@tea-agent/loop-agent 0.13.0 → 0.14.0

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  1. package/AGENTS.md +157 -157
  2. package/CHANGELOG.md +73 -301
  3. package/README.md +338 -334
  4. package/bin/agent-worker.js +22 -22
  5. package/bin/loop-agent.js +21 -21
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- | **Format** | .trace file | .webm video | .png/.jpeg image |
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- | **DOM inspection** | Yes | No | No |
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- | **Network details** | Yes | No | No |
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- | **Step-by-step replay** | Yes | Continuous | Single frame |
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- | **File size** | Medium | Large | Small |
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- | **Best for** | Debugging | Demos | Quick capture |
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-
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- ## Best Practices
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-
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- ### 1. Start Tracing Before the Problem
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-
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- ```bash
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- # Trace the entire flow, not just the failing step
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- playwright-cli tracing-start
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- playwright-cli open https://example.com
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- # ... all steps leading to the issue ...
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- playwright-cli tracing-stop
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- ```
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-
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- ### 2. Clean Up Old Traces
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-
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- Traces can consume significant disk space:
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-
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- ```bash
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- # Remove traces older than 7 days
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- find .playwright-cli/traces -mtime +7 -delete
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- ```
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-
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- ## Limitations
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-
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- - Traces add overhead to automation
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- - Large traces can consume significant disk space
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- - Some dynamic content may not replay perfectly
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+ # Tracing
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+
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+ Capture detailed execution traces for debugging and analysis. Traces include DOM snapshots, screenshots, network activity, and console logs.
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+
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+ ## Basic Usage
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+
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+ ```bash
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+ # Start trace recording
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+ playwright-cli tracing-start
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+
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+ # Perform actions
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+ playwright-cli open https://example.com
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+ playwright-cli click e1
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+ playwright-cli fill e2 "test"
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+
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+ # Stop trace recording
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+ playwright-cli tracing-stop
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+ ```
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+
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+ ## Trace Output Files
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+
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+ When you start tracing, Playwright creates a `traces/` directory with several files:
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+
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+ ### `trace-{timestamp}.trace`
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+
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+ **Action log** - The main trace file containing:
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+ - Every action performed (clicks, fills, navigations)
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+ - DOM snapshots before and after each action
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+ - Screenshots at each step
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+ - Timing information
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+ - Console messages
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+ - Source locations
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+
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+ ### `trace-{timestamp}.network`
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+
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+ **Network log** - Complete network activity:
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+ - All HTTP requests and responses
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+ - Request headers and bodies
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+ - Response headers and bodies
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+ - Timing (DNS, connect, TLS, TTFB, download)
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+ - Resource sizes
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+ - Failed requests and errors
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+
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+ ### `resources/`
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+
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+ **Resources directory** - Cached resources:
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+ - Images, fonts, stylesheets, scripts
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+ - Response bodies for replay
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+ - Assets needed to reconstruct page state
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+
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+ ## What Traces Capture
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+
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+ | Category | Details |
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+ |----------|---------|
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+ | **Actions** | Clicks, fills, hovers, keyboard input, navigations |
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+ | **DOM** | Full DOM snapshot before/after each action |
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+ | **Screenshots** | Visual state at each step |
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+ | **Network** | All requests, responses, headers, bodies, timing |
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+ | **Console** | All console.log, warn, error messages |
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+ | **Timing** | Precise timing for each operation |
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+
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+ ## Use Cases
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+
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+ ### Debugging Failed Actions
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+
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+ ```bash
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+ playwright-cli tracing-start
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+ playwright-cli open https://app.example.com
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+
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+ # This click fails - why?
