How often does it test a new variant?

Ian
Written by IanLast updated 10 days ago

Question

How often does it test a new variant? Like, does it test a new variant based on elapsed time or is it supposed to change the variant with each page refresh?

Answer

PageTest.AI assigns variants per page load — so every time a visitor lands on the page, they’re randomly shown one of the active test variations. It’s not time-based; it’s session/page-load based.

If you’re not seeing variants change on refresh, it’s because the same visitor is being bucketed into one variant for consistency (so they don’t see a different version each time they come back). This ensures a clean test without confusing the user experience.

If you do want to double-check that variants are working correctly, you can:

  • Open the page in an incognito window (new session = new variant).

  • Or clear cookies/local storage to reset the bucket.

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