Playwright Annotations

In this article, we will be seeing playwright annotations. Annotations can be conditional, which means they can be applied to a single test or multiple tests. Multiple annotations on the same test are possible with also various settings too.

test.skip

• With this, the specified test step will be skipped.
• Use this annotation when the test step is not relevant.

test.skip('skip this test', async ({ page }) => {
 //skipped
});

test.fail

• This annotation will make the test step fail and execute to confirm that this test fails.
• The playwright complains if the test does not fail.

test('login', async ({ page }) => {
 test.fail();
 
});

test.fixme

• When the test is slow or crashes, use fixme to let know that this is a failed step.

test.fixme('test to fix', async ({ page }) => {
 // ...
});

test.slow

• This annotation is used to classify the test as sluggish and exceeds the test timeout.

test('slow', async ({ page }) => {
 test.slow();
 
});

test.only

• This will only run the particular specified test step.

test.only('this test alone', async ({ page }) => {
 // only this test.
});