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Who’s your favorite Star Wars character? Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, Princess Leia, or Chewbacca? In this year’s State of Software Quality 2025 survey, we asked 1,500 QA professionals the same question. Spoiler alert: 30% chose Luke Skywalker as their favorite! But that’s just the fun part. The report also dives deep into serious industry insights—how QA professionals are leveraging AI, their biggest testing challenges, the tools they use, and how mature their testing processes are across the industry.

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.

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.