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+ playwright-cli click e5
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+
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+ playwright-cli tracing-stop
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+ # Open trace to see DOM state when click was attempted
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+ ```
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+
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+ ### Analyzing Performance
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+
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+ ```bash
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+ playwright-cli tracing-start
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+ playwright-cli open https://slow-site.com
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+ playwright-cli tracing-stop
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+
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+ # View network waterfall to identify slow resources
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+ ```
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+
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+ ### Capturing Evidence
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+
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+ ```bash
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+ # Record a complete user flow for documentation
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+ playwright-cli tracing-start
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+
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+ playwright-cli open https://app.example.com/checkout
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+ playwright-cli fill e1 "4111111111111111"
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+ playwright-cli fill e2 "12/25"
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+ playwright-cli fill e3 "123"
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+ playwright-cli click e4
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+
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+ playwright-cli tracing-stop
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+ # Trace shows exact sequence of events
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+ ```
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+
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+ ## Trace vs Video vs Screenshot
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+
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+ | Feature | Trace | Video | Screenshot |
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+ |---------|-------|-------|------------|
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+ | **Format** | .trace file | .webm video | .png/.jpeg image |
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+ | **DOM inspection** | Yes | No | No |
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+ | **Network details** | Yes | No | No |
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+ | **Step-by-step replay** | Yes | Continuous | Single frame |
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+ | **File size** | Medium | Large | Small |
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+ | **Best for** | Debugging | Demos | Quick capture |
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+
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+ ## Best Practices
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+
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+ ### 1. Start Tracing Before the Problem
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+
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+ ```bash
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+ # Trace the entire flow, not just the failing step
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+ playwright-cli tracing-start
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+ playwright-cli open https://example.com
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+ # ... all steps leading to the issue ...
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+ playwright-cli tracing-stop
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+ ```
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+
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+ ### 2. Clean Up Old Traces
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+
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+ Traces can consume significant disk space:
129
+
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+ ```bash
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+ # Remove traces older than 7 days
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+ find .playwright-cli/traces -mtime +7 -delete
133
+ ```
134
+
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+ ## Limitations
136
+
137
+ - Traces add overhead to automation
138
+ - Large traces can consume significant disk space
139
+ - Some dynamic content may not replay perfectly
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- # Video Recording
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-
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- Capture browser automation sessions as video for debugging, documentation, or verification. Produces WebM (VP8/VP9 codec).
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-
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- ## Basic Recording
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-
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- ```bash
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- # Open browser first
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- playwright-cli open
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-
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- # Start recording
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- playwright-cli video-start demo.webm
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-
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- # Add a chapter marker for section transitions
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- playwright-cli video-chapter "Getting Started" --description="Opening the homepage" --duration=2000
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-
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- # Navigate and perform actions
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- playwright-cli goto https://example.com
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- playwright-cli snapshot
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- playwright-cli click e1
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-
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- # Add another chapter
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- playwright-cli video-chapter "Filling Form" --description="Entering test data" --duration=2000
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- playwright-cli fill e2 "test input"
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-
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- # Stop and save
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- playwright-cli video-stop
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- ```
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-
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- ## Best Practices
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-
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- ### 1. Use Descriptive Filenames
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-
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- ```bash
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- # Include context in filename
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- playwright-cli video-start recordings/login-flow-2024-01-15.webm
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- playwright-cli video-start recordings/checkout-test-run-42.webm
38
- ```
39
-
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- ### 2. Record entire hero scripts.
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-
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- When recording a video for the user or as a proof of work, it is best to create a code snippet and execute it with run-code.
43
- It allows inserting appropriate pauses between the actions and annotating the video. There are new Playwright APIs for that.
44
-
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- 1) Perform scenario using CLI and take note of all locators and actions. You'll need those locators to request their bounding boxes for highlight.
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- 2) Create a file with the intended script for video (below). Use pressSequentially w/ delay for nice typing, make reasonable pauses.
47
- 3) Use playwright-cli run-code --filename your-script.js
48
-
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- **Important**: Overlays are `pointer-events: none` — they do not interfere with page interactions. You can safely keep sticky overlays visible while clicking, filling, or performing any actions on the page.
50
-
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- ```js
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- async page => {
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- await page.screencast.start({ path: 'video.webm', size: { width: 1280, height: 800 } });
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- await page.goto('https://demo.playwright.dev/todomvc');
55
-
56
- // Show a chapter card — blurs the page and shows a dialog.
57
- // Blocks until duration expires, then auto-removes.
58
- // Use this for simple use cases, but always feel free to hand-craft your own beautiful
59
- // overlay via await page.screencast.showOverlay().
