Usually, when people think about test automation they tend to think about test automation tools, such as Selenium, Cypress, or RestAssured. What is often missed is that tools themselves are of little value unless they are built into working, efficient, and maintainable test automation solutions.

In this report, we shall explore three proven test automation solution architecture patterns – each with its benefits and drawback.
We will see:
1) what factors can influence automation architecture choices and
2) if there’re any kind of universal patterns that can be used for different types of the product under test
3) what is Clean Architecture in relation to test automation solutions