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Playwright - GitHub Actions

Running Playwright in Parallel on GitHub Actions using Matrix Workflow
TL;DR Check out the example repository:
​https://github.com/currents-dev/playwright-gh-actions-demo​
Currents uses the native Playwright Sharding to split the tests between multiple containers. Currents will collect the results from distributed runs, together with the generated artifacts for more efficient troubleshooting and providing insights into the test suite performance:
console output
screenshots
videos
traces
The example repository https://github.com/currents-dev/playwright-gh-actions-demo showcases running Playwright tests in parallel using GitHub Actions.
Here's an example configuration file:
name: demo.playwright.pwc
on:
  workflow_dispatch:
  pull_request:
    branches: [main]
  push:
    branches: [main]
​
jobs:
  basicTests:
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
      matrix:
        # run 3 copies of the current job in parallel
        shard: [1, 2, 3]
​
    name: "Playwright tests"
    timeout-minutes: 60
    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
    container: mcr.microsoft.com/playwright:latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
        with:
          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
​
      # https://github.com/actions/runner-images/issues/6775
      - run: |
          echo "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
          git config --global --add safe.directory "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
​
      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
        with:
          node-version: "18.x"
​
      - name: Install dependencies
        run: |
          npm ci
          npx playwright install msedge
          npx playwright install chrome
​
      # Grab 
      # - CURRENTS_PROJECT_ID
      # - CURRENTS_RECORD_KEY
      # at https://app.currents.dev 
      #
      # Read more about CI Build ID:
      # https://currents.dev/readme/guides/cypress-ci-build-id
      - name: Run Basic Tests
        continue-on-error: false
        working-directory: ./basic
        env:
          CURRENTS_PROJECT_ID: 3BwCwz
          CURRENTS_RECORD_KEY: ${{ secrets.CURRENTS_RECORD_KEY }}
        run: |
          npx playwright install 
          npx pwc --shard=${{ matrix.shard }}/${{ strategy.job-total }} --ci-build-id "${{ github.repository }}-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}"
The example workflow config file:
runs 3 containers with Playwright tests in parallel
Note: create an organization, get your record key on Currents.dev and set GH secret variable CURRENTS_RECORD_KEY
Here's an example of how the demo workflow appears in Currents dashboard
Running Playwright tests in parallel - Currents dashboard
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