# An Initial Study on Ideal GUI Test Case Replayability

## TL;DR

This study examines how long-term GUI modifications impact the reusability of existing test cases, through empirical evaluation on open-source applications, focusing on replayability after application updates.

## Contribution

It provides an initial empirical analysis of GUI test case replayability considering long-term application changes, highlighting challenges in test case reuse.

## Key findings

- Test case replayability decreases with significant GUI changes
- Different types of GUI modifications affect replayability differently
- Empirical data on test case reuse in evolving GUI applications

## Abstract

In this paper we investigate the effect of long-term GUI changes occurring during application development on the reusability of existing GUI test cases. We conduct an empirical evaluation on two complex, open-source GUI-driven applications for which we generate test cases of various lengths. We then assess the replayability of generated test cases using simulation on newer versions of the target applications and partition them according to the type of repairing change required for their reuse.