Company News
Agents write code faster than teams can review it. Line-by-line review has hit its ceiling, and the work of verifying a change has moved to CI, the test suite and the evidence they produce.
Sumit Saurabh | Oct 28, 2026 | 10 min read
Writing code is no longer the bottleneck, proving it works is. How Currents handles the four parts of verification engineering: time to a verdict, trust in tests, evidence an agent can use, and the hand-offs between them.
Sumit Saurabh | Oct 30, 2026 | 14 min read
Measure flaky test cost from your own Playwright runs: price retries and manual CI reruns separately, then rank the tests that waste the most.
Walter Galvão | Nov 03, 2026 | 13 min read
Build a flaky test report from Playwright's retries and JSON reports: a reproducible flake rate, CI and engineer time lost, and a weekly trend.
Walter Galvão | Nov 02, 2026 | 17 min read
Playwright
Why Playwright page.goto is slow in CI, and how to fix it: time each navigation, pick a waitUntil, test a production build and skip repeat logins.
Walter Galvão | Oct 30, 2026 | 13 min read
Playwright
Playwright
A GitHub Actions design to run Playwright tests on pull requests: a fast selected tier on PRs, the full suite at merge, and one required check.
Walter Galvão | Oct 29, 2026 | 14 min read
Playwright
Tools
Flaky test detection tools for Playwright, ranked on how they get results, keep history across runs and quarantine tests without code changes.
Walter Galvão | Oct 28, 2026 | 14 min read
Tools
Playwright
Build Playwright test observability across CI runs: a custom reporter, per-attempt history, flake and p95 queries, and links to backend traces.
Walter Galvão | Oct 28, 2026 | 14 min read
Playwright
Playwright
Use Playwright tags and annotations across thousands of tests: grep projects for PR and nightly CI, a quarantine tag, and pass rate per tag.
Walter Galvão | Oct 27, 2026 | 13 min read
Playwright
Playwright
Fix Playwright waitForResponse flakes in CI: start the wait before the click, match the exact call, set timeouts and read the race in the trace.
Walter Galvão | Oct 26, 2026 | 12 min read
Playwright
Playwright
Find Playwright flaky tests in CI from retries, JSON reports and shard results, then rank them by flake rate, confirm with repeatEach and quarantine.
Walter Galvão | Oct 22, 2026 | 14 min read
Playwright
Playwright
Use Claude Code and Playwright MCP to reproduce a test that fails in CI, fix the root cause instead of adding waits, and prove it with --repeat-each.
Walter Galvão | Oct 21, 2026 | 14 min read
Playwright
Playwright
Use the Playwright trace viewer to debug red CI jobs: keep the failing attempt's trace, then find locator, backend and flaky-test root causes.
Walter Galvão | Oct 20, 2026 | 16 min read
Playwright
Playwright
Playwright video recording in CI: pick a mode that fits your retries, measure what video costs, upload videos per shard and fix missing or empty ones.
Walter Galvão | Oct 19, 2026 | 11 min read
Playwright
Playwright
Compare Playwright MCP, the CLI, test agents and a prompt-only assistant on your own suite, then score and gate the AI Playwright tests they write.
Walter Galvão | Oct 15, 2026 | 17 min read
Playwright
Playwright
Playwright 1.64 in CI: run --shuffle nightly and keep the seed, keep shared-account tests apart with locks, and catch the breaking changes.
Walter Galvão | Oct 13, 2026 | 10 min read
Playwright
Playwright
Cut GitHub Actions costs for Playwright without losing coverage. Cache browser binaries, scope triggers, set job timeouts, shard correctly, track flaky tests, and tighten artifact retention.
Sumit Saurabh | Oct 08, 2026 | 21 min read
Playwright
Playwright
A seven-check review checklist for AI-generated Playwright tests, covering hallucinated assertions, intent-weakening heals, and UI-driven state setup before they reach CI.
Walter Galvão | Aug 27, 2026 | 18 min read
Playwright
JavaScript test runners share status words and disagree about what the words mean. Playwright and Cypress use "skipped" for opposite cases. Jest carries 7 statuses but not "flaky". This guide translates each runner's vocabulary and shows how runners derive flakiness from attempts.
