With the Postman VS Code extension, you can use the Collection Runner to manually run a collection's or folder's requests in a specific sequence. This enables you to test an API's functionality or performance. You can also automate collection runs in your CI/CD with the Postman CLI or Newman.
To learn more about manual collection runs in Postman, see Test your API using the Collection Runner.
To manually run requests in a collection or folder, do the following:
Your Postman plan gives you a limited number of collection runs you can use each month. This limit applies to collections you run manually. A collection run with multiple iterations counts as a single run.
When running collections manually, Postman displays the results of your request runs and test results in real time. To learn more about what happened during the collection run, you can:
Learn more about debugging run results in Postman.
You can view the run history for your collection, including collections you ran, using the Collection Runner and the Postman CLI.
Select a collection or folder, then select the Runs tab. You can filter your run history by the number of collection runs to view, by users, the test status of the collection runs, and the source of the collection run.
To return to the results of the collection run, hover over a collection run and click View Report.
Learn more about viewing run history in Postman.
Last modified: 2025/08/22