Use **Take a Screenshot** to keep a PNG record of the page reached during a run. It captures whichever page the automation tab is on at this step, including after [Go To Web Page](/steps/go-to-web-page), a [For Each Link](/steps/for-each-link) hop, or [Refresh Page](/steps/refresh-page).

Chrome can only photograph the tab that is showing. This step switches to that tab and window first. **Test** uses the same path as a live run.

The file lands under **Downloads / folder** as `host-timestamp.png`. The default folder is `tab-automation`. Change that in **Settings** (the gear on the masthead), or leave a folder override on this step. Chrome can only write under Downloads — this is a subfolder name, not a full disk path. Chrome may uniquify the name if a file already exists. The image is not stored in [Activity](/steps/activity) or under [Values](/steps/values).

The extension needs the `downloads` permission for this step. Screenshots stay on this computer. If capture fails, Activity records a warning and the rest of the run still finishes.

## How to add it

**Add Step** → **Take a Screenshot**. The step warns that Chrome must show that tab, and that PNGs land under Downloads. Click **Test screenshot** to prove the tab can be captured before you rely on a run.

Non-http(s) tabs fail, the same as other page steps.

## Not this step

Is not [Save value](/steps/save-value) — that stores element text, not an image. Does not crop one element. Does not stitch content below the fold — it captures the visible viewport; place [Scroll Page](/steps/scroll-page) first for content that is off-screen. Does not attach the PNG to [Send Alert](/steps/send-alert). Does not write outside Downloads.

## Related guides

The [side panel tour](/blog/welcome) lists every Add Step item, including this one.