Software Sanity Testing

Definition Sanity testing in software development is a focused and rapid form of testing conducted to determine if a specific functionality or bug fix is working as expected after a minor change or update to the software. It is a subset of regression testing, but with a narrower scope. The primary objective of sanity testing is to ensure that the newly implemented changes or fixes have not introduced new defects or negatively impacted existing functionalities in the immediate vicinity of the alteration. It verifies the “sanity” or logical behavior of the modified component. Reason Sanity testing is applied for several key reasons: When to applyRead More →