A method for providing an automated testing framework to validate a plurality of messages is disclosed. The method includes receiving, from a developer, an electronic resource that includes a feature file relating to a development of an application; identifying, from the electronic resource, a set of step definitions relating to a payload test assertion; annotating the set of step definitions to include a feature step definition; executing the annotated electronic resource by using an inversion-of-control container based on a configuration step definition; loading a message handler object that manages payload listening; transmitting, by using the message handler object, a message generated from the execution of the annotated electronic resource to a data structure that maintains a plurality of message queues; and validating the message based on the plurality of message queues.