Andrew Goldis | Jul 31, 2026 | 17 min read
Product Updates
Cheaper rates, bigger volume discounts, a new self-serve Business plan, and fairer overage. Here's what changed and why.
Andrew Goldis | Jul 30, 2026 | 4 min read
Product Updates
Playwright
Playwright API tests that pass locally still fail in CI? Here's the fixture architecture, per-worker isolation, and observability practices that fix that.
Walter Galvão | Jul 22, 2026 | 13 min read
Playwright
Playwright
Not every component needs a real browser. Here's a clear decision framework for when Playwright component testing adds value and when Jest already covers it.
Walter Galvão | Jul 09, 2026 | 19 min read
Playwright
Playwright
A Playwright custom reporter takes 20 minutes to prototype and months to maintain. Here's what it actually takes to build one that holds up in production CI.
Walter Galvão | Jun 30, 2026 | 36 min read
Playwright
Playwright
Playwright v1.61 adds --last-failed-file, a flag that makes caching --last-failed in CI simpler and more reliable. Learn how to set it up in sharded GitHub Actions workflows.
Walter Galvão | Jun 22, 2026 | 5 min read
Playwright
Playwright
Feature flags break Playwright's isolation model because they live outside the browser context. Learn how to intercept flag evaluation at the network layer, declare flag state as a fixture, and structure parallel runs so no worker can affect another's flag context.
Walter Galvão | Jun 19, 2026 | 26 min read
Playwright
Playwright
Your Playwright pipeline is only as fast as its slowest shard. Learn what GitHub Actions and GitLab CI get right at scale, and the one thing neither solves.
Walter Galvão | Jun 09, 2026 | 17 min read
Playwright
Playwright
Playwright test data leaks rarely come from bad secrets hygiene, they come from test artifacts, fixtures, and reporters. Here's how to find and close that gap.
Walter Galvão | Jun 02, 2026 | 14 min read
Playwright
Playwright
Most Playwright anti patterns don't show up until your suite scales. Here's how to spot and fix them before CI becomes unpredictable.
Walter Galvão | May 27, 2026 | 25 min read
Playwright
Playwright
A decision framework for splitting your Playwright tests between staging and production — what belongs where, how to configure each, and when production testing isn't worth it.
Walter Galvão | May 15, 2026 | 29 min read
Playwright
Product Updates
Version 1.60.0 of Playwright has been released on May 11, 2026 and introduced a few compatibility issues with Currents. In order to use newer versions of Playwright (>= 1.60.x) update to the new v2 of the Currents Playwright reporter (`npm install @currents/playwright@latest`).
Andrew Goldis | May 11, 2026 | 1 min read
Product Updates
Playwright
Your UI refactor didn't break the app, it broke your tests. Learn how semantic Playwright test design decouples your suite from implementation details for good.
Walter Galvão | May 04, 2026 | 18 min read
Playwright
Playwright
When Playwright suites grow, pass/fail reports stop being enough. Learn what teams need instead for flakiness detection, worker visibility, and trend analysis.
Walter Galvão | Apr 24, 2026 | 18 min read
Playwright
Playwright
Learn how to handle secrets, OAuth, MFA, magic links, and parallel CI without flaky runs.
Walter Galvão | Apr 15, 2026 | 19 min read
Playwright
Playwright
Learn what breaks when a Playwright suite scales from 20 to 500 tests, and how to fix it with test data isolation, flakiness math, smarter retries, and faster CI pipelines.
Walter Galvão | Apr 08, 2026 | 14 min read
Playwright
Playwright
Playwright mocking is easy to start but hard to scale. Follow this practical guide to learn when to mock, when it becomes risky, and how to reduce mock debt.
Walter Galvão | Apr 01, 2026 | 30 min read
Playwright
Product Updates
AI prompts can fix some Playwright test failures, but many need execution context to get the fix right. Here's where prompts work, where they break down, and how Currents MCP fills the gap.
Walter Galvão | Mar 24, 2026 | 10 min read
Product Updates
Tools
Migrating from Selenium to Playwright is more than rewriting tests. This guide covers costs, risks, timelines, and how teams actually do it.
Walter Galvão | Mar 18, 2026 | 11 min read
Tools
Playwright
AI can run tests, but humans must decide outcomes. Learn how teams combine AI and human QA using human-in-the loop testing best practices.
