Manual testing resources

Testing SMS

There are fake numbers you can use instead of your personal one:

• Special "test" numbers allocated by Ofcom (here).

• Special "smoke test" numbers that will simulate successful deliver (here).

Testing PDFs

There are samples of most types of PDF letter in the template preview repository:

https://github.com/alphagov/notifications-template-preview/tree/master/tests/test_pdfs

This template has guides on it for the letter margins. It can be saved as a pdf if you want to test specific differences in PDFs:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1IJX5eO4Fk7sHCbcqwkXm7m-klcvCPvW14uAu5Kw8bOs/edit?usp=sharing