US Patent 9547579 Method and apparatus for automatically detecting defects

Data being processed by source code modules of a test version of an application is captured and analyzed during execution of the test version of the application. Based on the analysis, errors caused by the source code modules of the test version of the application are automatically detected. Based on a comparison of the source code modules associated with the test version of the application to corresponding source code modules associated with a baseline version of the application, the source code module in the test version of the application that caused the error is identified and reported to a developer or other appropriate personnel so that the error may be corrected.