Cloud Execution

Cloud Execution runs tests on QAlity machines in the background without visual playback. It runs headless — no browser window opens on your screen. Screenshots are still captured during the run.

In the Run Configuration dialog it appears as Cloud.

Select Cloud→Run Now→Background→Results

Use Cloud Execution for:

• Individual test cases (as an alternative to Browser Execution)
• All test suite runs
• All test plan runs and schedules

Suites and plans use Cloud only

Browser Execution is not available for suites or plans — those always run on Cloud. Compare both modes in Browser Execution vs Cloud Execution. Use Scheduling test plans to run plans automatically.

Parallel runs

Browser Execution runs one test case at a time with live playback in your browser.

Cloud Execution is built for many cases in one suite or plan. Cases in a suite or plan run in parallel on QAlity cloud machines in the background—so a regression plan does not wait for each case to finish live on your machine.

	Browser Execution	Cloud Execution
Concurrency	One case, live	Multiple cases in a suite/plan can run in parallel
Where	Your Chromium browser (Incognito)	QAlity cloud machines
Best for	Debugging a single case	Suites, plans, and scheduled regression

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You do not pick a parallel count in the UI. Parallelism applies when Cloud runs suites and plans. A single test case Cloud run is still one case.

How to run a test case on Cloud

1

Open a test case

Go to Test Cases and open the test case you want to run.

2

Click Run

Click the Run button in the top right and select Run or Config & Run.

3

Select Cloud

In the Run Configuration popup, under Select run environment, choose Cloud.

4

Configure Advanced Settings (optional)

Expand Advanced Settings to configure:

Page Load Timeout

How many seconds to wait for a page to load before failing. Default is 30 seconds.

Element Timeout

How many seconds to wait for an element to appear before failing. Default is 30 seconds.

Browser

Select Chrome (Cloud Execution uses Chromium-based browsers only).

Environments

Select an environment to run the test against, or leave as None.

Capture Screenshots

Choose when to capture screenshots (for example All Steps or Failed Steps).

5

Click Run Now

Click Run Now. Cloud Execution starts running the test in the background on QAlity's cloud machines.

Suites and plans

Cloud only

Test suites and test plans always run on Cloud. Open a suite or plan and click Run (or schedule the plan) — there is no Browser Execution option for these.

While Cloud Execution is running

Status

The run shows Running status with the date, time, and elapsed duration at the top.

Step list

Steps appear in the list. The currently executing step is highlighted. The page auto refreshes every 3 seconds.

Auto refreshing

Toggle auto refreshing on or off. You can also change the refresh interval.

Stop button

A red Stop button appears at the top right. Click it to stop the run at any time.

Cloud Execution results

After the run completes:

Result badge

Shows Passed, Failed, Aborted, or Stopped with a percentage circle at the top.

Step results

Click any step to see its Result, Message, and Screenshot on the right panel.

Execution History

The run is saved in the Execution History tab showing Status, Run ID, Agent Type (QAlity), Message, and Duration.

Use Cloud Execution for batch runs

Cloud Execution is the best choice when you want to run suites or plans without watching each case, or when you want a single test case to run unattended in the background.