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Use healing or re-recording to fix broken steps

If AIVA can’t find an element on the page anymore (typically because of a redesign of the tested app or dynamic content on the page), you don’t need to redo the entire test. You have two quick, painless options:

One-click “healing” (the fastest fix)​

If AIVA highlights a step in red and says it couldn’t find an element (a button, an input field etc.):

  1. Open the failed test result (the broken step’s Issues tab is already pre-selected)
  2. In the screenshot on the right, just click the new location of the button/field
  3. AIVA instantly updates that step and remembers the new element definition for all future runs

Most everyday breakage is fixed in literally 3 seconds this way. We call this “healing” of the element.

Re-record a section (when more than one thing changed)​

If a whole part of the flow was redesigned (and not just a single button):

  1. Open the test and switch to Edit mode
  2. Select the first step that’s no longer correct
  3. Click “Re-record from this step”
  4. AIVA will automatically replay everything up to that point, then hand control back to you
  5. Perform the new actions exactly as you want them
  6. Select if and where in the remaining original steps the test should continue
  7. Save the recording

That’s it — the early part of the test stays exactly the same, the broken part is replaced, and the rest continues working.

These two tools together mean your test suite almost never becomes “rotten” after a redesign. A 30-second fix is usually all it takes to get everything green again.