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auth.setup.ts not running (following documentation)

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augustinsorelposted in #help-playwright
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augustinsorel

Hi guys,

I am trying to add e2e tests with playwright and I am following the documentation (https://playwright.dev/docs/auth) I have copied the exact same code from the docs but I encounter an error with it. I get:

I am guessing that my auth.setup.ts file isn't being run. As I can't see any user.json output. I have tried to create that user.json file manually but that does not solve the error.

Any help would be very much appricated 🙌

Here is my github repo if it helps: https://github.com/AugustinSorel/gym-graphs/tree/FEAT/e2e-oauth And here is the code:

This thread is trying to answer question "Why isn't 'auth.setup.ts' being executed, and why is 'user.json' not being generated when following the Playwright documentation for authentication in e2e tests?"

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augustinsorel

auth.setup.ts

config file:

augustinsorel

ok never mind It turns out running npx playwright test --ui does not trigger the auth.setup.ts

augustinsorel

but npx playwright test will

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