@currents/playwright

Currents is the most popular and advanced cloud-based platform for Playwright - debugging, error analysis, real-time analytics, orchestration, and more

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Key Features

Real-time Test Analytics & Debugging

• Real-time streaming of test results for reliable, high-performance reporting
• Trace files, videos, screenshots, and console output saved to cloud
• Comprehensive test history, trends analysis, and flakiness tracking
• Error insights and common failure pattern detection

Integration & Automation

• GitHub integration with inline PR comments and detailed error reports
• Slack notifications and alert for build status and failure alerts
• Issue tracker integrations to collaborate and extend your workflows
• REST API and HTTP Webhooks for custom integrations
• IDE Extension to troubleshoot failures with AI-powered insights without leaving your code

Performance & Scale

• Up to 40% faster CI Playwright tests with Orchestration - superior to native Playwright sharding
• Git information collection and association with CI builds
• History and trends browser on test and spec levels
• Selective test execution using powerful Actions engine that skips and quarantines tests on the fly

Built for AI & Modern Development

• IDE extension for instant feedback
• Fix With AI for automated error troubleshooting
• MCP (Model Context Protocol) for effective automation
• Start debugging immediately - the results are available in real time

Enterprise Ready

• SOC2 compliant and trusted by leading companies
• Monitoring test suite performance with automated reporting
• Flexible, usage-based plans for every type of organization

Requirements

• NodeJS 20+
• Playwright 1.40.1+

Install

npm install @currents/playwright

Enable traces, screenshots and videos

use: {
  // ...
  trace: "retain-on-failure-and-retries",
  video: "retain-on-failure",
  screenshot: "on",
}

Getting Started

Your task is to update Playwright setup to report test results to Currents.dev

1. Install "@currents/playwright" package:

- as a development dependency
- using the project's package manager (npm, pnpm, yarn, etc...)

2. Update the Playwright configuration file (playwright.config.ts|js|mjs):

  - enable traces, videos and screenshots by updating the "use" property, e.g.:

  use: {
    trace: "retain-on-failure-and-retries",
    video: "retain-on-failure",
    screenshot: "on",
  }

  - add Currents test reporter, keep any existing reporters. Example:

  // playwright.config.ts
  import { defineConfig, devices, PlaywrightTestConfig } from "@playwright/test";
  import { currentsReporter } from "@currents/playwright";

  export default defineConfig({
    // ...
    reporter: [currentsReporter()], // add Currents reporter
  });

3. Create a new "currents.config.ts" file next to the existing playwright.config.ts|js|mjs file.

- use the same extension
- add the content below

import { CurrentsConfig } from "@currents/playwright";

const config: CurrentsConfig = {
  recordKey: process.env.CURRENTS_RECORD_KEY!,
  projectId: process.env.CURRENTS_PROJECT_ID!
};

export default config;

Start reporting test results to Currents in just minutes. Head to the Getting Started Guide for step-by-step setup instructions.

The guide covers:

• Installing @currents/playwright
• Adding the Currents reporter to your Playwright config
• Running your first test

Orchestration - Speed Up Your Tests

Orchestration helps distribute tests across CI machines for parallel execution, achieving up to 40% faster test completion compared to native Playwright sharding.

Instead of fixed sharding, Currents uses historical timing data to intelligently distribute tests, reducing CI time and costs.

Learn more in the Orchestration Setup Guide.

CI Integrations

Check out example repositories and guides for running Playwright tests on popular CI providers and recording results to Currents:

• GitHub Actions
• GitLab CI
• Jenkins
• CircleCI
• AWS CodeBuild
• Azure DevOps

For all CI/CD examples, see currents-examples repository.

Documentation

Explore comprehensive guides to get started and master Currents:

• Playwright Parallelization - Sharding and Orchestration
• Playwright Tags
• Playwright Component Testing
• Test Status & Results
• Record Key Setup
• CI Build ID Configuration

Visit docs.currents.dev for the complete documentation.