--- updatedAt: 2026-07-21T08:27:38.000Z agentTools: projectIndex: https://docs.enterprise.appier.com/llms.txt --- # Test and Publish the Journey ## Test the journey After you've finished creating your journey, you can test the journey to visualize how a user traverses the journey before [publishing it](#publish-the-journey). From the top bar, click **Test journey**.

To add a test user, click **Select user** and search for the test user. Next, select a user, and click **Select**. * Search by entering the complete email, phone number, or `user_id`. The search results only include users who exactly match the data you entered. Searches are case-sensitive. * You can only add one test user.

Under **Wait time settings**, you can shorten the wait nodes to speed up the test process. Select **Set all wait times (time delay nodes, time-out settings) to** and set a new wait time. The wait time will be applied to the following nodes. * Time delay nodes * Wait for conditions nodes: Time-out settings * Message nodes: Time-out settings

Under **Trigger node settings**, if you select **Bypass the trigger node**, the test user will automatically enter the journey even if they do not meet the trigger condition.

Finally, click **Start test journey** to begin testing. In test mode, you can see the test user's position in the journey.

### Note You may be subject to messaging fees when you send email and SMS messages during the test. *** ## Publish the journey When you have completed the settings, click **Publish**.

Once the journey starts running, its status will change to **Active**.

### Edit the journey after publishing {` To edit a journey that's already published, you first need to pause it. Click the three vertical dots (

) next to the journey's name and select Pause journey map). Once it pauses, you can make your changes. `}

### Note To learn about journey statuses and which ones allow editing, see the [Managing Journey Maps](https://docs.enterprise.appier.com/docs/journey-maps-manage#filter).