Slack Setup

Send notifications to your team's Slack channels using incoming webhooks.

Step 1: Create a Slack Webhook

Go to Slack API and create a new app
Navigate to Incoming Webhooks and enable it
Click Add New Webhook to Workspace
Select the channel for notifications
Copy the webhook URL

Step 2: Add Integration in Device Farm

Navigate to Settings > Integrations
Click Add Integration
Select Slack
Enter a name (e.g., "QA Team Notifications")
Paste the webhook URL
Optionally specify a channel override
Click Save

Step 3: Create Notification Rules

Expand your integration by clicking the chevron
Click Add Rule or use Quick Daily Report for a pre-configured daily report
Select the event type
For scheduled reports, select a schedule preset or enter a custom cron expression
Click Save

Slack Message Examples

Build Complete Notification

✅ Build Passed
Build: my-regression-suite

Results Summary
• Total Sessions: 100
• Passed: 95 ✅
• Failed: 5 ❌
• Pass Rate: 95% ⭐
• Duration: 1h 30m ⏱️

📱 Devices Used
🥇 Pixel 6 - 30 sessions
🥈 iPhone 14 - 25 sessions
🥉 Galaxy S22 - 20 sessions

[View Build Details]

Daily Report Notification

📊 Daily Report - 2026-01-30

Summary
• Total Tests: 250
• Passed: 230 ✅
• Failed: 20 ❌
• Pass Rate: 92% ⭐
• Avg Duration: 5m 30s

📱 Top Devices
🥇 Pixel 7 - 45 sessions
🥈 iPhone 15 Pro - 38 sessions
🥉 Galaxy S23 - 32 sessions

[View Analytics]

Testing Your Integration

Test Connection

Click the Send icon (paper airplane) on any integration to send a test message. This verifies your webhook URL is correct.

Send Report Now

Click the Chart icon on any integration to immediately send a report with the last 30 days of data. Useful for testing report formatting without waiting for the scheduled time.

Troubleshooting

Notifications not arriving

Verify the webhook URL is correct and starts with https://hooks.slack.com/
Check that the integration is enabled
Check that the notification rule is enabled
View the notification logs for error messages (click View Logs in the Integrations header)