I have recorded a test which looks like this:
- signin.aspx -> submiting page lands on search.aspx
- click Register link on search.aspx -> lands on register.aspx
- fill out page and submit -> lands on ValidateAddress.aspx (for mailto)
- submit page -> lands on ValidateAddress.aspx (for billto)
- submit page -> lands on RegisterComplete.aspx

The actual recording skips the search.aspx page, apparently since I didn't really navigate to it. So the list of urls in the recording is:

signin.aspx
register.aspx
ValidateAddress.aspx
ValidateAddress.aspx
RegisterComplete.aspx

When I run the test and view the results, the list of urls is (bolded ones are of interest):

Reguest Http Status
signin.aspx OK
search.aspxOK
register.aspx OK
ValidateAddress.aspx OK
ValidateAddress.aspx OK
ValidateAddress.aspx Found
RegisterComplete.aspx OK

I'm confused by the following:

search.aspx shows up, but its not in the recording (although I think it should be). It tends to fail loading dependent files, although this failure in no way impacts the test (it keeps right on and ultimately succeeds).

ValidateAddress.aspx is extra, since in the recording I only visited this page twice. I actually think the 1st instance of ValidateAddress.aspx is the actual response from submiting register.aspx. the 2nd instance is from the 1st recorded visitation, and the 3rd (extra) instance is from the 2nd recorded visitation. I believe this from looking at the the Web Browser tab in the results window. The 3rd instance, the Web Browser tab shows "Object moved tohere." I've seen this in other results as well.

This doesn't seem right to me. It seems like the tool is forcing navigation to particular pages instead of letting the recorded user actions direct the navigation. At best, its confusing to see these deviations from what really happened during the recording (and when the user performs this process).

Any comments?