Feature-Driven End-to-End Test Generation

End-to-end (E2E) testing is essential for ensuring web application quality. However, manual test creation is time-consuming, and current test generation techniques produce incoherent tests. In this paper, we present Autoe2e,a novel approach that leverages Large Language Models (LLMs) to automate the generation of semantically meaningful feature-driven E2E test cases for web applications. Autoe2eintelligently infers potential features within a web application and translates them into executable test scenarios. Furthermore, we address a critical gap in the research community by introducing E2EBENCH, a new benchmark for automatically assessing the feature coverage of E2E test suites. Our evaluation on E2EBENCH demonstrates that Autoe2eachieves an average feature coverage of 79%, outperforming the best baseline by 558 %, highlighting its effectiveness in generating high-quality, comprehensive test cases.

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Published
2025-04-26
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https://doi.org/10.1109/icse55347.2025.00141
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Software Testing and Debugging Techniques
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Abstract

End-to-end (E2E) testing is essential for ensuring web application quality. However, manual test creation is time-consuming, and current test generation techniques produce incoherent tests. In this paper, we present Autoe2e,a novel approach that leverages Large Language Models (LLMs) to automate the generation of semantically meaningful feature-driven E2E test cases for web applications. Autoe2eintelligently infers potential features within a web application and translates them into executable test scenarios. Furthermore, we address a critical gap in the research community by introducing E2EBENCH, a new benchmark for automatically assessing the feature coverage of E2E test suites. Our evaluation on E2EBENCH demonstrates that Autoe2eachieves an average feature coverage of 79%, outperforming the best baseline by 558 %, highlighting its effectiveness in generating high-quality, comprehensive test cases.

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