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```yaml showLineNumbers title="Basic Robot Framework Workflow"
kind: TestWorkflow
apiVersion: testworkflows.testkube.io/v1
kind: TestWorkflow
metadata:
name: basic-robot-framework-test
namespace: testkube
name: robotframework-browser-smoke
labels:
docs: example
tool: robotframework-browser
category: e2e-ui-testing
junit: "true"
artifacts: "true"
spec:
content:
git:
uri: https://github.com/cerebro1/robot-framework-test.git
uri: https://github.com/kubeshop/testkube
revision: main
paths:
- test/robotframework/robotframework-project
container:
image: ppodgorsek/robot-framework:7.1.0
image: marketsquare/robotframework-browser:19.10
resources:
requests:
cpu: 1000m
memory: 1000Mi
workingDir: /data/repo/test/robotframework/robotframework-project
job:
activeDeadlineSeconds: 180
steps:
- name: Run test
shell: robot --outputdir /data/repo/output /data/repo/test-restful.robot
- name: Run Robot Framework tests
run:
shell: |
mkdir -p /data/artifacts && \
robot --outputdir /data/artifacts \
--xunit /data/artifacts/junit.xml \
--exclude negative \
tests/
env:
- name: ROBOT_SYSLOG_FILE
value: /data/artifacts/robot-syslog.txt
- name: Save artifacts
artifacts:
workingDir: /data/artifacts/
paths:
- /data/repo/output/*
- '**/*'
```

This workflow demonstrates several key features:

- **[Content Fetching](../articles/test-workflows-content.mdx)**: Uses `git` with `paths` to fetch only specific directories from the repository, reducing clone time and disk usage.
- **[Resource Management](../articles/test-workflows-job-and-pod.md)**: Configures CPU and memory requests to ensure adequate resources for browser-based testing.
- **Working Directory**: Sets `workingDir` to run tests from the correct location in the repository.
- **[Job Timeout](../articles/test-workflows-job-and-pod.md)**: Uses `activeDeadlineSeconds` to limit test execution time and prevent hanging tests.
- **[Multiple Steps](../articles/test-workflows-examples-basics.md)**: Separates test execution from artifact collection for better organization and reliability.
- **[Environment Variables](../articles/test-workflows-examples-basics.md)**: Configures Robot Framework logging using environment variables.
- **JUnit Reports**: Generates JUnit-compatible XML reports with the `--xunit` flag for integration with CI/CD systems.
- **[Artifacts](../articles/test-workflows-artifacts.md)**: Collects all test outputs (reports, logs, screenshots) using wildcard patterns for easy access and analysis.