AI-powered automated regression testing: Your kickstart for 2026

ERPs are ever-evolving. If you think back to 2025, many businesses had already adopted automated regression testing, yet there was still some hesitation around bringing AI into such a critical process. Today, that hesitation is beginning to fade.

AI is changing the testing landscape; not by replacing teams, but by removing friction from the process and enabling smarter, more resilient automation.

Recently, we introduced a new set of AI capabilities to Fortest, our automated regression testing tool, to help global businesses fast-track testing while reducing maintenance overhead. In the first blog of this series, we explored a couple of these AI capabilities including, AI-driven self-healing, natural language-based script generation, and intelligent release analysis.

In this second installment, we take a closer look at how  Fortest  translates these AI foundations into execution-ready automation through intelligent workflow automation and enterprise-grade security.

Automation flow powered by Action Recorder and Code Generator 

One of the biggest bottlenecks in automation is translating real user workflows into reliable, maintainable test scripts. This process is often time-consuming and heavily dependent on manual scripting, making it difficult for teams to scale automation efficiently.

Fortest goes beyond self-healing by introducing an intelligent record-to-script workflow that enables teams to generate high-quality automation assets with minimal human intervention. Together, Action Recorder and Code Generator form the backbone of  Fortest’s AI-enabled automation pipeline.

Action Recorder: Capturing real user interactions intelligently 

With the Action Recorder extension, users can open the extension in an existing browser window and start recording. Instead of relying on manual script creation, teams can capture workflows directly from real interactions.

Key capabilities include:

• Initiating recordings from a simple test case input
• Capturing UI interactions, DOM details, and element metadata
• Generating clean, well-structured scripts
• Producing a JSON metadata file containing test steps, test data, and element mapping

This structured output is optimized for seamless processing by the Code Generator, ensuring consistency and accuracy from the very first step.

Code Generator: From recordings to execution-ready Selenium tests

Once workflows are captured, the Code Generator component uses AI-driven logic to transform these recordings into complete, production-grade automation assets.

Instead of creating individual files manually, Fortest automatically generates a full automation framework, including:

• Page objects representing each UI module
• Reusable function files for common workflows
• Strongly typed Test Data Objects (TDOs)
• Preconditions such as login or environment setup actions
• Final Selenium test scripts that integrate all components
• Property files with dynamic configuration values

The result is faster automation creation, improved consistency across test suites, and a significant reduction in manual scripting and maintenance effort.

Enhanced security through Azure Key Vault integration

As automation scales across enterprise environments, security becomes just as important as speed and efficiency. To support this, Fortest now includes native integration with Azure Key Vault.

Key security enhancements include:

• Centralized secrets management within the Azure cloud environment
• Encrypted handling of credentials and sensitive configuration data

By securing automation inputs and credentials, Fortest ensures that AI-powered workflows remain compliant, protected, and enterprise-ready throughout the testing lifecycle.

A unified, intelligent automation experience

Together, these capabilities create a cohesive automation ecosystem where:

• Action Recorder captures real user workflows
• Code Generator converts recordings into ready-to-run Selenium tests
• AI-powered self-healing maintains stability during execution
• Azure Key Vault secures sensitive data across the automation lifecycle

This evolution shifts Fortest from a traditional automation framework into a smarter, more autonomous platform designed to support modern enterprise quality engineering needs.

What does this mean for your testing teams?

With these AI-driven updates, teams can now focus less on maintaining automation and more on ensuring release confidence. In practice, this means:

• More stable and reliable test execution
• A substantial reduction in script maintenance effort
• Faster and more accurate test creation
• Stronger security and compliance controls
• A fully integrated, end-to-end automation pipeline

Fortest brings organizations closer to a future of autonomous test automation, laying the foundation for even more advanced AI-driven capabilities in the releases to come.

If  you’d like to see these capabilities in action, book a demo with our team and explore how Fortest can help you approach regression testing with greater confidence in 2026.