VisualQ

Public living-doc URL

Share a read-only Gherkin source + run summary with stakeholders who don't have a VisualQ account.

The public living-doc turns any feature into a stakeholder-friendly URL. No login, no per-seat licence — just a stable link you can drop into a Slack channel or a release email.

Enabling sharing

  1. Open the feature, scroll to the Public living-doc card in the right sidebar.
  2. Click Share publicly. VisualQ:
    • Generates a 22-character unguessable publicSlug.
    • Creates a denormalised mapping doc in public_frt_features/{slug} so unauthenticated requests can resolve slug → org/project/feature without exposing IDs.
    • Sets publicEnabled: true on the feature.
  3. Click Copy to grab https://visualq.ai/frt/public/{slug}.

What the public page shows

  • Feature name, description, tags, language.
  • Full Gherkin source with syntax highlighting.
  • The last 5 runs with status, browsers, scenarios pass/fail, and date.
  • A "Powered by VisualQ" footer linking back to the marketing site.

The page never exposes:

  • Step definition Playwright code.
  • Step error messages or stack traces.
  • Screenshots, traces, video, or HAR.
  • The project's other features.

Disabling sharing

The same card has a Stop sharing button. VisualQ:

  1. Sets publicEnabled: false on the feature.
  2. Deletes the mapping doc in public_frt_features.

Existing links return 404 immediately. Even if you re-enable sharing later, you'll get a brand new slug — the previous URL stays dead, which matters for revoking access after an incident.

Permissions

Only admins can enable or disable public sharing for a feature. The unauthenticated /api/public/frt/{slug} endpoint is the only public surface on the project.

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