As of February 1, 2023, the Legacy Runner for Chrome has been formally retired. All test executions for Chrome will occur on the Unified Runner. Any existing plans that use Chrome Legacy have been automatically migrated to Chrome Unified.
FAQs
Why was the Legacy Runner retired?
The Legacy Runner will be retired as the Unified Runner was built to replace it. The Unified Runner is the next generation of automated testing with mabl, providing a more reliable, consistent, and performant experience.
Learn more about retiring the Legacy Runner here.
What improvements can I expect from the Unified Runner?
The Unified Runner is the next generation of the mabl testing service, bringing the same framework used in the mabl Desktop App and CLI to the cloud. By unifying our test execution logic, the new test runner provides consistent test results across all execution methods.
The Unified Runner also offers considerable speed improvements, reducing cloud test execution time by 25%, on average.
Browser tests executed on the Unified Runner functionality:
What areas of testing does this affect?
This change only impacts runs in the cloud. Local test runs and Trainer replay already use the Unified Runner and have not changed.
What if I run into issues while migrating tests from the Legacy runner to the Unified Runner?
Tests that ran successfully in the cloud on the Legacy Runner should continue to work in the Unified Runner. If something does not work as expected, please reach out to our support team with additional information.