An application’s base state is the known, stable state that you expect the application to be in before each test case begins execution, and the state the application can be returned to after each test case has ended execution. This state may be the state of an application when it is first started.
Base states are important because they ensure the integrity of your tests. By guaranteeing that each test case can start from a stable base state, you can be assured that an error in one test case does not cause subsequent test cases to fail.
Silk Test Classic automatically ensures that your application is at its base state during the following stages:
When an error occurs, Silk Test Classic does the following:
The recovery system makes sure that the test case was able to "clean up" after itself, so that the next test case runs under valid conditions.