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- await page.screencast.showChapter('Adding Todo Items', {
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- description: 'We will add several items to the todo list.',
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- duration: 2000,
63
- });
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-
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- // Perform action
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- await page.getByRole('textbox', { name: 'What needs to be done?' }).pressSequentially('Walk the dog', { delay: 60 });
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- await page.getByRole('textbox', { name: 'What needs to be done?' }).press('Enter');
68
- await page.waitForTimeout(1000);
69
-
70
- // Show next chapter
71
- await page.screencast.showChapter('Verifying Results', {
72
- description: 'Checking the item appeared in the list.',
73
- duration: 2000,
74
- });
75
-
76
- // Add a sticky annotation that stays while you perform actions.
77
- // Overlays are pointer-events: none, so they won't block clicks.
78
- const annotation = await page.screencast.showOverlay(`
79
- <div style="position: absolute; top: 8px; right: 8px;
80
- padding: 6px 12px; background: rgba(0,0,0,0.7);
81
- border-radius: 8px; font-size: 13px; color: white;">
82
- ✓ Item added successfully
83
- </div>
84
- `);
85
-
86
- // Perform more actions while the annotation is visible
87
- await page.getByRole('textbox', { name: 'What needs to be done?' }).pressSequentially('Buy groceries', { delay: 60 });
88
- await page.getByRole('textbox', { name: 'What needs to be done?' }).press('Enter');
89
- await page.waitForTimeout(1500);
90
-
91
- // Remove the annotation when done
92
- await annotation.dispose();
93
-
94
- // You can also highlight relevant locators and provide contextual annotations.
95
- const bounds = await page.getByText('Walk the dog').boundingBox();
96
- await page.screencast.showOverlay(`
97
- <div style="position: absolute;
98
- top: ${bounds.y}px;
99
- left: ${bounds.x}px;
100
- width: ${bounds.width}px;
101
- height: ${bounds.height}px;
102
- border: 1px solid red;">
103
- </div>
104
- <div style="position: absolute;
105
- top: ${bounds.y + bounds.height + 5}px;
106
- left: ${bounds.x + bounds.width / 2}px;
107
- transform: translateX(-50%);
108
- padding: 6px;
109
- background: #808080;
110
- border-radius: 10px;
111
- font-size: 14px;
112
- color: white;">Check it out, it is right above this text
113
- </div>
114
- `, { duration: 2000 });
115
-
116
- await page.screencast.stop();
117
- }
118
- ```
119
-
120
- Embrace creativity, overlays are powerful.
121
-
122
- ### Overlay API Summary
123
-
124
- | Method | Use Case |
125
- |--------|----------|
126
- | `page.screencast.showChapter(title, { description?, duration?, styleSheet? })` | Full-screen chapter card with blurred backdrop — ideal for section transitions |
127
- | `page.screencast.showOverlay(html, { duration? })` | Custom HTML overlay — use for callouts, labels, highlights |
128
- | `disposable.dispose()` | Remove a sticky overlay added without duration |
129
- | `page.screencast.hideOverlays()` / `page.screencast.showOverlays()` | Temporarily hide/show all overlays |
130
-
131
- ## Tracing vs Video
132
-
133
- | Feature | Video | Tracing |
134
- |---------|-------|---------|
135
- | Output | WebM file | Trace file (viewable in Trace Viewer) |
136
- | Shows | Visual recording | DOM snapshots, network, console, actions |
137
- | Use case | Demos, documentation | Debugging, analysis |
138
- | Size | Larger | Smaller |
139
-
140
- ## Limitations
141
-
142
- - Recording adds slight overhead to automation
143
- - Large recordings can consume significant disk space
1
+ # Video Recording
2
+
3
+ Capture browser automation sessions as video for debugging, documentation, or verification. Produces WebM (VP8/VP9 codec).
