New Install TestComplete 15.79 : Slowness on some buttons...

One more angle that might help isolate and resolve this slowness issue:

1. Clean reinstall: Uninstall TestComplete completely, reboot, then install fresh — this rules out corrupted install or legacy config.
2. Minimal new project: Create a project that only tests the problematic button, mapping it with the most stable property first and minimal fallback criteria — this isolates whether the issue is project-specific.
3. Playback timeout: Reduce the “Auto-wait timeout” (Project → Playback) to something like 3–5 seconds to prevent long waits when fallback/conditional mappings are evaluated. See documentation on playback options. (SmartBear Support)
4. Conditional Mapping Criteria: Make your first condition the primary, most reliable match and use fallback conditions sparingly. Poorly ordered or excessive fallback conditions can cause sequential long waits. See SmartBear’s documentation on conditional mapping: Conditional Mapping Criteria.

These steps minimize delays caused by installation issues, project mapping, or sequential evaluation of mapping conditions.

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The controls that your application uses, are they supported by TestComplete as shown in Supported Technologies and Applications?

Are you using extended find or self-healing?

How long does it take for the Object Spy tool to recognise the control?

Create a new project, using either keyword test or script, try with and without name mapping, and perform a simple click. Is there any improvement?

Hello BattieE,

Could you give us a peek at the code used for these actions and how the buttons  are mapped?  It's hard to tell what may be happening otherwise.   From your description it sounds like visually it will stall on the button click (waiting for the application?  waiting on button identification?  code looping or hard/state based delays?).

In this post I discussed the use of TestComplete performance monitoring to enhance visibility into what could be causing performance issue in test runs.

Testcomplete is running really slow on Azure Virtual Machine | SmartBear Community

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I do another "new test" : Highlight the 1st Button (scenario stopped at the right place)
-> Response time: immediately !
-> Then I try to "Run Selected Operation" on this button: 4 minutes...

There is a thing strange: How is it possible for TestComplete to wait/search several minutes searching a button? Without any "Timeout"...