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# Performing tests and updating the test status

# Performing tests and updating the test status {#ariaid-title1}

Release version: Australia  
Updated March 12, 2026  
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Perform tests, record test results, and update the test status after test cases are
assigned.  
Testers can perform the following actions in the Test Management application:

* Perform the tests in a test case and record the results.
* Update the test status.
* Report a defect if a test fails.
* Report a blocking issue if a test is blocked.
* Retest as necessary.
* Update the test case status.
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If a guided test execution feature is used, any user can be assigned to a test case and can
perform the tests within that test case.
* **[Perform tests using the Test Case form](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/yoTI5XZPuURyhPRQq_zocA)**   
  Perform tests from an assigned test case and record results using the Test Case form.
* **[Perform tests using the Visual Task Board](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/ZPeBzxROva0eGcqeLdHpgw)**   
  Perform tests from an assigned test case and record results using a bulletin board-type graphical interface.
* **[Perform tests using guided test execution](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/x4NULCmEg2ntMJHtflYKdg)**   
  Perform tests from an assigned test case and record results.