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Updating Synthetic Steps breaks previous saved images

jonp
Observer

We had a problem with a synthetic monitor and had to delete and update the steps near the end of the run.  When I removed two of the steps and re-recorded the monitor it started working. However all previously recorded runs with the screenshots get deleted.  I was hoping the screen shots would survive so i could review them to see if there was a UI changed that caused the failures.  Can anyone confirm this and know of a way to have this not happen? 

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t_pawlak
Champion

Yes, this is expected behavior. When you delete or re-record synthetic steps, Dynatrace treats it as a new monitor version and all previously stored screenshots are removed. There is no way to preserve historical screenshots.

HannahM
Dynatrace Guru
Dynatrace Guru

This behavior only affects success screenshots. This is because the success screenshots displayed are the same for all executions. This is mentioned in our documentation here. I would expect the screenshots for failed executions to still be available.

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