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Playwright CI by zebbern — Agent Skill

Name: Playwright CI
Author: zebbern

File contents

Playwright CI/CD

Ship reliable tests in every pipeline — CI-specific patterns for speed, stability, and actionable reports.

9 guides covering CI/CD setup, parallel execution, containerized runs, reporting, and infrastructure patterns for all major CI providers.

Golden Rules

retries: 2 in CI only — surface flakiness in pipelines, not locally
traces: 'on-first-retry' — capture rich debugging artifacts without slowing every run
Shard across runners — --shard=N/M splits tests evenly; scale horizontally, not vertically
Cache browser binaries — ~/.cache/ms-playwright keyed on Playwright version
Upload artifacts on failure — traces, screenshots, and HTML reports as CI artifacts
Use the official Docker image — mcr.microsoft.com/playwright:v* has all OS deps pre-installed
Global setup for auth — run login once in globalSetup, reuse storageState across workers
Fail fast, debug later — keep CI runs short; use trace viewer and HTML reports to investigate

Guide Index

CI Providers

Provider	Guide
GitHub Actions	ci-github-actions.md
GitLab CI	ci-gitlab.md
CircleCI / Azure DevOps / Jenkins	ci-other.md

Execution & Scaling

Topic	Guide
Parallel execution & sharding	parallel-and-sharding.md
Docker & containers	docker-and-containers.md
Multi-project config	projects-and-dependencies.md

Reporting & Setup

Topic	Guide
Reports & artifacts	reporting-and-artifacts.md
Code coverage	test-coverage.md
Global setup/teardown	global-setup-teardown.md

---name: playwright-cidescription: Production-ready CI/CD configurations for Playwright — GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CircleCI, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Docker, parallel sharding, reporting, code coverage, and global setup/teardown.---# Playwright CI/CD> Ship reliable tests in every pipeline — CI-specific patterns for speed, stability, and actionable reports.**9 guides** covering CI/CD setup, parallel execution, containerized runs, reporting, and infrastructure patterns for all major CI providers.## Golden Rules1. **`retries: 2` in CI only** — surface flakiness in pipelines, not locally2. **`traces: 'on-first-retry'`** — capture rich debugging artifacts without slowing every run3. **Shard across runners** — `--shard=N/M` splits tests evenly; scale horizontally, not vertically4. **Cache browser binaries** — `~/.cache/ms-playwright` keyed on Playwright version5. **Upload artifacts on failure** — traces, screenshots, and HTML reports as CI artifacts6. **Use the official Docker image** — `mcr.microsoft.com/playwright:v*` has all OS deps pre-installed7. **Global setup for auth** — run login once in `globalSetup`, reuse `storageState` across workers8. **Fail fast, debug later** — keep CI runs short; use trace viewer and HTML reports to investigate## Guide Index### CI Providers| Provider | Guide ||---|---|| GitHub Actions | [ci-github-actions.md](ci-github-actions.md) || GitLab CI | [ci-gitlab.md](ci-gitlab.md) || CircleCI / Azure DevOps / Jenkins | [ci-other.md](ci-other.md) |### Execution & Scaling| Topic | Guide ||---|---|| Parallel execution & sharding | [parallel-and-sharding.md](parallel-and-sharding.md) || Docker & containers | [docker-and-containers.md](docker-and-containers.md) || Multi-project config | [projects-and-dependencies.md](projects-and-dependencies.md) |### Reporting & Setup| Topic | Guide ||---|---|| Reports & artifacts | [reporting-and-artifacts.md](reporting-and-artifacts.md) || Code coverage | [test-coverage.md](test-coverage.md) || Global setup/teardown | [global-setup-teardown.md](global-setup-teardown.md) |

Frequently asked questions

Playwright CI