Most teams agree they should QA before a release, but the hard part is starting without turning it into a half-day meeting. This routine is for one owner or a pair who can walk the site in about fifteen minutes and still leave useful artifacts behind. If you are new to Toybox, read the Toybox homepage for a quick product snapshot, then come back here for the pass itself.

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The five-step pass

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1. Lock the scope. Pick one flow or a tight URL cluster such as sign up, checkout, or account settings. Write that scope at the top of your notes so comments do not drift into unrelated pages.
2. Pick two viewports. Check desktop width and one mobile width you actually ship for. If a bug only appears between those sizes, log it as a follow-up instead of blocking this pass.
3. File issues on the page. Drop a pin or capture the region on the real UI so the label, button, or module is obvious. Add one sentence on expected behavior so engineering does not have to guess your intent.
4. Tag severity. Split blockers from polish. That helps PMs defer low-risk tweaks without mixing them into pre-release burndown.
5. Sync to your tracker. Export the batch into Jira, Asana, Trello, or Slack so status stays tied to the sprint board. The integrations directory lists the live connectors we support today.

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Why short passes stick

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Long sweeps invite fatigue, and tired reviewers skip steps. A repeatable fifteen-minute block is easier to calendar than a three-hour tunnel. If you need more coverage, schedule a second pass tomorrow on a different scope instead of stretching one session.

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Pair the pass with the habits we outline in Make design QA official, especially prioritization and keeping feedback in one organized place. Inside Toybox, annotation, Inspect, and task views keep URL, viewport, and browser data on the card so you spend less time chasing repro steps.

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When you are ready to try it on staging or production, start a project from the Toybox homepage, embed the snippet or use the extension, and run this checklist on the URL you care about most.

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