Glossary
Test automation maintenance keeps automated tests useful as requirements, interfaces, environments and dependencies evolve.
Locator repair is one kind of maintenance. Updating a changed business rule, replacing a fixture and removing redundant coverage are different tasks that need deliberate review.
Teams review test changes with product changes, assign ownership and prefer assertions that reflect customer outcomes. They measure investigation effort rather than assuming all passing tests provide value.
Zerocheck can heal a moved control when the unchanged test passes with independent evidence. It records target changes and validation states. Product requirement changes remain explicit edits to the saved test; the agent does not redefine the outcome to get a pass.