playwright 1.4 closes apiRequestContext after beforeAll, causing context has been closed error

I have noticed with issue only with 1.4 version of playwright. Does not happen in 1.39.

Has anything changed in how apiRequestContext is shared between beforeAll and test?

Example:

let apiClass;
test.beforeAll(async ({ request }) => {
  apiClass = new ApiClass(requst);
  ... do something ...
});

test('first test', async () => {
  await apiClass.doSomething();
});

when apiClass method is called within test, the following error shows only in playwright 1.4: Error: apiRequestContext.storageState: Target page, context or browser has been closed

If i reinitialize apiClass within test, error disappears