Playwright Sharding: Split Your Suite Across CI Machines
Workers, fullyParallel and shards are three different knobs. When to use each, with complete GitHub Actions and GitLab CI configs.
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CI/CD
Running browser tests in CI: sharding, GitHub Actions and GitLab pipelines, environment variables, secrets and reports.
Playwright Environment Variables: baseURL, Secrets and Several Environments
One config for local, staging and production runs, with secrets that never land in the repo or the test file.
Playwright in GitLab CI: Docker Image, Reports and Parallel Jobs
A complete .gitlab-ci.yml for Playwright, with the image, caching, test reports and sharding explained line by line.
Playwright Reporters: HTML, JUnit, Blob and Writing Your Own
What each built-in Playwright reporter is for, how to combine them, and a short custom reporter that posts a run summary where you need it.