# Record and edit steps

> Record steps in a Copilot session, and add, edit, reorder, delete, or bulk-update them without restarting.

Recording captures your actions in the application as steps and executes them in the running session. Every other change to the steps also happens in the session, so you never restart it.

## Record test steps

**Rec** is enabled only when execution is paused at a debug point, when execution has failed, or when execution is complete.

### Record below a specific step

1. Click **Step Options** (⋮) on the step, click **Step Below**, then click **Rec**. The panel shows **Recording in progress** at the bottom.

2. Perform the actions in your application. Testsigma Copilot records each one as a step in real time.

3. Click **Stop recording** in the toolbar.

4. Review the recorded steps, listed under the selected step with their count.

5. Click **Add Steps** to insert them below the selected step, or **Discard** to drop them.

![Add Step Below](https://s3.amazonaws.com/static-docs.testsigma.com/new/projects/applications/Add_Step_below_Copilot.png)

Steps inserted below the last executed step run automatically once added. Steps inserted above it need **Resume**.

### Record at the end

1. Click **Rec**. Steps record at the end of the test case by default.

2. Perform the actions in your application.

3. Click **Stop recording**.

4. Review the steps in the steps panel.

5. Click **Add Steps** to append them, or **Discard** to drop them.

6. Click **Resume**.

When execution was already complete, the recorded steps run automatically after you click **Add Steps**.

### Handle the Browser State Changed dialog

This dialog appears when you resume a paused run after adding recorded steps. Click **Restart Execution** to run from the beginning, or **Dismiss** to continue from where execution stopped. After dismissing, set the application state manually so it matches the step about to run.

![The Browser state changed dialog, with Restart Execution and Dismiss](https://s3.amazonaws.com/website-static-docs.testsigma.com/new_images/projects/Updated_Doc_Images/record_copilot_15.png)

## Generate steps instead of recording them

Copilot no longer drafts steps while recording. Generate the test case in **QI Home** with the [Generator agent](https://testsigma.com/docs/v2/qi-home/ai-agents/#generator), then automate it with [Agentic Learning](https://testsigma.com/docs/v2/copilot/agentic-learning/).

## Add a step by describing it

Click **+ Add new step** to add at the end, or hover over a step and click **Step Below** to insert at a position. Type the step to see matching NLPs, select one and configure it, add the elements and test data it needs, then click **Create Step**.

A step added above the execution point does not run in the current run, and runs on the next one. A step added below the execution point runs in the same run, as long as execution has not already passed it. The execution point is the step where the test is paused or running.

## Edit a step

To replace what a step does, click the step, type to select a new NLP, configure it, then click **Update** to save or **Dismiss** to restore the original step.

To work on the step's element, hover over the step and click the element name:

- **Rename**: change the element's display name, leaving its locator and configuration alone
- **Learn**: re-record the element during the live session so Copilot can find it on screen
- **Change**: replace it with another element from the repository, then click **Update Step**
- **Create**: create a new element with its name, screen name, type, and value, then click **Update Step** to attach it
- **Edit**: open **Update Element** to change the name, screen name, type, and value

**Step Options** (⋮) on a step carries the rest:

- **View Result**: shows the error message, element, test data, and step details for the last run of the step
- **Execute from here**: starts execution at this step and skips all prior steps
- **Analyze with QI**: opens the **Analyzer Agent** panel for the step. See [Apply the suggested fix](https://testsigma.com/docs/v2/copilot/debug/#apply-the-suggested-fix)
- **Disable Step**: skips the step during execution without removing it
- **Ignore Result**: keeps the step's pass or fail status out of the test result
- **Enable Visual Testing**: captures and compares screenshots when the step runs
- **Step Settings**: opens the Step Details panel for step timeout, screenshot behavior, and other options
- **Clone Step**: copies the step directly below itself
- **Step Above** and **Step Below**: insert an empty step and open the inline editor
- **Delete Step**: removes the step

![Step Options](https://s3.amazonaws.com/static-docs.testsigma.com/new/projects/applications/Step_Options_Copilot.png)

**Execute from here** does not run the earlier steps, so the browser may not be in the state this step expects. Set the application to the right state before you use it.

## Reorder steps

Click the step you want to move, drag it to its new position, which highlights as you drag, then click **Save Changes** to keep the order or **Discard** to revert it. Click **Resume** to continue execution.

Reordering is disabled while recording, while executing, and while a step is being edited.

## Delete steps

To delete one step, hover over it, click **Step Options** (⋮), click **Delete Step**, then click **Delete** in the **Delete step?** dialog.

To delete several, hover over a step and click the checkbox in place of its number, select the rest, or click **Select All**, then click the **Delete** icon in the floating action bar and confirm.

A deleted step is removed from the test case permanently, and the deletion cannot be undone.

## Change several steps at once

Hover over a step and click the checkbox that appears in place of the step number, which opens the floating action bar. Select the other steps, or click **Select All**, then click an icon in the bar:

- **Step Settings**: opens **Update Bulk Settings**, where you set the step timeout, screenshot capture, retries, and the disable, smart execution, visual testing, accessibility testing, and highlight-element options for every selected step
- **Create Block**: groups the selected steps into a block. A selection that already contains a block, or a step inside one, cannot be made into a block
- **Create Step Group**: combines them into a step group 
- **Delete**: removes them permanently

![Bulk Select Steps](https://s3.amazonaws.com/static-docs.testsigma.com/new/projects/applications/Bulk_Select_Steps_Copilot.png)