What is the impact on test case when Agent screen is locked?

What is the impact on test case when Agent screen is locked?

Running a test case on agent machine when Agent screen is locked leads to different outputs as per application type used, below table explains various outputs, which user will get in case of Web Desktop and Virtual application automation.

Application type Test run Video recording
Web application Test will run with a locked screen shown in the video recording Not available
Desktop application Test will start but it will fail after opening the application Not available
Virtual application Test will NOT run Not available

Note: User can change Agent config file as described here, which will keep the machine “awake” as long as the Agent is active. And user can also create a custom building block to login into remote machine before running test as described here.

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