Cancel or Re-run Tests

Stop active runs, re-run previous selections, and understand what happens to the original result history.

You can cancel an active run when it is no longer useful, and you can re-run a previous run when you want a fresh result for the same selection.

Cancel an active run

Cancel a run when:

Situation	Why cancel
The wrong site URL was entered	The result will not represent the intended environment.
The wrong tests were selected	The run is spending time on the wrong scope.
A required service is down	Failures would only confirm an external outage.
A newer change makes the run obsolete	A fresh run will give a better signal.

To cancel:

1. Open Runs.

2. Select the active run.

3. Choose Cancel.

4. Confirm the action if TestVibe asks for confirmation.

The run moves to a cancelled state. Any partial evidence that was already produced may still be visible, but the run should not be treated as a pass or failure signal.

Re-run a previous run

Re-run when you want to retry the same test selection after fixing a problem, updating the target site, or refreshing credentials.

1. Open Runs.

2. Select the completed, failed, or cancelled run.

3. Choose Re-run. The run composer opens pre-scoped to that run: the same tests are pre-checked and the same Playwright configurations are pre-selected.

4. Adjust the selection if needed — add or remove tests, or switch configurations.

5. Choose Start Run. The new run targets the same site URL as the run you are re-running.

The run composer opened by Re-run, pre-scoped to the previous run

Choosing Re-run does not start anything by itself — the new run is only dispatched when you choose Start Run, so it is safe to open the composer just to review what a previous run covered.

A re-run creates a new run attempt. The original run remains available in the history so you can compare the before and after results.

What carries forward

The composer opens pre-filled from the previous run:

Item	How it is pre-filled	What to check
Test selection	The run's tests are pre-checked.	Confirm the same files or group are still the right scope, or narrow to just the failed tests.
Site URL	The previous run's target URL is reused, including any override it used.	To target a different environment, start a fresh run with New Run instead.
Run configuration	The run's Playwright configurations are pre-selected.	Confirm browser, viewport, and evidence settings.
Secrets	Read from Settings → Variables & Secrets at run time.	Refresh credentials if the earlier failure was caused by authentication.

Delete old results

Some completed run rows can also be deleted from the run list. Deleting a result removes that historical run from the TestVibe view. Cancel first only when a run is still active; delete only when you no longer need the historical result.

For status meanings, see Understand live run status.