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Software testing can be a bit of a joke sometimes! You never know what’s going to happen!
We have collected comical stories to highlight the humorous side of the serious world of software testing. Let’s read!
The Email Extravaganza
On one project, automation test report was supposed to arrive in the inbox when test results came back unsatisfactory.
The team tested the functionality, and everything went smoothly. A couple of years later, new QAs joined the team. They decided to revisit the old test cases, maybe thinking the email server was on vacation. Testers began generating fake reports. And guess what? The client started getting emails with weird text! By evening, the client's inbox was overflowing with email mayhem!
It turns out that someone had accidentally hardcoded the customer's email address and forgotten about it.
So, the crisis averted, and lessons learned!
The Emoji Surprise
On a typical day, testers asked their colleague for a link to the smoke test results.
The tester sent the link. But then, out of nowhere, some URL-ID keys turned into smoking emojis! Everyone tried to click the link with bated breath. But the link was broken, with emojis hidden inside. The team laughed. Our clever tester said, “As you see, it's a 'Smoke' test!”
The Unintentional Spam
On the project where a telehealth system was being built, the testers needed to test out things like user creation, appointment scheduling, and so on. They used random phone numbers and email addresses. But guess what? When they connected it to the SMS gateway, the “random” phone numbers turned out to be real, and actual people started getting SMS notifications about appointments with a venereologist!
These unsuspecting individuals thought they were getting spam and started complaining.
The client company couldn't believe what was happening, so they urgently bought SIM cards for test purposes.
The “Phantom Mouse”
One day, a QA team was examining a video editing software that allowed users to edit, enhance, and export videos.
A tester encountered a confusing situation: the cursor glided across the screen, pressing buttons without any input. Could it be a ghost? But fear not! It was just a wireless mouse with low battery, sending out random signals, causing chaos in the video software.
Sometimes the solution is simpler than we imagine!
The Time-Traveling Timestamp
While testing a messaging app, a tester noticed that one of the timestamps showed a message sent from the future. Shocking!
This caused a great deal of confusion among the developers, but they couldn't replicate this issue. The tester tried various combinations but eventually figured out that the date and time on the phone were set incorrectly.
A simple correction, and voila! Back to the present, my friends.
These stories serve as a reminder that even in the serious world of software testing, there's always something to laugh about.