Test a group chat with an actual group of test accounts.

Start with a conversation that has a purpose

Give three participants a shared task, such as planning a weekend away. Give one a budget, another a scheduling constraint and the third a reason to join late. Specific goals give you a conversation to inspect instead of a room full of generic greetings.

• Send a direct message and compare the sender’s and recipient’s views.
• Invite another account into a group and inspect the history it can access.
• Send replies from different accounts and check ordering and attribution.
• Inspect unread indicators or read receipts, if your app exposes them.

Watch both sides while you build

Log into your app yourself while the participants use their assigned accounts. In Jango, inspect browser views, give one participant a new direction or pause activity to investigate a missing message. Ask participants to use specific visible controls when a flow needs closer attention.

A first-run checklist

Create a private test room and separate accounts. Sign each participant in and set a starting URL. Ask Alex to propose a plan and Maya to reply with a constraint. Join as yourself and invite Sam. Compare the conversation in all accounts: who sent each message, where it appeared and what the late arrival can see. Save the cast before trying the flow again after a fix.

What a conversation run does not establish

AI participants can miss controls or fail to follow directions. Their browser activity can help reveal problems, but does not certify delivery guarantees, notification reliability or performance under load. Use targeted automated assertions and load tests for those requirements. Start with text chat; media and sign-in flows depend on your app and its browser controls.