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51% of Teams Struggle with Automation Skills | How to Overcome QA's Biggest Challenge

Jun 30, 2025 By Katalon In Katalon
Did you know that 51% of teams cite limited skills or experience in test automation as their biggest challenge? This insight from the State of Software Quality 2025 Report reveals a major roadblock to successful test automation across the industry. Teams continue to face difficulties in implementing and scaling automation due to a lack of trained talent. But there is a path forward—through strategic training, team upskilling, and the use of intuitive automation tools.
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G2 Summer Report: How Users Are Rating Katalon

Jun 25, 2025 By Katalon In Katalon
The G2 Summer Report 2025 has arrived. Published by the renowned software review website g2.com, this report brings value to both sides of the market: With up to 37 G2 badges received this time, we're really happy to see that our product is resonating with users across a wide range of markets and industry segments, including DevOps, Software Testing, and Automation Testing. Here's a quick recap of the report.
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How To Reduce Regression Testing Time? 5 Actionable Strategies

Jun 24, 2025 By Katalon In Katalon
Regression testing is indeed one of the most time-consuming part of software testing: repetitive, tedious, and requiring high volume of executions. And yet, you can't ignore regression testing. It is the guardrail preventing bugs from slipping into production. But if you don't try to reduce the time it takes to do regression testing, it becomes counter-productive, very soon.
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Vibe-Coding Meets QA: What Happens When AI Writes 30% of Your Code?

Jun 24, 2025 By Katalon In Katalon
With the rapid adoption of AI-driven coding tools, software development is experiencing a seismic shift. Increasingly, developers rely on tools like GitHub Copilot and other generative AI solutions (collectively termed “vibe-coding”) that now account for roughly 30% of code output in leading organizations. This trend raises significant questions for QA teams: What happens when AI significantly contributes to the codebase, and how does this reshape the landscape of software testing?
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Katalon and RMIT expand strategic partnership to build an AI-ready workforce

Jun 19, 2025 By Katalon In Katalon
Katalon officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with RMIT University Vietnam. This collaboration aims to bridge academic learning with real-world software development and software testing expertise, equipping students with an adaptive mindset, future-ready skills and AI tools. Leaders and representatives from RMIT Vietnam and Katalon at the MoU signing ceremony.
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Is a Hot Dog a Sandwich? What 1,500 QA Pros Really Think | 2025 State of Quality Report

Jun 19, 2025 By Katalon In Katalon
Did you know that 44% of QA professionals believe a hot dog is a sandwich? That’s just one of the fun—and surprising—questions we asked in this year’s State of Software Quality Report survey. But beyond the humor, we dug deep into the real challenges testers face every day: organizational maturity, AI in testing, best practices, and more. Over 1,500 software testing professionals shared their insights, and now you can explore what they had to say.
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Katalon Studio 10.2 Release: 3 reasons to upgrade now!

Jun 18, 2025 By Katalon In Katalon
If you're still using an earlier version of Katalon Studio, you're likely missing out on major improvements that make everyday testing faster, easier, and more reliable. Studio 10.2.0 focuses on solving real-world problems, giving AI more context when writing test scripts, speeding up and clarifying test reports, and strengthening integrations and security for teams working at scale. Here are the top three reasons to upgrade today.
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How To Write A Test Script? A Practical Guide

Jun 13, 2025 By Katalon In Katalon
Automation testing begins with a test script. Its job is to command the machine to perform each test step on your behalf. A well-written test script executes those steps exactly like how a human would, with the extra consistency, standardization, and precision of a machine. However, writing test scripts means coding, and coding can sometimes be a challenge, especially for testers who are only getting started. Let us show you how to write a test script in a simple fashion.
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Navigating Nested Maps in Katalon Studio: Finding Values Without Key Specification

Jun 11, 2025 By Katalon In Katalon
The information in this blog post is based on a real-life scenario shared by a user on our Katalon Community forum and is intended to inspire peer-to-peer discussion and collaboration. Please always test solutions thoroughly before implementing them in a production environment. Feel free to continue the discussion here.
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How to Easily Handle Dropdowns in Selenium with the Select Class

Jun 10, 2025 By Katalon In Katalon
In this article, we’ll quickly cover those core Selenium commands and then show how Katalon Studio streamlines the same process - letting you capture a dropdown with Spy Web and select options using built-in keywords like selectOptionByValue or selectOptionByIndex, so you can automate dropdown interactions without writing boilerplate code, but first...
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What's New in Katalon - May 2025 | Katalon Studio 10.2 & TrueTest Feature Updates

Jun 10, 2025 By Katalon In Katalon
Discover the most powerful updates in Katalon Studio 10.2 and TrueTest in this comprehensive product webinar. Join Lucio, Mai Le (Director of Product Management), and Philip Becker (Sr. Product Manager) as they walk you through Katalon’s newest capabilities, including enhanced AI-powered test generation, smarter StudioAssist context handling, improved security for global variables, and multi-environment data tracking. Learn how TrueTest helps QA teams close testing gaps and streamline automation with minimal manual effort.
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26% of testing teams spend 75% of their time on manual testing, and 80% still rely heavily on it

Jun 10, 2025 By Katalon In Katalon
Manual testing is still dominating software testing workflows in 2025 — but is it holding teams back? In this quick insight from Katalon’s State of Software Quality Report 2025, Senior Product Manager Mai highlights the surprising stat that over 80% of QA teams still rely heavily on manual testing, with 26% spending more than 75% of their time on it. While manual testing remains important, it can also become a bottleneck. Discover what’s driving this dependency and how modern practices and tools can accelerate efficiency.
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How many of QA pros are using AI technology within their testing practices?

Jun 4, 2025 By Katalon In Katalon
Did you know that 77% of QA professionals are already using AI in their testing practices? In this year’s State of Software Quality Report 2025, Katalon asked QA teams about the role of AI in their workflows, and the results are eye-opening. This short video reveals one of the biggest takeaways: how widespread AI adoption has become in the quality space, and why it matters for the future of testing.
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How to Find XPath in Selenium? A Complete Guide

Jun 3, 2025 By Katalon In Katalon
This blog provides a quick guide to find and use XPath in Selenium. XPath uses path expressions to navigate through elements, attributes, and select nodes or node-sets. The basic syntax of an XPath expression is: Xpath=//tagname. Make sure that you have installed a Selenium library. If you haven't, you can have a look at Selenium documentation for how-to guides.
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From Spreadsheet to TestOps: When & How to Level-Up Test Management

Jun 3, 2025 By Katalon In Katalon
Managing software testing via spreadsheets might be adequate for small-scale projects or startups. However, as your team grows and projects become more complex, this approach quickly reaches its limits. That's why TestOps was born. As a concept, TestOps is relatively new, having existed only since 2019. However, it is the kind of concept that has changed and surely will continue to influence the QA industry.
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Test automation that keeps up with your business applications' speed

Jun 3, 2025 By Katalon In Katalon
Business applications like Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems stand as the nervous systems of enterprise operations. They integrate core business processes, manage customer interactions, and provide a unified view of business operations. Back in 1999, Hershey's faced a major setback due to a flawed ERP implementation, resulting in a significant loss of sales and profits.
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