# Downloads and generated tests

Canonical: https://fairleadhq.com/docs/recorder/troubleshooting-exports/

Updated: 2026-10-07
Publication state: published
Product version: Source verified — 52de40a

Agent summary: Resolve incomplete downloads and scripts that need adaptation. Keep the local session while retrying; files depend on available evidence.

## Prerequisites

- A stopped local session or its downloaded artifacts

## Inputs

- A failed download or generated-script symptom

## Outputs

- A recovered download or identified script adaptation

## Limitations

- Keep the local session while retrying; files depend on available evidence

## Permissions

- Local download access; authorization for any replay environment

## Privacy

- Review content and destination before sharing


Resolve incomplete downloads and scripts that need adaptation.

Keep the stopped session available while investigating an export problem. Selecting **New recording** clears local evidence you may still need.

## Some files did not download

Retry **Download** in the viewer, or **Download report** in the account-free side panel, after checking Chrome's download status and available storage. A partial failure leaves the session intact. Inspect the resulting folder to confirm the files completed; a started download may still be interrupted.

## An expected file is missing

Compare the folder with [Download session artifacts](https://fairleadhq.com/docs/recorder/bundle-contents/). Screenshot files require added attachments. Recorder writes a folder; the website's real sample was packaged as a ZIP for sharing.

`notes.md` requires saved annotations or pins. `console.log` is omitted when no console text is generated. `session.md` is the written summary, not `session.txt`. Check the actual folder even when the summary links to a file: the real sample links to an absent console log. Retry a reported download failure before resetting.

WebSocket frames and all viewer diagnostics are not part of the standard bundle.

## A request or input value is redacted

Review the export before running it. Supply safe credentials and test values in your test project; do not weaken recording privacy rules to recover a secret. Missing bodies cannot be reconstructed by the exporter.

## A generated script fails

Check the starting URL, authentication, data, installed framework, and target environment. A generated navigation does not recreate an authenticated session.

Review locators for ambiguous or dynamic targets. Add condition-based waits, setup and cleanup, and assertions. Unsupported actions may need manual implementation. Refer to [reliable automated tests](https://fairleadhq.com/docs/recorder/developers/reliable-automated-tests/).

## The Tests view is unavailable

A failure to load generated artifacts can affect **Tests** while the rest of the local report remains readable. Preserve other evidence and retry the local workflow if necessary. Stored-session review does not offer local test generation; open a local recorded session for that workflow.