Playwright Automation

project-root/
├── playwright.config.ts
├── e2e/
│   ├── fixtures/              # base.fixture.ts, auth.fixture.ts, data.fixture.ts
│   ├── pages/                 # Page objects by feature
│   │   ├── base.page.ts
│   │   ├── dashboard.page.ts
│   │   └── components/        # Reusable component objects (data-table, modal)
│   ├── tests/                 # Test files by feature (auth/, dashboard/, settings/)
│   ├── helpers/               # test-data.ts, api-client.ts
│   └── global-setup.ts
├── .auth/                     # Git-ignored storageState files
└── test-results/              # Git-ignored artifacts

import { defineConfig, devices } from '@playwright/test';

const isCI = !!process.env.CI;
const baseURL = process.env.BASE_URL ?? 'http://localhost:3000';

export default defineConfig({
  testDir: './e2e/tests',
  fullyParallel: true,
  forbidOnly: isCI,
  retries: isCI ? 2 : 0,
  workers: isCI ? '50%' : undefined,
  reporter: isCI
    ? [['blob'], ['github'], ['json', { outputFile: 'test-results/results.json' }]]
    : [['html', { open: 'on-failure' }]],
  use: {
    baseURL,
    trace: isCI ? 'on-first-retry' : 'retain-on-failure',
    screenshot: 'only-on-failure',
    video: isCI ? 'on-first-retry' : 'off',
    navigationTimeout: 30_000,
    // Avoid a global actionTimeout — it can mask a genuinely slow auto-waited
    // action. Set per-action only where a known-slow widget needs it.
  },
  projects: [
    { name: 'setup', testMatch: /global-setup\.ts/, teardown: 'teardown' },
    { name: 'teardown', testMatch: /global-teardown\.ts/ },
    { name: 'chromium', use: { ...devices['Desktop Chrome'], storageState: '.auth/user.json' }, dependencies: ['setup'] },
    { name: 'firefox', use: { ...devices['Desktop Firefox'], storageState: '.auth/user.json' }, dependencies: ['setup'] },
    { name: 'webkit', use: { ...devices['Desktop Safari'], storageState: '.auth/user.json' }, dependencies: ['setup'] },
  ],
  webServer: isCI ? undefined : {
    command: 'npm run dev', url: baseURL, reuseExistingServer: !isCI, timeout: 120_000,
  },
});

import { test as setup, expect } from '@playwright/test';

setup('authenticate as default user', async ({ page }) => {
  await page.goto('/login');
  await page.getByLabel('Email').fill(process.env.TEST_USER_EMAIL!);
  await page.getByLabel('Password').fill(process.env.TEST_USER_PASSWORD!);
  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Sign in' }).click();
  await expect(page).toHaveURL(/.*dashboard/);
  await page.context().storageState({ path: '.auth/user.json' });
});

import { type Page, type Locator, expect } from '@playwright/test';

export abstract class BasePage {
  constructor(protected readonly page: Page) {}
  abstract readonly path: string;
  async goto(): Promise<void> {
    await this.page.goto(this.path);
    await this.page.waitForLoadState('domcontentloaded');
  }
}

export class DataTable {
  readonly rows: Locator;
  constructor(private readonly root: Locator) {
    this.rows = root.getByRole('row');
  }
  getRowByText(text: string | RegExp): Locator {
    return this.rows.filter({ hasText: text });
  }
}

export class UsersPage extends BasePage {
  readonly path = '/admin/users';
  readonly table: DataTable;
  constructor(page: Page) {
    super(page);
    this.table = new DataTable(page.getByRole('table', { name: 'Users' }));
  }
}

export const test = base.extend<{ usersPage: UsersPage }>({
  usersPage: async ({ page }, use) => { await use(new UsersPage(page)); },
});
export { expect } from '@playwright/test';

test('submits a multi-step form', async ({ page }) => {
  await page.goto('/onboarding');
  await test.step('fill personal info', async () => {
    await page.getByLabel('First name').fill('Jane');
    await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Next' }).click();
  });
  await test.step('submit', async () => {
    await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Complete setup' }).click();
  });
  await expect(page).toHaveURL('/dashboard');
});

// Mock a response
await page.route('**/api/products*', async (route) => {
  await route.fulfill({ json: { items: [{ id: '1', name: 'Widget', price: 29.99 }] } });
});

// Modify a real response
await page.route('**/api/feature-flags', async (route) => {
  const response = await route.fetch();
  const body = await response.json();
  body.flags['new-checkout'] = true;
  await route.fulfill({ response, json: body });
});

// Simulate an error
await page.route('**/api/products*', (route) => route.fulfill({ status: 500 }));

// WebSocket (v1.48+)
await page.routeWebSocket('**/ws/notifications', (ws) => {
  ws.onMessage(() => ws.send(JSON.stringify({ type: 'alert', title: 'Deployed' })));
});

import { test, request, type APIRequestContext } from '@playwright/test';

// test.extend adds an `api` fixture to the base test object.
export const apiTest = test.extend<{ api: APIRequestContext }>({
  api: async ({ baseURL }, use) => {
    const ctx = await request.newContext({
      baseURL,
      extraHTTPHeaders: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.API_TOKEN!}` },
    });
    await use(ctx);
    await ctx.dispose();
  },
});

test('checkout @smoke', async ({ page }) => { /* npx playwright test --grep @smoke */ });
test.slow();                                    // Triples timeout
test.skip(({ browserName }) => browserName === 'webkit', 'WebKit bug');
test.fixme('known issue tracked in JIRA-1234', async ({ page }) => { /* ... */ });

await expect(page.getByRole('alert')).toBeVisible();
await expect(page.getByRole('heading')).toHaveText('Dashboard');
await expect(page).toHaveURL('/dashboard');
await expect(page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Save' })).toBeEnabled();
await expect(page.getByRole('listitem')).toHaveCount(5);
await expect(page.getByRole('listitem')).toHaveText(['Apple', 'Banana', 'Cherry']);

await expect.soft(page.getByLabel('Name')).toHaveValue('Jane Doe');
await expect.soft(page.getByLabel('Email')).toHaveValue('jane@example.com');

await expect(page.getByRole('navigation', { name: 'Main' })).toMatchAriaSnapshot(`
  - navigation "Main":
    - link "Home"
    - link "Products"
`);

await expect(page.getByTestId('product-card')).toHaveScreenshot('product-card.png', {
  mask: [page.getByTestId('price')],
});

import AxeBuilder from '@axe-core/playwright';

test('dashboard has no a11y violations', async ({ page }) => {
  await page.goto('/dashboard');
  const results = await new AxeBuilder({ page }).analyze();
  expect(results.violations).toEqual([]);
});

strategy:
  fail-fast: false
  matrix:
    shard: [1, 2, 3, 4]
steps:
  - run: npx playwright test --shard=${{ matrix.shard }}/4