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Posts tagged "trace-viewer"

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CI/CD
April 23, 2026 / 11 min

Playwright's New CLI Debugger Finally Works in Headless CI

Playwright 1.59 ships --debug=cli and scriptable trace analysis. The first debug surface that actually works where enterprise tests fail — headless CI.

Filed under playwright /cicd
Automation
April 21, 2026 / 11 min

Playwright 1.59's Screencast API Ends Useless Test Videos

Playwright 1.59 ships a Screencast API with burned-in action annotations and chapter markers. Microsoft sells it for AI agents — the real win is CI triage.

Filed under playwright /trace-viewer
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Halmurat T. — Senior SDET writing about test automation, CI/CD, and QA strategy from 10+ years in the enterprise trenches.

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