> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.simpleuat.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# What is a test case?

> A case is one test script: title, steps, expected outcome, priority, and the other fields that actually exist.

A **case** is one row of the script you can run every release. Not the Tuesday result (that's the run).

## Fields that exist

* **title**, **description**
* **preconditions**
* **expected\_outcome**
* **priority:** `low` | `medium` | `high` | `critical`
* **module**
* **tags**
* **required\_persona\_id**
* **estimated\_duration\_minutes**
* **status:** `draft` | `active` | `deprecated`
* **steps:** `instruction`, `expected_result`, `notes`, `evidence_required`

If a field isn't in that list, SimpleUAT doesn't have it. Don't invent "automation ID" or "browser matrix" columns in docs.

## Good

**Title:** Returning customer can apply a valid promo and place an order

**Preconditions:** Staging. Account `shopper@client.test`. Cart has one in-stock SKU. Promo `UAT10` from the client's sandbox list.

**Step:** Open cart to apply code to totals drop 10% to pay with sandbox Visa to order number shown.

**Expected outcome:** Discount visible on summary and confirmation; order appears in account order list.

**Priority:** `high`. **Status:** `active`. Evidence required on the confirmation step.

## Bad (vague)

**Title:** Checkout

**Description:** Make sure checkout works.

Nobody can pass/fail that twice the same way. That's a suite name, not a case.

## Bad (complicated)

One case that covers guest, login, PayPal, Apple Pay, expired promo, tax-exempt, and mobile. That's a project. Split. Use a pack like **E-commerce Checkout** if you need breadth, then delete what you won't execute.

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    Create suite + Add First Case.
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    Modules, tags, deprecate.
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