API Testing · Senior · Question 52 of 75
What should a test strategy say about third-party API sandboxes?
- 1Their limits and differences, plus stubs for what sandboxes can't do
- 2That sandboxes always behave exactly like production APIs
- 3That third-party APIs never need any testing by your team
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Correct answer: Their limits and differences, plus stubs for what sandboxes can't do
Explanation
Sandboxes may lack features, rate-limit tests or behave differently. Stubs cover rare errors; a production smoke confirms the real setup.