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title: Navigate to URL
description: Load a URL in the current tab, with optional checks on the page that loads.
lastUpdated: "2026-09-23"
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Load a page by URL: jump to a deep link mid-scenario, or open a link extracted from an email. Every web test also starts with a locked "Navigate to starting page" step, which is this same step pointed at the test's starting URL.

## Parameters

| Parameter | Required | Description |
| ----------- | ---------- | ------------- |
| URL | Yes | The address to load, for example `https://www.example.com`. Supports [variables](/tests/variables), so you can navigate to an extracted link. |
| Checks | No | Step checks evaluated after the page loads: URL, loading time, and step duration. Each check can fail the step or only raise a warning. |

## Results and metrics

- **Timing**: start, end, and duration (in seconds) recorded in the step result.
- **Loading time**: measured for the page load and compared against your checks.
- **Check results**: each configured check reports its expected and actual values. A failing `error` check fails the step; a failing `warning` check marks it as a warning.
- **Status**: success, warning, or failed.
- **Screenshot**: captured once the page has loaded.

## What's next?

<Columns cols={2}>
  <Card title="Get email link" icon="link" href="/tests/actions/web/getemaillink">

    Extract the link you navigate to from an email

</Card>
  <Card title="Switch window" icon="window-restore" href="/tests/actions/web/switchwindow">

    Follow the flow into another tab instead

</Card>
</Columns>