Where could API mocks strengthen your current testing strategy?

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A mock can replace an unreliable service, inject edge-case data, or force a timeout. But mocking only helps if you know where it will add value. Let’s find the holes first.

Your task

  1. Review your current automated UI or end-to-end test suite.
    Look for pain points, e.g. slow external services, hard-to-reproduce errors, missing edge-case data, or environments that are unreliable.

  2. Identify gaps in coverage.

    • Error codes you can’t reproduce
    • Data states you can’t set up
    • Latency or time-out paths you never hit

  3. List the scenarios a mocked API could unlock or improve.
    Note each gap and the mock behaviour that would cover it.

  4. Share in the thread

    • Which coverage gaps did you find?
    • Which scenario would benefit most from a mock, and why?
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