Smoke Testing vs Sanity Testing: What’s the Difference?

Smoke testing checks whether a new build is stable enough for further testing, while sanity testing verifies whether a specific fix or small change works as expected. This guide breaks down the key differences, examples, when to use each test, and how to automate both with Ghost Inspector.

Your Tests Passed. So Why Is Your UI Broken?

Visual regressions often slip past functional tests and reach production unnoticed. Learn why modern web apps are more vulnerable to UI bugs and how automated visual testing helps teams catch them earlier.

What Is Automation Testing, and How Does It Fit into a QA Workflow?

Manual testing is essential to quality assurance, but it doesn’t always scale with fast release cycles. Clicking through forms, checking user flows, and repeating the same regression tests before every release can quickly become a bottleneck. Automation testing takes repetitive checks off your QA team’s plate. Instead of manually checking the same flows again and […]

7 Ways to Monitor Critical User Flows on Your Website

Your website’s critical user flows are the lifelines of your business. A single broken button or unexpected error can send users packing — and that means lost revenue and a damaged reputation. Yet a lot of teams still rely on sporadic manual checks or basic uptime monitoring. The problem? Revenue-draining bugs love to hide in […]