Patent ID: 8839201

Claim:
A method of software item testing, said method comprising: conducting an automated test of a software item within a computing environment; responsive to occurrence of an error condition during said test, automatically capturing documentation of an execution state associated with said software item at a time of occurrence of said error condition, said automatically capturing documentation of an execution state associated with said software item at a time of occurrence of said error condition comprising: provided said software item under test is associated with graphical output of said software item, automatically capturing a screen shot of an execution state of said software item upon occurrence of said error condition; provided said software item under test is not associated with graphical output of said software item, automatically capturing a snap shot of software item log file from said software item under test upon occurrence of said error condition; capturing a test log of actions performed during said test; annotating said test log with a description of said error condition; and electronically referencing said captured documentation as a hyperlink within said test log; and electronically forwarding said captured documentation of the execution state associated with said software item to a designated electronic notification location.