The same runner, pointed at the flows that cost the most when they break. Each of these crosses more than one runtime, which is where scripted tests usually stop.
01
Checkout reliability
Ecommerce and payments
A checkout failure is never just a UI failure. The cart, the tokenizer, the 3-D Secure code, the order API, the receipt and the native app all have to agree.
Cart totals match catalogue pricing
Card tokenized with no PAN in the DOM
SMS OTP received and entered
Order API returns and matches the cart
Receipt email total matches the order
One trace across five runtimes
02
Auth and one-time codes
Any product with a login
The step teams give up automating is the one that leaves the browser. Autonomy provisions a real inbox and a real number, waits for the code, and carries it back into the flow.
Email OTP retrieved and submitted
SMS OTP retrieved and submitted
Magic links followed end to end
Session persists across a reload
Expired codes rejected correctly
No stubbed auth in the test path
03
Mobile release parity
Teams shipping web and native
Parity checks are usually a manual pass before release. Run the same journey against a web build, an iOS simulator and an Android emulator, and compare what each one actually did.
Same journey on web, iOS and Android
Drop in an EAS or TestFlight build
Screen-by-screen visual comparison
Native state reflects backend state
Device-specific failures isolated
Parity as part of the run
04
API and contract regression
Backend and platform teams
Assert what the backend actually did, not what the screen appeared to show. Every request in a journey is captured with its status, payload shape and side effects.
Response validated against the schema
Status and timing recorded per request
Side effects asserted, not assumed
API-only plans skip browser cost
Contract drift caught pre-merge
Lower cost per run, no browser reserved
05
Design regression
Design and frontend
Link the Figma file and visual checks are graded against product intent rather than yesterday's screenshot, so an intentional change does not read as a break.
Baseline pulled from the design source
Layout, colour and spacing compared
Interaction states covered
Intentional change vs regression
Diff attached to the failing step
Fewer false positives than pixel diffing
06
Notification verification
Growth and lifecycle
Transactional mail and messages are where silent breakage lives. Autonomy reads the actual message and asserts on its contents, not just that something was queued.