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A flow is an ordered sequence of steps that simulates exactly what a real user does in your application — clicking buttons, filling forms, navigating between pages, and verifying the results. Unlike a visual screenshot comparison or a unit test, a flow runs against your live production environment and proves that the entire interaction works end-to-end, not just that the page renders.

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What a Flow Contains

Every flow is made up of one or more steps. Each step represents a single user action or assertion. You can combine these step types in any order to model any real-world interaction:

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Flow Status

Every flow in your dashboard has a status that reflects its most recent run result:
  • Passing — The flow completed every step successfully on its last run. Your feature is working as expected.
  • Failing — One or more steps failed on the last run. TYAN records which step broke, the error message, and a screenshot of the failure state.
  • Never Run — The flow has been created but has not been executed yet. Run it manually or attach it to a monitor to get a live result.
Flows run against your live production URL by default. You can override the base URL per flow to target a staging environment, a preview deployment, or a branch URL — useful when verifying a feature before it ships.

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Example: Signup Flow

Here is what a typical signup flow looks like when broken into steps:
  1. Navigate to https://yourapp.com/signup
  2. Fill the Email field with test@example.com
  3. Fill the Password field with a test password
  4. Click the Create Account button
  5. Assert text “Welcome to YourApp” is visible
  6. Assert URL matches https://yourapp.com/onboarding
  7. Take screenshot
Each step maps directly to what a real user would do, which means a passing flow is proof that a real user can complete that action right now in production.

Journeys

Chain multiple flows together into a complete end-to-end user path from entry to conversion.

Monitors

Schedule any flow to run automatically and get alerted the moment it breaks in production.