laravel-e2e-playwright

name	laravel:e2e-playwright
description	Generic E2E patterns with Playwright—state setup, seeds, test IDs, auth, environment, and Sail integration

E2E Playwright (Laravel)

Keep E2E tests reliable, fast, and maintainable.

Environment

# Sail
sail pnpm playwright:test

# Non‑Sail
pnpm playwright:test

Use a dedicated .env.playwright and rebuild schema with migrate:fresh --seed before running.

State & Seeds

• Provide seeders for common scenarios (users, roles, demo content)
• Use factories for per‑test setup; reset state between specs

Test IDs & Selectors

• Prefer data-testid attributes over CSS paths
• Keep selectors stable through refactors

Auth

• Reuse storage state when possible (logged‑in cookies/session)
• Otherwise create user via API/setup to avoid UI login flakiness

Patterns

• Break large flows into steps; assert key milestones
• Record videos/screenshots only on failure to keep suites fast