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Microsoft Playwright Testing

Cloud-hosted parallel browsers for Playwright.

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Overview

Managed service that runs Playwright tests in parallel across a cloud browser fleet, reducing wall-clock time.

When to use it

  • Slow e2e suites
  • High parallelism without managing infra

Setup

  1. Create Playwright Testing workspace in portal.
  2. Generate access token; set `PLAYWRIGHT_SERVICE_URL` and token env.
  3. Update `playwright.service.config.ts`.

How to use

Run
npx playwright test --config=playwright.service.config.ts --workers=20

QA use cases

  • Cut nightly suite from 90 minutes to <10 with 50 parallel workers.