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Watchtower’s main views now live at their own URLs, so you can bookmark or share a link to a specific view (for example, Patrol or Watchman) and refreshing the page keeps you where you were. The sidebar and top bar stay in place while the main panel switches between routes, and each view shows a lightweight loading skeleton while its data loads instead of a blank page. The layout is responsive: on narrower screens the sidebar collapses into an off-canvas drawer you can open from the top bar, and larger views like Watchman, Patrol, Reports, and Compare adapt their layout for smaller widths.
  • Workspace switcher: shows your active workspace at the top of the sidebar. Open it to switch workspaces, create a new one, or open Workspace settings. See Workspaces.
  • Sync Codebase (or Connect Codebase before a repository is linked): re-imports your test files and reconciles the inventory with what’s actually in your repository. A status line underneath shows the last sync result, such as synced · <commit> · <time ago> or a warning if something needs attention.
  • Dashboard: pass-rate trends, release readiness, and QA reports.
  • Test Center: your test inventory, Patrol runs, and run comparisons.
  • Trash: recover deleted test cases, with a badge showing how many are waiting.
  • Watchman: AI-assisted review of pull requests and commits.
  • Project Settings: a small menu with Export (download your data) and Configuration (all connection and workspace settings).
  • Overall stats strip: a quick Passed / Failed / Blocked count across every test, pinned near the bottom.
  • Your profile: opens a menu with Manage account, Preferences, Contact Us, and Sign out.

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Top bar

The top bar shows the title of whatever you’re looking at, along with:
  • Current folder: a breadcrumb and dropdown for jumping between test folders.
  • Environment picker: filters what you see to a specific environment (staging, production, etc.), when environments are configured.
  • Patrol progress: a live chip appears here whenever a test run is active, so you can see progress without leaving the page you’re on.
  • Help Center: opens Watchtower’s built-in help articles.
  • Notifications: a bell icon with an unread badge; click it to see recent activity like completed runs, connection changes, or a workspace invite, and use Mark all as read to clear it.
  • Console: toggles a live log panel (Patrol has its own console built in, so this toggle is hidden while you’re on that view; it’s also hidden on smaller screens).

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Main views

If a view runs into an unexpected error, only that view shows an error state; the sidebar, top bar, and the rest of Watchtower stay usable so you can navigate away instead of reloading the whole app.