Quiz: Videos · Learn Playwright

video: 'on' — record everythingvideo: 'retain-on-failure' — record everything but delete passing test videosvideo: 'on-first-retry' — only record when a test is retriedvideo: 'off-on-pass' — a mode that skips recording if the test passes

You need to call page.video().save() to flush the video fileYou must await context.close() — video is saved to disk only when the browser context closesManual contexts don't support video recording — use the fixture-based { context } insteadCall page.video().start() explicitly before the test begins

In the playwright/ directory at the project rootIn test-results/ — each test gets its own subfolder with the video alongside traces and screenshots; also accessible in the HTML reportIn playwright-report/videos/ — video files are bundled with the reportIn a temporary OS directory that's cleared after each run

Yes — 'on-first-retry' means record when a test fails for the first timeNo — 'on-first-retry' records only when a test is retried; with retries: 0, no retry ever happens, so no video is recordedIt depends — Playwright records the video speculatively but deletes it if there's no retryYes — Playwright treats a first-and-only failure as an implicit first retry

The final path where the video will be savednull — path() resolves only after the page or context closes, since the video file isn't finalized yetA temporary path to the in-progress video bufferAn error — calling path() before close() throws an exception

1280×720 — standard HDThe viewport size scaled to fit 800×800 — Playwright scales the viewport to fit within 800×800 pixelsThe exact viewport size — 1280×720 if using the default Playwright viewport480×360 — optimized for small file sizes

Share the trace.zip file — it contains a visual trace they can exploreShare the video file (video.webm or MP4) — it plays in any browser or media player and shows exactly what the browser did during the testExport screenshots from the HTML report as a slideshowGive them access to the HTML report — it's self-contained and easy to navigate

No — annotations are only for developer debuggingYes — annotations add visual callouts for each action and can display test step names, making it clear what the test was doing at each point in the videoOnly if you use test.step() — without steps, annotations don't add contextAnnotations are not a Playwright feature — you'd need a separate video editing tool

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