How do you test an approval process?

Approval processes have multiple paths: submit, approve, reject, recall.

Test cases:

• Submit: triggered correctly when entry criteria met.
• Step approver: correctly routed.
• Approve at step: advances to next.
• Reject at step: triggers rejection actions.
• Final approval: triggers final actions.
• Final rejection: triggers rejection.
• Recall: triggers recall actions.

Apex test: `apex @isTest static void testApprovalSubmission() { Opportunity o = new Opportunity(Name='Test', StageName='Negotiation', Amount=10000, CloseDate=Date.today()); insert o;

Approval.ProcessSubmitRequest req = new Approval.ProcessSubmitRequest(); req.setObjectId(o.Id); Approval.ProcessResult result = Approval.process(req);

System.assert(result.isSuccess()); System.assertEquals(1, [SELECT count() FROM ProcessInstance WHERE TargetObjectId=:o.Id]); } `

UI testing: Provar / Selenium drives submit / approve / reject manually.

Common pitfalls:

• Testing only submission, not approval.
• No test for skipped steps.
• Not testing recall.

Senior insight: approval processes have many states. Comprehensive coverage required.