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I'm surprised that I could not find this answer in the forums, Google searches, or Ranorex FAQs. I'm just wondering, is there a limit as to how long a Ranorex test case can run? In other words, will the test time out after a while and just stop?

I have a test case that is supposed to run from 5:00 pm first day to 3:30 pm second day ... so it runs 22.5 hours. During this time the test is continually clicking UI items in a loop, just repeating the same thing over and over again.

For some reason the test fails in the middle of the night, and we don't know why. We've exhausted what seems like every possibility. We've even re-written the test case code. The test just seems to stop in the middle of the night, report no failures, just success. So were thinking that Ranorex can only run for a certain amount of time. Is this true?

Nope, not true... I have tests that run at least 16 hours that make it all the way through...

You have a bug or configuration issue somewhere... Could be a network issue over night or computer going to sleep or many several different reasons...

Add lots of error handling code, exception catches etc... to find out where the test is failing.

The code has try-catch blocks through out. They do not point us towards the issue. Ranorex simply just stops, giving us a success message in the morning.

The updated code ran properly without issues until we extended the test to run overnight. We have ruled out any network issues that might arise during the evening. The machine is isolated and controlled to not be interrupted, not fall asleep, or not have anything different occur from before when the tests weren't running overnight.

The only change that has occurred since the error has started is that the test is running overnight now.

So I ask again, does anyone know if there is officially a time constraint for how long a Ranorex test can run? Our test runs for 22.5 hours.

AppTester wrote: I ask again, does anyone know if there is officially a time constraint for how long a Ranorex test can run? Our test runs for 22.5 hours.

I can officially assure you that there is no time constraint.

AppTester wrote:Ranorex simply just stops, giving us a success message in the morning.

Is it always the same action that Ranorex stops at? Or a specific time?
Does the process/test run end or does it hang, meaning the process still runs but idles?
When you say you get a success message in the morning, does this mean the test runs through or do you abort it?

It could be something simple, e.g. a large timeout for an element that cannot be found. Or someone moving the mouse in order to clean it and thereby influencing the test run

Regards,
Alex
Ranorex Team