Chrome Step Recorder

Record user actions into manual steps with screenshots and page performance timings

What is Chrome Step Recorder?

Chrome Step Recorder is an innovative extension for Google Chrome that enables automatic recording of user actions, object identifiers, URLs, titles, and detailed page timings during manual interactions with web pages. It also captures screenshots, thereby offering a comprehensive record of navigation history. The recorded data can be viewed, annotated, and subsequently saved as a single, detailed report which can serve as a solid reference regarding the steps undertaken in the browser. Ideal for testers, non-testers needing to maintain a trail of their online activities and for exploratory testing.

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By: Richard Edwards

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Users: 4,000+

Rating: 4.33 (6)

Version: 0.45.28 (Last updated: 2023-05-11)

Creation date: 2020-12-18

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

storage
tabs
unlimitedStorage

Host permissions:

<all_urls>

Size: 109.57K

Email: ri*****@redwardsconsultancy.com

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 15205 ▼ 205

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#711 in Developer Tools ▼ 1

#18 in process keyword 9

#26 in press keyword 17

#82 in record keyword 75 ▼ 4

#108 in state keyword 18 ▼ 6

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Summary

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What's new -> Added keyboard shortcut to capture current state - Default is Ctrl+Shift+1 to snap the screen but Chrome let's you manages these shortcuts here: chrome://extensions/shortcuts -> Manifest v3 - behind the scenes google extension stuff -> Few other bugs squashed -> Export steps now write annotations too

Key Features:

Automatically record detailed user actions and screenshots from manual interaction with web pages.
Captures events, object identifiers, URLs, titles, detailed page timings and screenshots.
Once ready, view the detailed results, press ctrl+s and create a single, detailed flat file of test evidence of every action undertaken in the browser.
Annotate your steps to add further detail and track questions, bugs or ideas

Why? As a tester, I'm forever capturing test evidence for steps that are undertaken. This is especially tricky when doing exploratory testing and trying to recreate any issues. This extension is the solution to creating highly detailed test evidence files with no effort.

User reviews

Dieses Tool ist einfach nur genial. Vielen Dank

Stefan Siedelmann, 2024-03-27

Powerful tool for creating quick user docs or providing developers documentation of issues during Alpha/Beta testing.

C. Todd, 2024-01-22

Load time is not capturing correctly. It is capturing just previous step Load time in the Next event. Please look into this.

Staging Site, 2023-01-18

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Risk impact

Chrome Step Recorder is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Chrome Step Recorder if you trust the publisher.