Automated Testing Kit

Catch bugs early. Release with Confidence. 

Automated Testing Kit is your fast track to continuous integration for Drupal sites. It helps teams ship confidently, reduce manual QA, and catch bugs before they go live—all without needing a full-blown DevOps team.

With a suite of prebuilt tests and helper functions, Automated Testing Kit turns Drupal testing from an afterthought into a daily habit. It enables testers to focus on high-priority tasks, minimizes disruptions from rollbacks, and supports the delivery of stable, high-quality Drupal sites.

Benefits of Automated Testing Kit

• Eliminate Bugs Before They Reach Production: Catch issues early to ensure a seamless user experience and protect your reputation.
• Accelerate Releases with Confidence: Streamline testing to deploy faster without compromising quality.
• Empower Your Testers: Free up your team from repetitive manual tasks, allowing them to focus on high-value exploratory testing.
• Reduce Disruptive Hotfixes: Minimize costly rollbacks and keep your development workflow smooth and efficient.
• Modernize Your Testing Strategy: Achieve faster releases, happier teams, and a more reliable Drupal site.

Key Features

Automated Testing Kit is packed with powerful tools to supercharge your Drupal testing:

• 21 Essential Tests: Covering critical functionality like user login/logout, registration, password resets, contact forms, 404/403 errors, caching, entity operations (node, media, taxonomy, user), sitemap testing, menus, and search.
• 16 Helper Functions: Simplify tasks like retrieving usernames, Drupal UIDs, and more for seamless test creation.
• Pre-Flight Verification: Ensure your target site is ready for testing with built-in checks.
• Accessibility & Performance Support: Integrate with AXE for accessibility testing and Google Lighthouse for performance testing.
• Find Selectors Easier: Simplify element selection with hooks that expose them.

Upcoming Features and Tests

• FedRAMP Compliance Tests: Upcoming tests designed to meet federal security and compliance requirements, expanding the kit’s applicability for government projects.

Get Started

To begin, explore the Automated Testing Kit Demonstration Recipe (written instructions) or view the Demonstration Recipe video tutorial to set up a local demo. For a detailed overview, watch the 42-minute Introduction to Automated Testing Kit.

Learn from Experts

Learn how to use Automated Testing Kit:

• Setting up a Comprehensive Automated Testing Regime for Drupal using Cypress and Playwright (André Angelantoni, Stanford Web Camp 2023, 54 min).
• https://www.drupal.org/project/automated_testing_kit (Stanford Web Camp 2025)

Looking for Support

Get support by joining the #automated-testing channel on the Drupal Slack workspace. To contribute tests or report issues, visit the project page on Drupal.org.

Next Steps

Too busy to install Automated Testing Kit yourself or need new tests written? Contact us today.