FAQ - Feature parity - Test Manager vs Orchestrator

Frequently asked questions on feature parity between Test Manager and the Orchestrator Testing Module ahead of the April 2026 deprecation.

The Testing Module in Orchestrator will be fully deprecated and removed on April 30, 2026. In view of this change, the deprecation guidelines and the Test Manager – Orchestrator feature parity are available in this article.

Deprecation guidelines

• The deprecation timeline includes the following milestones:
  • Initial announcement: October, 2023
  • Feature parity: April 18, 2025
  • First phase of deprecation: January 1, 2026
    • Users can still create Test Sets, but should migrate to Test Manager.
  • Second phase of deprecation (removal): April 30, 2026
    • Execution will no longer be allowed.
• The migration tool lets you transfer your Orchestrator assets to Test Manager.

Test Manager vs. Orchestrator - testing feature parity

Table 1. Test Manager vs Orchestrator - testing feature parity

	Test Manager	Orchestrator
Purpose	A planning, analysis, and management tool for manual and automated tests . Connects automation with the agile planning and test management lifecycle .	A deployment, monitoring, and management tool for UiPath robots and test automations . Acts as a central hub to control and orchestrate automations across various environments.
Persona	Test Managers Test Users	Automation Administrators Automation Developers
Role in Test Automation	​ Create Requirements Define Requirements Traceability ​ Create Test Case definitions Link test automations to definition​ Supports Manual Testing , manual test execution , and mixed test execution ​ Integrates with Task Capture for test documentation needs Offers Dashboard Reports and reporting services via API ​ Supports defect creation ​ Supports Labels and Documents ​ Ability to enforce execution order ​ Ability to analyze test results ​ Ability to override test results ​ Ability to export data ​ Integrates with 3rd party ALM and Test Management tools AI-powered Test Case generation AI-powered Test Insights Heatmap and UiPath Change Impact Analysis for SAP ​	Stores and manages Test Case automations ​ Can assign automation to specific folder with RBAC (* TM parity *)​ Can assign automation to specific user/machine mapping (* TM parity *)​ Can select a specific Test automation version (* TM parity *)​ Create Test Schedules (* TM parity *)​ Manage test data in Test Data queues (* not supported in Test Cloud — use Data Fabric instead *)​ Data can be directly retrieved with workflow activities ​ Upload test data from a .csv ​ Data can be marked as consumed ​ Ability to trigger a single Test Case execution (* TM parity *)​ ​
Shared Test Automation functions	Create Test Sets Clone Test Sets Clone Test Sets Clone Requirements Clone Test Cases Trigger automated Test Set execution Re-execute Test Cases and entire Test Sets View Test Assertions, Screenshots, and Robot Logs Analyze test results across Test Executions	Create Test Sets Clone Test Sets Trigger automated Test Set execution Re-execute Test Cases View Test Assertions, Screenshots, and Robot Logs

Note:

Masked or anonymized production data can be used as test data by uploading it to Data Service (Data Fabric) as an Excel file and linking it to a Studio automation. Direct test data linking from Test Manager test sets is planned as a future enhancement.

Process status and test case status for assertion failures

A plain Orchestrator job's status only reflects whether the job itself failed to run, such as an unhandled exception — it does not reflect the pass/fail result of individual Verify or assertion activities inside the workflow. A process with one or more failing Verify activities can still show as Passed at the job level unless an exception is thrown, or unless the Verify activity's Continue on error property is set to false.

A Test Manager test case execution does not have this gap: its status reflects the worst of the job status and the assertion results, so a failing Verify activity always produces a failed test case, regardless of the underlying job status.

Test set retention

In Orchestrator, Test Sets could use a "Transient" SourceType that auto-deleted the test set after a period of time. Test Manager has no equivalent auto-delete mechanism — all test set deletion must be performed manually.