# 🧪 SauceDemo – Manual QA Web Testing

This project contains a complete manual QA analysis of the **SauceDemo** application, including Test Plan, Test Cases, Bug Reports, and evidence.  
The objective is to validate core functionality of the site using manual functional testing techniques.

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## 📌 Overview

**SauceDemo** is a public demo site used for QA and automation training.  
This project focuses on validating core user flows such as:

- Login
- Product catalog browsing
- Add/Remove from cart
- Product detail navigation
- Checkout flow

The goal is to simulate a realistic QA workflow and demonstrate testing skills applicable to QA Manual Jr roles.

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## 📂 Project Structure


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```
qa-web-saucedemo/
├── test-plan.md
├── bug-reports.md
├── test-cases/
│ └── saucedemo-test-cases.xlsx
├── evidence/
│ ├── bug-01.png
│ ├── bug-02.png
│ └── (additional screenshots)
└── README.md

```

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## 📝 Test Artifacts

### ✔ **Test Plan**
Located in `test-plan.md`  
Includes:
- Scope & out-of-scope
- Test types
- Risks
- Entry/Exit criteria
- Deliverables  
- Tools & environment

### ✔ **Test Cases**
Documented in Google Sheets and exported as Excel.  
Covers:
- Login (valid/invalid/locked)
- Product catalog
- Cart operations
- Checkout validations
- Positive & negative scenarios

### ✔ **Bug Reports**
Located in `bug-reports.md`  

Includes:
- Functional bugs
- State management issues
- Intermittent behavior
- Usability findings
- Detailed Steps to Reproduce
- Expected vs. Actual results
- Severity & Priority

### ✔ **Evidence**
Screenshots supporting test execution and bug findings.

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## 🔧 Tools Used

- **Browser:** Google Chrome  
- **Documentation:** Markdown + Google Sheets  
- **Evidence:** Screenshots  
- **Site under test:** https://www.saucedemo.com/

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## 🎯 Testing Approach

This project uses a combination of:

- Manual functional testing  
- Positive and negative testing  
- UI validation  
- Edge case verification  
- Exploratory testing (to identify state-related bugs)  
- Smoke testing for critical flow:
  - Login → Add to cart → Checkout  

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## 🐞 Summary of Bugs Found

A set of functional and UI issues were detected, including:

- Cart does not allow adding multiple units of the same product  
- Intermittent checkout validation failures  
- Add-to-cart buttons sometimes become unresponsive after extended navigation  
- State inconsistencies between product list, detail view, and cart  

All findings are documented in detail in `bug-reports.md`.

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## 📚 Purpose of This Project

This repository forms part of a **QA Portfolio** demonstrating:

- Test planning
- Execution of structured test cases
- Bug reporting using professional standards
- Ability to detect intermittent/state-based issues
- Documentation and organization of QA artifacts

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## 👤 Author

**Ana Elizabeth Salas**  
Manual QA | Backend Developer (Node.js)  
GitHub: https://github.com/eliz-ana  
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/ana-salas-60071717



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