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bdy tests visual session

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$bdy tests visual session [options] [command]

Manage visual test sessions

OPTIONS
-h, --help
display help for command
AVAILABLE COMMANDS
Close a parallel visual test session early (skip auto-close timeout)
Run a test command and create a visual test session from emitted snapshots

Documentation for bdy v1.22.80

Last modified on Jun 30, 2026

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Examples

Run your test command with the visual-test plugin server attached
bdy tests visual session create "npm test"$
Skip resource discovery (debugging or asset-free pages)
bdy tests visual session create "npm test" --skipDiscovery$
Send snapshots progressively (quicker review during long runs)
bdy tests visual session create "npm test" --oneByOne$
One runner in a parallel session (every runner must share the same $SNAPSHOTS_BUILD_ID)
bdy tests visual session create "npm test" --parallel$
Close the session after all parallel runners finished (build id read from $SNAPSHOTS_BUILD_ID)
bdy tests visual session close$