When testing with a human: you catch it in QA runs late in the cycle that test case once it’s added to the test coverage as a known issue When testing automate

When testing with a human: you catch it in QA runs late in the cycle that test case once it’s added to the test coverage as a known issue When testing automated: you prevent the commit in main sequence nice the regression test is added to the test coverage. This is the point - adding tests to your automation suite gets cheaper over time and guarantees higher quality than manual QA runs with not much more cost to the business. Not doing so is choosing to take on tech debt. But pretending like random text is something your QA will catch on their own is a pipe dream. You’re better off investing in property tests and fuzzing.