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Intermediate30 min readMay 18, 2025

Playwright E2E Tests in GitHub Actions

Set up a fully parallelized Playwright test suite in GitHub Actions with sharding, caching, and HTML reports.

Overview

This tutorial walks you through Playwright E2E Tests in GitHub Actions. You will build a complete, production-ready implementation from scratch.

Prerequisites

Before starting this tutorial, you should be familiar with:

  • Playwright fundamentals
  • GitHub Actions fundamentals
  • CI/CD fundamentals

Implementation

Step 1: Setup

Start by initializing your project and installing the required dependencies.

bash
2 lines
1npm init -y
2npm install playwright-github-actions

Step 2: Core Logic

Implement the core functionality. The key is to keep each component focused and testable.

typescript
5 lines
1// core.ts
2export async function main() {
3 // Your implementation here
4 console.log("Playwright E2E Tests in GitHub Actions — complete!")
5}

Step 3: Testing

Validate your implementation with a basic test suite.

Summary

You have now completed the Playwright E2E Tests in GitHub Actions tutorial. The full source code is available in the companion repository.