How to manage duplicate Reusable Test Step Blocks (RTSB) when exporting test cases to Tosca Cloud?

Hi Olivia,

This is a common behavior when migrating test assets incrementally from Tosca Commander to Tosca Cloud. When test cases are uploaded individually, Tosca Cloud processes each upload payload independently, resulting in duplicated Reusable Test Step Blocks (RTSBs) and Modules.

Here are the recommended best practices and current options to address this:

1. Best Practice: Batch Export from Tosca Commander

To prevent RTSB duplication during export:

Group and Export Together: Instead of uploading Test Case 1 and Test Case 2 separately, select both Test Cases along with their shared TestStepLibraries / RTSBs (or export the entire parent Component Folder) in a single export batch.

When uploaded as a unified package, Tosca Cloud recognizes shared dependencies and maintains a single reference for the RTSB instead of recreating it.

2. Pre-Migration Optimization

Before exporting from Commander:

Run a clean-up in Tosca Commander using Find Unused Elements to purge orphan RTSBs.

Ensure all shared steps strictly reference a single, centralized TestStepLibrary prior to initiating the cloud export.

3. Current Handling for Existing Duplicates

Modules vs. RTSBs: As you noted, Tosca Cloud offers built-in merging for UI Modules, but automated deduplication/auto-merging for RTSBs (Libraries) is currently not available post-upload.

Workaround: For assets already in the cloud, manual refactoring is required—re-linking the test steps in Test Case 2 to point to the primary RTSB created during Test Case 1's upload, and subsequently removing the duplicate RTSB asset.

Batching the assets at the Commander level before export remains the most effective solution to avoid manual re-linking in Tosca Cloud.

Hope this helps!

Understood. Since the assets are already in Tosca Cloud, I’ll manually update Test Case 2 to point to the primary RTSB created in Test Case 1, then delete the duplicate RTSB to keep the workspace clean. Thank you!