in test cases from across different Jira projects to create a unified testing effort.

Tracking testing progress with reports | Zephyr

SmartBear Zephyr is the Jira-native test management and automation platform that empowers your team to deliver better software, faster. Its reporting and dashboard capabilities provide real-time visibility into your quality metrics, so you always know the status of your release. This short demo video shows you how to navigate the Zephyr Reports tab and build customized Jira Dashboards. Whether it’s via high-level execution summaries or deep-dive traceability reports, you can track coverage and identify testing bottlenecks instantly.

Test automation using Record and Play | Zephyr

SmartBear Zephyr is the Jira-native test management and automation platform that empowers your team to deliver better software,faster. Its Record and Play capability is a fast and easy way to build, run, and review automated tests. This short video demonstrates the full flow from recording to execution, all without writing a single line of code. You'll see how testers can review the recorded steps and verify that each interaction was accurately captured, for both traceability and visibility into the automated workflow.

Comparing the top AI test automation tools

AI is reshaping test automation fundamentals. Features that once required hours of manual scripting can now adapt automatically to UI changes, generate realistic test data on demand, and help teams predict which tests matter most. For QA engineers evaluating automation platforms, understanding how AI capabilities differ has become essential. This comparison examines SmartBear TestComplete, Tricentis Tosca, and Ranorex through their AI-powered features.

Top 6 automated testing tools for enterprise scalability

Scaling test automation from hundreds to thousands of tests introduces challenges underestimate. Maintenance overhead compounds as UI changes ripple through test suites. Parallel execution becomes essential but complex to orchestrate. Enterprise applications like SAP, Salesforce, and Oracle demand specialized testing approaches.

The Top 10 Challenges with Mobile Testing (and how to solve them)

From shopping and food delivery to banking and fitness, mobile users everywhere expect smooth, fast, and bug-free experiences. Behind every efficient mobile app is a team of testers working hard to make that happen – and if you’re one of them, you know it’s no easy task. Mobile testing isn’t just about checking whether a few buttons work.

Software teams are discovering something powerful: agentic automation that connects across the SDLC

In this From the Bear Cave session, Dan Faulkner and Vineeta Puranik break down how MCP Server enables connected workflows, what autonomy looks like in practice, and why trust and transparency are critical as teams adopt agentic automation.