Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for system program change detection via parallel monitoring techniques are provided herein. An example computer-implemented method includes determining multiple user interface elements to monitor at each of one or more action points during execution of at least one system program within an automated testing framework, wherein the at least one system program is designed for operation across multiple at least partially interconnected system devices. The method also includes monitoring, in parallel, at a given one of the one or more action points, for changes to the multiple user interface elements corresponding to the given action point, and performing, based at least in part on the monitoring and on processing of one or more data structures, at least one action within the automated testing framework in response to detection of a change to any one of the multiple user interface elements.