RESEARCH REPORT 2025
Self-Healing Locators Research Study
Comprehensive research analyzing self-healing locator approaches across major automation frameworks. Explore methodology, preliminary projections, and planned publication.
- Research Report: Coming Q2 2025
- Status: In progress — methods locked, data collection underway
Benchmark Methodology Overview
Test Applications
- React e-commerce store (OSS)
- Angular enterprise dashboard (OSS)
- Vue admin panel (OSS)
- ≥300 element actions per application
Systematic Mutations
- ID/attribute & text/i18n changes
- DOM re-parenting & wrapper elements
- Responsive breakpoints & Shadow DOM
- ARIA/role shifts & class name churn
Test Matrix
10 seeds × 3 browsers × 3 CI repeats = 90 runs per strategy
Frameworks Evaluated
- Selenium WebDriver
- Playwright
- Cypress
- Puppeteer
- Custom AI solutions
Reporting will include hardware/versions, medians, and 25–75th percentiles for all metrics.
Projected Performance (Pre-Benchmark)
Directional projections based on internal pilots. Sub-second recovery is possible with warmed models; cold starts may be higher.
| Strategy | Projected Success Rate* | Projected Recovery Latency* | Projected Maintenance (min / 100 runs)* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Static CSS/XPath | 60–70% | 3–5 s | High (45–70) |
| Dynamic Attributes | 70–80% | 2–4 s | Medium (25–45) |
| ML-Based Healing | 80–90% | 1–3 s | Medium (15–30) |
| Agentic AI + Context Retrieval | 90–98% | ~1–2 s† | Very Low (5–15) |
*Estimates; will be replaced by measured medians and IQR. †Warmed models; cold starts may be higher.
What the Final Report Includes
- Verified performance benchmarks
- Statistical analysis + raw data
- Code samples & framework guides
- ROI calculation templates
- Full methodology & appendices
Technical Clarifications
- Context Retrieval: DOM snapshots, prior run history, design tokens, analytics.
- Performance Notes: First-run vs warm-cache latencies reported separately.
- Limits: Captchas, 2FA, canvas-only UIs called out.
- Open-source helper library (MIT) planned alongside report.
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