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What data does the recorder capture?

Requests, form fields, correlations, assertions, timings and page analysis — everything needed to replay your journey realistically.

What we capture

The recorder captures everything needed to replay your journey as a realistic load test:

  • Requests & responses — URLs, methods, headers, bodies and timings.
  • Form fields — so we know what data each step needs (and can flag personal data).
  • Correlations — dynamic values (tokens, IDs) that must be extracted from one response and reused in the next.
  • Assertions — checks that each step returned what it should.
  • Page analysis — links, forms, meta and page type.

The cloud recorder additionally captures cookies (including httpOnly), navigation timings and TLS/security state. This is what lets Contexta build a load test that behaves like a real user without you writing a script.

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