Playwright Testing reporting

Microsoft Playwright Testing is a managed service built to easily run Playwright tests at scale. We recognize the need to improve developer experience and make troubleshooting simpler and more efficient through user interactions. Today, we are excited to introduce a new web hosting reporting dashboard that speeds up troubleshooting and helps developers identify and resolve issues. To further enhance security, we are implementing Microsoft Entra ID as the primary authentication method, providing a more secure and seamless workflow.

Read on to learn more about what you can do today with Microsoft Playwright Testing.

Report Dashboard

As development teams rapidly scale and iterate, maintaining high quality has become more important than ever. Slow issue resolution impacts the entire development process. New reporting capabilities give everyone on your team quick access to detailed test results from CI/CD runs, with rich artifacts like logs, screenshots, and traces for efficient issue resolution.

Reporting features streamline your workflow by bringing you alerts for tests that need attention. The test execution view is filtered by failed and unstable tests so you can start troubleshooting immediately. Click on each test to find all the information you need to resolve the issue.

screeN Capture of Troubleshooting In the Playwright dashboard

Easily troubleshoot problems using rich artifacts

All test logs and artifacts, including screenshots, videos, and traces, are securely stored in a central location and accessible through a unified dashboard with configurable permissions.

Trace Viewer is a powerful tool hosted directly on your dashboard. It allows you to visually step through your test execution, or hover over steps using the timeline to see the state of the page before and after each operation. You can use detailed logs, DOM snapshots, network activity, errors, and console output for each test step to perform precise troubleshooting.

Screenshot of the tracking viewer hosted on the Playwright dashboard

Seamless integration with CI pipelines

Test results in the dashboard capture essential CI pipeline details such as commit information, author, branch, and provide one-click access to the CI pipeline that ran the test. This makes it easy to investigate code changes related to test results.

For GitHub Actions users, a summarized report appears directly in the job summary section, providing a clear overview of test results and linking directly to the Playwright dashboard for deeper analysis.

Screenshot of a GitHub Actions job summary

Authenticate securely using Microsoft Entra ID

We are also excited to add support for Microsoft Entra ID to achieve a more secure default authentication method for the Playwright Testing service. Access tokens are convenient, but they come with their own set of risks, including potential leaks, frequent rotation, and accidental exposure in code. Microsoft Entra ID mitigates these risks by securely authenticating clients to Azure, streamlining workflows, and simplifying access control when running tests in cloud-hosted browsers and publishing test reports and artifacts.

We recommend using Microsoft Entra ID authentication, but access token authentication will continue to be supported, providing flexibility for existing setups and easing the transition to a more secure approach.

Start your Playwright Testing service

Getting started is easy. Just run the following command to install the service package:

npm init /microsoft-playwright-testing

This will provide you with the configuration file needed to publish your test results. You do not need to modify your test code. Just run your tests using the newly created Playwright service configuration file. This package also facilitates authentication using Microsoft Entra ID and is compatible with Playwright versions 1.47 and later.

Next, you can explore our Flexible consumption-based pricing You only pay for what you use.

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