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Sanity Testing
December 3, 2019

In this tutorial, we are going to study about sanity testing. Like smoke testing,
sanity testing is also one of the most confused term in software testing. At the
end of the post, you can also refer to the recommended reading section, where
you will learn about smoke testing and difference between smoke and sanity
testing.

Table of Contents 
1. Sanity testing de nition
2. Some salient features of sanity testing
3. Advantages of sanity testing
4. Recommended reading-

Sanity testing de nition

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Sanity testing is the subset of regression testing. Like regression, in case of

sanity testing, we check if a x has not affected the other working
functionalities of the application but in a lesser time and with lesser number of
test cases.
So, basically we perform sanity testing after receiving a x (usually a minor x).
We check limited but critical part of functionality and then decide as to whether
further testing is required or not.

Some salient features of sanity testing

1. Subset of regression testing – It is subset of regression testing and

focuses on smaller section of the application.
2. Narrow and deep – It is narrow and deep approach of testing, where in
we cover limited functionality deeply.
3. Not documented and automated – Most of the times sanity tests are
undocumented and unscripted.

Advantages of sanity testing

1. It helps in quickly identifying issues in the core functionality.

2. Since, no documentation is required for sanity testing, these can be
carried out in lesser time.
3. In case of issues found during sanity testing build is rejected thus saving
time for execution of regression tests.

Recommended reading-

Smoke testing – its features and advantages

Difference between smoke and sanity testing
Software Testing Tutorial – Complete Guide

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