Use the session timeline

Learn how to use the session timeline so you can review and share specific test steps with your team.

Open the timeline

In Kobiton, select Sessions.

Select the Sessions tab

Find a session, then select the session in the search results.

Search for a session ID

When you select a session, the Session Explorer page appears.

A session with no recorded steps opens on Session Overview instead, and its Explorer tab shows Explorer is not available for this session.

Select the Explorer tab

Use the timeline

Scrub the timeline

To scrub the timeline and look for a test step or issue, use the slider to zoom in and out of the timeline.

A closeup to Zoom function on the timeline

Review a test step

To review a test step, select it in the session timeline.

View test steps on the timeline

To go to the next or previous step, select the Next or Previous icon, or use your keyboard’s arrow keys.

Get a test step ID

To get a test step ID, select the test step in the timeline, then select the Copy ID icon.

A closeup to copy command ID function on the timeline

To get a link to a test step, select the test step in the timeline, then select the Copy link to test step icon.

A closeup to copy link function on the timeline

Download a screenshot

To download a screenshot, select a test step in the timeline, then select the Download icon.

Download button to download screenshot of the selected step

Review fold and unfold steps

When a foldable device is folded or unfolded during a manual session, the timeline records the change as a test step:

  • FOLD DEVICE: The device was folded.

  • UNFOLD DEVICE: The device was unfolded.

Each step has its own icon and screenshot, and appears at the point in the session when the device was folded or unfolded.

Screenshots keep the screen size and shape of the posture the device was in when they were captured. Touch and swipe markers appear on the screenshot they belong to.

  • The screenshot for a fold or unfold step is captured shortly after the change. If the device is slow to switch screens, the screenshot can still show the previous screen.

  • Fold and unfold steps are recorded for manual sessions only.

  • When you convert a session to a test case, fold and unfold steps appear as unsupported steps.

View validation issues

To view a validation issue that was flagged during your session, select a validation icon in the timeline. Depending on the session, the possible validation icons are:

  • A: Accessibility

  • C: Crash

  • R: Response time (for Network Payload Capture sessions)

  • S: Appium self-healing (for automation sessions with flexCorrect enabled)

Icons on the timeline showing Accessibility Validation

Then, select View Details.

After select View Details button

Action groups in timeline

In the Session Explorer timeline, you can see visually distinct groupings of related Appium commands as defined in your test script. Each group created using 'kobiton:stepGroup' is represented as a labeled section within the timeline, offering clear segmentation of test steps.

Actions grouping in the timeline