The Monthly Sauce Newsletter

“Why are my best engineers spending 40% of their time maintaining tests instead of building features?” is a question we hear a lot. Test maintenance has become the killer of engineering velocity — brittle tests, flaky assertions, constant firefighting. Every hour spent manually auditing accessibility or manually validating checkout flows is an hour stolen from your roadmap.

This month, we’re helping you reclaim your schedule. Learn why test maintenance is killing your velocity, download our AI prompt guide to build more resilient tests, and get a first look at what Sauce Labs is building.

 
Why Test Maintenance is Killing Your Engineering Velocity

Testing’s Hidden Tax: How to Reclaim Your Team’s Time

Most engineering teams waste thousands of hours annually on test maintenance. Learn how to break the cycle of constant fixing and shift your engineering resources back to building features that matter.

Break the cycle

Product Updates

Q1 2026 Quarterly Browser Testing Update
Sauce Labs has launched a new quarterly format recapping all browser releases (Chrome 144–146, Edge 144–146, Firefox 147–149, Safari 26), plus Playwright 1.58.1 on Apple Silicon and Cypress 15.9.0 support.

Sync with the browser market


Sauce Connect 5.5.1

A security-focused patch release that updates Golang standard library dependencies to address vulnerabilities, with no changes to application logic.

Harden your tunnel security


7 Updates to Ship Faster and Test Smarter

Payment validation shouldn’t be manual. Accessibility compliance shouldn’t require physical device labs. Governance shouldn’t be a blocker. And API key rotation shouldn’t be a compliance nightmare. We’ve released seven updates that remove testing friction. See what’s new!

Read the April roundup

Webinar and Events

Building & Scaling Mobile Release Confidence

Real Device Cloud is evolving. Learn how the latest RDC capabilities help you ship mobile releases faster without sacrificing quality or test coverage.

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Join Us at SeleniumConf 2026

The biggest names in testing automation are gathering to discuss the future of open-source and AI. Join the Sauce Labs team on the ground in Valencia, Spain.

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Saucy Content

Test Authoring Prompt Guide

Write Better Prompts, Get Better Tests

A poorly written prompt produces tests that require more manual work than scripting from scratch. Our free guide cuts through the noise with 10 actionable principles, plus real-world examples and a checklist your whole team can use.

Get the free guide

Stop the Single Device Failure Cycle 

Stop targeting specific device IDs. If that handset is busy, your build fails. Instead, broaden your device selection strategy, using capability-based selectors to find any available device that meets your requirements. That way, your suite doesn’t collapse when one device is offline.

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