Goodness Eboh | Mar 02, 2026 | 12 min read
Playwright
Playwright
Why has AI adoption accelerated in Playwright? Why does its ecosystem seem to absorb new capabilities so naturally, from autonomously planning test flows to self-healing failing steps?
Goodness Eboh | Mar 02, 2026 | 13 min read
Playwright
Playwright
When should you run tests in headless vs headed mode in Playwright? Learn the differences between the two modes and when to use each.
Asjad Khan | Feb 25, 2026 | 13 min read
Playwright
Playwright
Learn how to get the most out of Playwright Test Agents and improve your test suite using new AI solutions.
Walter Galvão | Feb 13, 2026 | 16 min read
Playwright
Playwright
How the Playwright MCP server drives a browser, how to set it up headless, and how to get the tests it drafts ready for your CI suite.
Dumebi Okolo | Feb 06, 2026 | 14 min read
Playwright
Playwright
Empower your AI Agents to write, debug, and maintain Playwright tests with expert knowledge.
Walter Galvão | Feb 03, 2026 | 5 min read
Playwright
Playwright
Struggling with Playwright tests failing only in CI? Here's how to debug them with tracing, verbose logs, and consistent environments to find the root cause.
Dumebi Okolo | Jan 27, 2026 | 14 min read
Playwright
Playwright
Thinking about adopting Playwright but don't know where to start? Here's everything you need to be aware about before getting started.
Asjad Khan | Jan 19, 2026 | 20 min read
Playwright
Playwright
As Playwright suites grow, runtimes climb and CI slows. Learn strategies on how to speed up Playwright tests and reduce delays in your workflow.
Walter Galvão | Jan 07, 2026 | 14 min read
Playwright
Playwright
Learn how to measure and increase Playwright code coverage and ensure your tests stay reliable.
Goodness Eboh | Dec 19, 2025 | 12 min read
Playwright
Playwright
Long Playwright test runtimes slow CI pipelines. We compare Playwright workers vs. sharding, and when test orchestration becomes the better alternative.
Walter Galvão | Dec 09, 2025 | 13 min read
Playwright
Playwright
Flaky Playwright tests waste time and trust. Follow best practices and this cultural approach to build stable, team-owned tests that scale with your product.
Asjad Khan | Nov 28, 2025 | 16 min read
Playwright
Playwright
A reader-submitted guide sharing 14 lessons learned from writing 500 Playwright tests — essential tips for beginners to avoid common pitfalls.
Dumebi Okolo | Nov 19, 2025 | 8 min read
Playwright
Playwright
Passing tests can hide broken workflows. Understand how test automation analytics track key metrics to keep your Playwright test suite healthy.
Walter Galvão | Nov 12, 2025 | 12 min read
Playwright
Playwright
What is a flaky test? Learn why flaky tests cause false failures, waste CI/CD time, and how to fix them to keep your test suite reliable.
Asjad Khan | Oct 30, 2025 | 13 min read
Playwright
Playwright
Stuck with Playwright timeouts? Learn how to debug different Playwright timeouts using our practical checklist and stabilize your test suite.
Goodness Eboh | Oct 23, 2025 | 7 min read
Playwright
Company News
This document summarizes the incident, the actions taken to restore service and the preventative improvements we are implementing.
Andrew Goldis | Oct 23, 2025 | 4 min read
Company News
Tools
Microsoft Playwright Workspaces vs Currents
Currents Team | Sep 08, 2025 | 7 min read
Tools
Playwright
Playwright has quickly become one of the most popular frameworks for end-to-end testing. Out of the box it gives you fast, reliable browser automation, but the real power comes from its ecosystem.
Walter Galvão | Aug 25, 2025 | 5 min read
Playwright
Tools
DataDog vs Currents
Currents Team | Jun 26, 2025 | 5 min read
Tools
Tools
LambdaTest vs Currents - a comparison of Currents with LambdaTest for Playwright testing reporting.
