# One way to try a payment: the virtual device

- Date: 2026-09-18
- Type: Non-breaking change
- Surface: Developer portal and CLI
- What you need to do: Nothing.
- Address: https://developers.rivr.io/changelog/2026-09-18-test-terminal-removed

The Test terminal is gone. It was a simulation — it invented its own orders, webhooks and card events, and none of it existed outside the portal. The virtual device does the same job for real: it registers against the test environment, heartbeats, joins the device hub and receives real orders, so the payment you drive there is a payment your integration can see. Start one under Test → Virtual device.