The rapid proliferation and increasing complexity of software demand robust quality assurance, with graphical user interface (GUI) testing playing a pivotal role. Crowdsourced testing has proven effective in this context by leveraging the diversity of human testers to achieve rich, scenario-based coverage across varied devices, user behaviors, and usage environments. In parallel, automated testing, particularly with the advent of large language models (LLMs), offers significant advantages in controllability, reproducibility, and efficiency, enabling scalable and systematic exploration. However, automated approaches often lack the behavioral diversity characteristic of human testers, limiting their capability to fully simulate real-world testing dynamics. To address this gap, we present PersonaTester, a novel personified-LLM-based framework designed to automate crowdsourced GUI testing. By injecting representative personas, defined along three orthogonal dimensions: testing mindset, exploration strategy, and interaction habit, into LLM-based agents, PersonaTester enables the simulation of diverse human-like testing behaviors in a controllable and repeatable manner. Experimental results demonstrate that PersonaTester faithfully reproduces the behavioral patterns of real crowdworkers, exhibiting strong intra-persona consistency and clear inter-persona variability (117.86% – 126.23% improvement over the baseline). Moreover, persona-guided testing agents consistently generate more effective test events and trigger more crashes (100+) and functional bugs (11) than the baseline without persona, thus substantially advancing the realism and effectiveness of automated crowdsourced GUI testing.
Tue 7 JulDisplayed time zone: Eastern Time (US & Canada) change
11:00 - 12:30 | Testing 1Research Papers / Ideas, Visions and Reflections at MB 3.210 Chair(s): Mike Papadakis University of Luxembourg | ||
11:00 20mTalk | Towards Automated Crowdsourced Testing via Personified-LLM Research Papers Shengcheng Yu Technical University of Munich, Yuchen Ling Nanjing University, Chunrong Fang Nanjing University, Zhenyu Chen Nanjing University, Chunyang Chen TU Munich Pre-print | ||
11:20 20mTalk | Clotho: Measuring Task-Specific Pre-Generation Test Adequacy for LLM Inputs Research Papers Juyeon Yoon Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Somin Kim Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Robert Feldt Chalmers | University of Gothenburg, Shin Yoo KAIST Pre-print | ||
11:40 20mTalk | Automated Knowledge-Aware Test Reuse Research Papers Ziyuan Zhang Zhejiang University, Yi Gao Zhejiang University, Xing Hu Zhejiang University, Xin Xia Zhejiang University, Shanping Li The State Key Laboratory of Blockchain and Data Security, Zhejiang University | ||
12:00 20mTalk | Generalizing Test Cases for Comprehensive Test Scenario Coverage Research Papers Binhang Qi National University of Singapore, Yun Lin Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Xinyi Weng Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Chenyan Liu Shanghai Jiao Tong University; National University of Singapore, Hailong Sun Beihang University, Gordon Fraser University of Passau, Jin Song Dong National University of Singapore | ||
12:20 10mTalk | The Impact of Documentation on Test Engagement in Pull Requests in OSS Ideas, Visions and Reflections Teal Amore Eastern Michigan University, Nathan Berman Eastern Michigan University, Siyuan Jiang Eastern Michigan University | ||