Currents Team | Jun 05, 2025 | 5 min read
Tools
Tools
ReportPortal vs Currents
Currents Team | Apr 25, 2025 | 4 min read
Tools
Product Updates
Connect your AI tools to Currents using MCP
Walter Galvão | Apr 15, 2025 | 2 min read
Product Updates
Tools
BrowserStack vs Currents
Currents Team | Apr 01, 2025 | 5 min read
Tools
Tools
Microsoft Playwright Testing vs Currents
Currents Team | Mar 17, 2025 | 6 min read
Tools
Product Updates
Achieving SOC 2 Type 2 Certification: A Milestone in Our Ongoing Commitment to Security and Compliance!
Amanda Bennicasa | Mar 13, 2025 | 2 min read
Product Updates
Tools
Allure Report vs Currents
Currents Team | Feb 17, 2025 | 6 min read
Tools
Company News
In this blog post we share what to expect from 2025 and reflect on our achievements from the previous year.
Andrew Goldis | Jan 06, 2025 | 5 min read
Company News
Product Updates
We're happy to announce that Currents has successfully completed the SOC 2 Type 1 examination!
Amanda Bennicasa | Nov 18, 2024 | 2 min read
Product Updates
Playwright
We collaborated wih dozen of teams that migrated from Cypress to Playwright. We discuss the cost of migration, migration steps and timeline, tips for smooth migration and adoption, use of AI tools to automate the migration.
Andrew Goldis | Jul 25, 2024 | 9 min read
Playwright
Playwright
Cypress vs Playwright from a tech leader perspective: cost of ownership, cost of running tests in CI, risks, best practices of migration between the frameworks.
Andrew Goldis | Jul 23, 2024 | 9 min read
Playwright
Playwright
Comparing Cypress and Playwright Test Flakiness Using Currents Data.
Andrew Goldis | Jun 27, 2024 | 3 min read
Playwright
Product Updates
May 2024: latest updates from Currents - looking back at the last few months and sharing our plans for the future.
Andrew Goldis | May 22, 2024 | 4 min read
Product Updates
Product Updates
We are thrilled to announce the next major release of the most advanced Playwright Reporter. It brings significant improvements: full parallel mode support, step-level reporting stored directly in the cloud, and CI runs orchestration that is up to 40% faster compared to native Playwright sharding.
Andrew Goldis | Apr 02, 2024 | 7 min read
Product Updates
Company News
On September 27, 2023, Cypress.io activated a blocking that affected Sorry Cypress users and Currents customers. This blog post breaks down the technical implementation of the blocking, analyses the reasons and clarifies Currents position.
Andrew Goldis | Nov 13, 2023 | 6 min read
Company News
Tools
Capture and replay everything that is happening in Cypress during CI runs with a free, open-source plugin. Debug your failed and flaky CI cypress tests by replaying execution traces.
Andrew Goldis | Jul 10, 2023 | 3 min read
Tools
Cypress
A tutorial on how to get a GitHub Actions Matrix Job URL in Cypress tests. This is useful for getting a reference to the specific matrix build job from cypress terminal output.
Andrew Goldis | Dec 19, 2022 | 2 min read
Cypress
Company News
Currents is a TinySeed company! We are joining a year-long accelerator program and a strong community of ambitious founders of bootstrapped SaaS companies
Andrew Goldis | Nov 01, 2022 | 5 min read
Company News
Cypress
A detailed comparison guide between Cypress Dashboard and the most popular alternatives - Currents and Sorry Cypress. Pricing, analytics, orchestration, load balancing, compatibility, parallelization, integrations and unit economics are compared between the solutions.
Andrew Goldis | Oct 16, 2022 | 16 min read
Cypress
Cypress
If you're using Jenkins, and you have access to cloud compute resources, you can run cypress in parallel across multiple virtual machines. This will significantly cut down your cypress run time. This article is a recipe for how to do that.
Seth Lutske | Mar 01, 2022 | 4 min read
Cypress
Tools
Overview of the best strategies for cypress tests parallelization and test execution tracking. I investigated Cypress Dashboard, Sorry Cypress, Currents, Cypress-Parallel, and a manual parallelization approach.
Laerte Neto | Dec 12, 2021 | 6 min read
Tools
Product Updates
After 6 months of continuous improvements and 20+ millions of cypress tests recorded, we are excited to announce that Currents.dev is out of beta!
Andrew Goldis | Nov 01, 2021 | 1 min read
Product Updates