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Environments

In the QA Wolf platform, an environment corresponds to a specific version of your app, such as development, staging, or production. Each environment can be configured with separate variables (e.g., base URL, users), concurrency rates, and other settings relevant to the application version you’re testing. Flows and tests are unique to each environment and are not shared across environments.

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How to create, rename, and delete environments

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To create a new environment:

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Choose Workspace settings from the Workspace name dropdown above the flows list.
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Click Environments in the left navigation bar.
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Click Create environment in the upper-right corner. Give it a unique name and click Create.

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To rename an environment:

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Click inside the Environment Name text box, then type the new name and press Enter.

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To delete an environment:

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Click the red Delete button.
You can also access Environment settings from the Runs tab by hovering over any environment listed under Static environments to show the icon, then clicking it.

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How to change your default environment

Both the Flows and Runs tabs require a default environment. Set this to the environment you use most often for running and debugging tests.
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Open the Workspace name dropdown and click Workspace settings.
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Click General in the left navigation bar; it will be selected by default.
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Under Default environments, choose the environment you want the Flows and Runs tabs to use by default from the Default team environment dropdown.
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If your team is using PR testing environments, select the default environment from the dropdown labeled Default team PR Testing base environment.
Contact your QA Wolf Customer Success Manager to assist with PR testing configuration.

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How to limit the concurrency on an environment

By default, QA Wolf executes all flows in a run concurrently. You can change this by capping concurrency per environment.
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Open the Workspace name dropdown and click Workspace settings.
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Click Environments in the left navigation bar.
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Scroll to Run Concurrency Limit and select selecting the maximum number of flows to be executed at the same time.
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Click Save.

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How to declare and manage environment variables

In the QA Wolf platform, environment variables are encrypted constants scoped to a specific environment. You can use the same variable across environments by reusing the same name in each environment and setting the appropriate value for that environment (for example, BASE_URL in Staging vs Production). QA Wolf doesn’t enforce cross-environment consistency—this pattern relies on naming conventions.
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From the Flows tab, turn the Code editor on.
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Click the Env vars button below the code editing window. The Environment Variables tab opens in a side drawer. Here, you’ll see all existing environment variables for the selected environment.
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Click Add variable.
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Type the name and value, then click the icon to save.
Environment Variables can also be accessed from Workspace Settings.
  1. Open the Workspace name dropdown and click Workspace settings.
  2. Click Environments in the left navigation bar.
  3. Click the Environment variables tab.
Last modified on March 2, 2026