What is smoke and sanity testing

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Smoke testing is a subset of regression testing that focuses on testing the critical functionalities of an application. Sanity testing is a subset of regression testing that focuses on testing the specific changes made to an application.

Smoke testing is performed to ensure that the most critical functionalities of an application are working as expected.
It is usually performed after a build is deployed to check if the application is stable enough for further testing.
Smoke testing helps identify major issues early in the development cycle.
Sanity testing is performed to ensure that the specific changes or fixes made to an application are working as intended.
It is usually performed after a new feature or bug fix is implemented.
Sanity testing helps ensure that the recent changes have not introduced any major issues.

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Smoke testing means to verify (basic) that the implementations done in a build are working fine. Sanity testing means to verify the newly added functionalities, bugs etc. are working fine.

What is smoke and sanity testing

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