Overview: Match your testing goals to the environment you run them in
Overview: Match your testing goals to the environment you run them in
Goal: Test Stability
Use your Staging (QA or Test) environment for the best balance between reliability and safety.What this gives you- Stable builds with predictable data.
- Space for complete end-to-end and regression testing.
- Safe configuration for allowlisted email domains or test credentials.
Staging may lag behind active development. If releases are infrequent, regressions might not surface until later in testing.
Goal: Get rapid feedback during test development
Run tests in your Development environment to identify regressions early.What this gives you- Immediate feedback after merges.
- Quick iteration and faster bug turnaround.
- Tight integration with the development process.
Development environments can be unstable or inconsistent. Failing tests here often point to temporary issues rather than actual defects.
Goal: Verify the real user experience
Run tests in Production when you need complete confidence in real-world behavior.What this gives you- Testing against the exact production configuration.
- Real performance and reliability data.
- Confirmation that core user flows work correctly in the live environment.
Bugs discovered here have already reached users. Some flows (such as payments) may trigger real transactions or a financial risk.
Goal: Validate changes before merging code
Ask QA Wolf to help you enable PR testing to run your flows automatically on each pull request.What this gives you- Early, automated feedback in your VCS.
- Confidence that merges won’t break mainline tests.
- Faster, safer release cycles.
PR testing requires dedicated or isolated environments. Shared resources or reused credentials can cause flaky results.