Quick Overview
Facebook deployed Sapienz, an AI-powered automated testing tool, to autonomously generate, execute, and report tens of thousands of test cases daily for its Android app. Sapienz explores app behaviors using search-based software engineering, identifies bugs including edge cases missed by manual testing, and integrates with continuous deployment pipelines for rapid bug detection and fixes.
Facebook (Meta)
Company Size
Large multinational social media company
Revenue Range
$130B+ annual revenue
Primary Challenge
Ensuring app stability and performance at massive scale with efficient and comprehensive testing
Key Metrics
\- 80% reduction in Android app crashes\- Tens of thousands of test cases generated and run daily\- 75% of Sapienz reports actionable and result in fixes\- Near real-time bug detection and reporting\- Extremely low false-positive rate
The Problem
Manual test design was time-consuming, limited in coverage, and unable to keep pace with rapid development cycles
The Solution
Sapienz uses multi-objective search-based software engineering (SBSE) to automatically design system-level test cases, run them on hundreds to thousands of emulators, and report results directly to developers via continuous integration tools
Results
\- Dramatically faster bug detection and resolution\- Improved test coverage including hard-to-find edge cases\- Reduced crash rates and improved app stability\- Friction-free integration into developer workflows\- Scalable testing infrastructure running 24/7 on thousands of emulators
“Sapienz has transformed our testing process, enabling engineers to fix issues within minutes of code submission and significantly reducing app crashes.”
Facebook Engineering Team
Details
Industry
Technology & SaaS
Departments
Product Development & Innovation
IT & Security
Use Cases
Product Testing
Tags
GenAI
NLP
Scalability
Team Efficiency
Time-Saving
AI Tools Used
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Sources
https://engineering.fb.com/2018/05/02/developer-tools/sapienz-intelligent-automated-software-testing-at-scale/https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-software-testing-real-success-stories-mihir-ranjan-panda-ton5c/https://siliconangle.com/2018/05/02/facebook-brings-automated-testing-developers-scale-sapeinz/https://blog.bytebytego.com/p/automated-bug-fixing-at-facebookhttps://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10060107/1/Harman_Deploying%20Search%20Based%20Software%20Engineering%20with%20Sapienz%20at%20Facebook_VoR.pdfhttps://dev.to/ronika_kashyap/ai-in-software-testing-enhancing-quality-and-efficiency-k3lhttps://www.weforum.org/stories/2018/10/facebook-sapfix-app-ai-fixes-itself/https://engineering.fb.com/2021/10/20/developer-tools/autonomous-testing/
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