Meet Muffins - the Preventive No code QA that cuts outage risks

Written by Muffins Team

On July 19 2024, a single faulty software update from CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity firm trustedby Fortune 500 companies, brought down nearly 8.5 million Microsoft devices worldwide –flights were cancelled, both healthcare and banking sectors were badly hit by this outage, withestimated losses of $1.94 billion and $1.15 billion, respectively. Meanwhile, a cyber-relatedoutage at CDK Global brought 15,000+ auto dealerships to a standstill. Incidents of this natureindicate a larger crisis in software quality assurance.

1.QA needs to evolve from Operational to Strategic asset ​

In our hyperconnected world, when software fails, the entire business can colla

This snapshot of software outages demonstrates the cascading impact of a minor software failure – resulting in operational chaos and delays for businesses and governments. The impact from a software failure goes far beyond staggering financial losses in the millions or even billions. It damages customer trust, brand reputation and competitive advantage --- which take years to rebuild. A report from the Consortium for Information & Software Quality (CISQ) estimated that the cost of poor software quality in the US alone as grown to at least $2.4 trillion in 2022.

Every software outage underscores a critical reality in todays interconnected digital economy : Quality Assurance, no longer, is an operational checkbox but a strategic decision that can protect an organization in today’s unpredictable world.

The ‘failure to identify and fix these issues before production’ is the common element across three big outages, Crowdstrike, META & Microsoft and CDK Global, in 2023-24.

Traditional QA cannot keep up with the speed and complexity of software. Manual and siloed testing misses critical issues, leading to costly outages. In today’s high-stakes digital global economy, organizations need a smarter QA foundation – one that is proactive, resilient, encourages engineering collaboration and built for scale.

2.Muffins - No Code Simplicity, Built for Enterprises

At Muffins, we have built a next-gen enterprise-grade generative test automation to match the speed, reliability, scale and complexity of modern software. Lets see how Muffins strengthens every phase of the QA process, to prevent software failures and solves what traditional automation cannot.

a) Exploration-driven Test Generation : With Muffins, exploration is not just the beginning of testing—every click, every path that one covers through the app instantly is converted into test designs and automation-ready scripts. The more one explores, the more intelligent and comprehensive one’s test coverage becomes. Muffins turns exploration into real-time automation, seamlessly – covering edge cases and user journeys that traditional testing often misses.

b) AI-powered Intelligent Test Design - Our platform mimics expert testers through intelligent test design capabilities.

1. As the QA team explores the web app, Muffins mimics the human’s intuitive behaviour
2. Leveraging generative AI, generates logic-based, context-aware test scenarios
3. With more time on their hands, the QA team can get into what they love – <b>exploratory testing to uncover edge cases and critical scenarios

Faster & Smarter Test design. Deeper coverage. Fewer blind spots.

c) Enterprise-grade Scalable Test Execution

1. Muffins enables the QA team to bundle test suites by feature or release phase and trigger execution
2. Allows single-click execution and multi environment deployment – thus drastically reducing time through optimized resource allocation
3. Provides comprehensive reports for faster resolution of issues
4. Integrates seamlessly with DevOps workflows like Jenkins and GitLab
5. Every test, every defect and every resolution is logged with full audit trails, for enterprise compliance requirements

Scalable Execution. Pre-deployment Quality check. Minimized Regression issues.

C1) Pre-deployment Quality check

1. Muffins integrates seamlessly with CI/CD pipelines
2. Pre-deployment validation is ensured by auto-generated test suites
3. Provides comprehensive reports for faster resolution of issues
4. If critical tests fail, deployment will be halted – preventing bugs reaching the production. This is how Muffins ensures preventive QA, and is far ahead of most tools and frameworks

d) Faster end-to-end Defect Management

1. As tests are executed, failures are automatically flagged
2. If defects are not logged, users can log new ones directly within Muffins, complete with description, linked test cases, attachments and status tracking
3. Because of dual-mode flexibility, teams can either use Muffins’ built-in defect system or integrate seamlessly with tools like JIRA, ADO or Rally. This preserves existing workflows without context switching
4. One could see a smooth flow from failure analysis to fast repair – through quick test re-execution, fast creation of related defects, and automated retesting via CI/CD

Seamless Failure-to-Fix Workflow for Faster Releases

e) Muffins with SOC-2 compliance

With the increasing possibility of high-impact software outages, ensuring both product reliability and data security have become mission-critical. Muffins is built with enterprise-grade safeguards, including SOC-2 compliance to sustain the highest standards of security and privacy. Every AI-generated test and execution is fully logged for auditability, as real-time dashboards provide complete visibility into quality metrics.

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‍Experience the Muffins Advantage :

1. See how AI generates comprehensive test coverage in minutes, not months
2. Witness execution of thousands of tests across your entire tech stack
3. Understand how no-code automation can empower your existing QA team
4. Learn about enterprise-grade security, compliance, and integration capabilities
   

(Muffins.AI is the no-code test automation platform with intelligent test design at its core. Our powerful generative test design module enables deeper exploration of your web app, uncovering issues early, while execution and defect resolution are fully automated. The outcome? Higher coverage, faster releases with uncompromising quality. You may love to explore our outcome-guaranteed engagement model.)