[Django] #37306: Add --tracing and --video options to the Playwright test runner

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Aug 30, 2026, 11:10:07 AMAug 30
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#37306: Add --tracing and --video options to the Playwright test runner
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Reporter: Varun | Owner: Varun Kasyap
Kasyap Pentamaraju | Pentamaraju
Type: | Status: assigned
Cleanup/optimization |
Component: Testing | Version: dev
framework |
Severity: Normal | Keywords: Playwright
Triage Stage: | Has patch: 0
Unreviewed |
Needs documentation: 0 | Needs tests: 0
Patch needs improvement: 0 | Easy pickings: 0
UI/UX: 0 |
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Failed Playwright tests are hard to debug, especially on CI.

Inspired by pytest-playwright, we could also add --tracing and --video
with three modes: off (default), on, and retain-on-failure. We can keep
the retained files as GitHub artifacts, which makes life easier.
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Ticket URL: <https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/37306>
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#37306: Add --tracing and --video options to the Playwright test runner
-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------
Reporter: Varun Kasyap | Owner: Varun
Pentamaraju | Kasyap Pentamaraju
Type: | Status: assigned
Cleanup/optimization |
Component: Testing framework | Version: dev
Severity: Normal | Resolution:
Keywords: Playwright | Triage Stage:
| Unreviewed
Has patch: 0 | Needs documentation: 0
Needs tests: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 0
Easy pickings: 0 | UI/UX: 0
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Comment (by Varun Kasyap Pentamaraju):

I'm not sure if these tickets fall in "Testing framework" Component
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Ticket URL: <https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/37306#comment:1>

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#37306: Add --tracing and --video options to the Playwright test runner
-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------
Reporter: Varun Kasyap | Owner: Varun
Pentamaraju | Kasyap Pentamaraju
Type: | Status: assigned
Cleanup/optimization |
Component: Testing framework | Version: dev
Severity: Normal | Resolution:
Keywords: Playwright | Triage Stage: Accepted
Has patch: 0 | Needs documentation: 0
Needs tests: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 0
Easy pickings: 0 | UI/UX: 0
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Changes (by Sarah Boyce):

* stage: Unreviewed => Accepted

Comment:

Thank you!
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Ticket URL: <https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/37306#comment:2>

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Oct 17, 2026, 4:16:16 AM (5 days ago) Oct 17
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#37306: Add --tracing and --video options to the Playwright test runner
-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------
Reporter: Varun Kasyap | Owner: Varun
Pentamaraju | Kasyap Pentamaraju
Type: | Status: assigned
Cleanup/optimization |
Component: Testing framework | Version: dev
Severity: Normal | Resolution:
Keywords: Playwright | Triage Stage: Accepted
Has patch: 0 | Needs documentation: 0
Needs tests: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 0
Easy pickings: 0 | UI/UX: 0
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Comment (by Varun Kasyap Pentamaraju):

Draft PR:
https://github.com/django/django/pull/22165
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Ticket URL: <https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/37306#comment:3>
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