Playwright · tool · fg-0320

Screenshots and traces from an earlier Playwright run vanish when a second run starts

test-results from the first CI step are gone before the upload step

Verified 2026-10-15 · Confirmed by 0 builders · Trust 50/100

Cause

Playwright Test empties outputDir at the start of every run. Several invocations that share the default test-results folder delete each other's files.

Fix

Give each invocation its own outputDir, or upload artifacts after each step.

Apply

npx playwright test --project=chromium --output=test-results/chromium
npx playwright test --project=firefox --output=test-results/firefox

Affects: Playwright Test, all current versions

Sources

https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-testconfig

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