Playwright test execution order

https://discordapp.com/channels/807756831384403968/1106787822851063879/1107600499496194070

Thank you .

@_xotabu4 I am not able to understand how to implement above test order using test.describe.configure function.

But I have another approach in mind. What about if I run my first test in beforeAll hook and then run all tests in parallel mode. Is this an anti pattern to run a test in beforeAll hook?

@altamashali yes, that will break your reporting, disable possibility to use fixtures, retries, preconditions and so on.

test.describe.configure({ mode: 'serial' });
test('runs first', async ({ page }) => {});
test('runs second', async ({ page }) => {});

@_xotabu4 yes i understand above code will run serially. But my usecase is after first test, all other tests can be run in parallel mode instead of serial. If i have set number of workers as 3 in playwright.config.ts file and my all tests are in a different files, then how can i ensure tests 2...6 run only (in parallel) when test1 is finished. Can we add a test (test 1 in my case ) as dependency for other tests?

Then i would setup Projects -> Dependencies -

https://playwright.dev/docs/test-projects#dependencies

And set your file that should run serial as dependency for other tests

Looks good for my usecase. Will try implementing the same. Thank you very much ❤️