Resuming a Test

You may want to resume a proctoring session for a few reasons:

Your candidate accidentally reloads the webpage
Your candidate closes the tab/browser and restarts the test
Your test consists of different sections and you want to use the same proctoring session for the different sections

How It Works

Tests are resumed using the .start() method. If a test attempt has not been finalized (that is, .stop() has not been called), calling .start() resumes it. The following table summarizes the behavior:

`.start()` called previously for same `testAttemptId`?	`.stop()` has been called?	What happens
No	N/A	New Test Attempt is created
Yes	No	Test Attempt resumes (you will see previous and future violations in the report)
Yes	Yes	Error is thrown

Implementation

To support resume, run the same initialization code when the page loads. AutoProctor handles the rest:

// This code works for both new and resumed sessions
let apInst = new AutoProctor(credentials)
await apInst.setup(proctoringOptions)
apInst.start()  // Creates new or resumes existing session automatically

No special configuration is needed. As long as you use the same testAttemptId and haven't called .stop(), the session will resume seamlessly.