4
+
5
+ ## Basic Recording
6
+
7
+ ```bash
8
+ # Open browser first
9
+ playwright-cli open
10
+
11
+ # Start recording
12
+ playwright-cli video-start demo.webm
13
+
14
+ # Add a chapter marker for section transitions
15
+ playwright-cli video-chapter "Getting Started" --description="Opening the homepage" --duration=2000
16
+
17
+ # Navigate and perform actions
18
+ playwright-cli goto https://example.com
19
+ playwright-cli snapshot
20
+ playwright-cli click e1
21
+
22
+ # Add another chapter
23
+ playwright-cli video-chapter "Filling Form" --description="Entering test data" --duration=2000
24
+ playwright-cli fill e2 "test input"
25
+
26
+ # Stop and save
27
+ playwright-cli video-stop
28
+ ```
29
+
30
+ ## Best Practices
31
+
32
+ ### 1. Use Descriptive Filenames
33
+
34
+ ```bash
35
+ # Include context in filename
36
+ playwright-cli video-start recordings/login-flow-2024-01-15.webm
37
+ playwright-cli video-start recordings/checkout-test-run-42.webm
38
+ ```
39
+
40
+ ### 2. Record entire hero scripts.
41
+
42
+ When recording a video for the user or as a proof of work, it is best to create a code snippet and execute it with run-code.
43
+ It allows inserting appropriate pauses between the actions and annotating the video. There are new Playwright APIs for that.
44
+
45
+ 1) Perform scenario using CLI and take note of all locators and actions. You'll need those locators to request their bounding boxes for highlight.
46
+ 2) Create a file with the intended script for video (below). Use pressSequentially w/ delay for nice typing, make reasonable pauses.
47
+ 3) Use playwright-cli run-code --filename your-script.js
48
+
49
+ **Important**: Overlays are `pointer-events: none` — they do not interfere with page interactions. You can safely keep sticky overlays visible while clicking, filling, or performing any actions on the page.
50
+
51
+ ```js
52
+ async page => {
53
+ await page.screencast.start({ path: 'video.webm', size: { width: 1280, height: 800 } });
54
+ await page.goto('https://demo.playwright.dev/todomvc');
55
+
56
+ // Show a chapter card — blurs the page and shows a dialog.
57
+ // Blocks until duration expires, then auto-removes.
58
+ // Use this for simple use cases, but always feel free to hand-craft your own beautiful
59
+ // overlay via await page.screencast.showOverlay().
60
+ await page.screencast.showChapter('Adding Todo Items', {
61
+ description: 'We will add several items to the todo list.',
62
+ duration: 2000,
63
+ });
64
+
65
+ // Perform action
66
+ await page.getByRole('textbox', { name: 'What needs to be done?' }).pressSequentially('Walk the dog', { delay: 60 });
67
+ await page.getByRole('textbox', { name: 'What needs to be done?' }).press('Enter');
68
+ await page.waitForTimeout(1000);
69
+
70
+ // Show next chapter
71
+ await page.screencast.showChapter('Verifying Results', {
72
+ description: 'Checking the item appeared in the list.',
73
+ duration: 2000,
74
+ });
75
+
76
+ // Add a sticky annotation that stays while you perform actions.
77
+ // Overlays are pointer-events: none, so they won't block clicks.
78
+ const annotation = await page.screencast.showOverlay(`
79
+ <div style="position: absolute; top: 8px; right: 8px;
80
+ padding: 6px 12px; background: rgba(0,0,0,0.7);
81
+ border-radius: 8px; font-size: 13px; color: white;">
82
+ ✓ Item added successfully
83
+ </div>
84
+ `);
85
+
86
+ // Perform more actions while the annotation is visible
87
+ await page.getByRole('textbox', { name: 'What needs to be done?' }).pressSequentially('Buy groceries', { delay: 60 });
88
+ await page.getByRole('textbox', { name: 'What needs to be done?' }).press('Enter');
89
+ await page.waitForTimeout(1500);
90
+
91
+ // Remove the annotation when done
92
+ await annotation.dispose();
93
+
94
+ // You can also highlight relevant locators and provide contextual annotations.
95
+ const bounds = await page.getByText('Walk the dog').boundingBox();
96
+ await page.screencast.showOverlay(`
97
+ <div style="position: absolute;
98
+ top: ${bounds.y}px;
99
+ left: ${bounds.x}px;
100
+ width: ${bounds.width}px;
101
+ height: ${bounds.height}px;
102
+ border: 1px solid red;">
103
+ </div>
104
+ <div style="position: absolute;
105
+ top: ${bounds.y + bounds.height + 5}px;
106
+ left: ${bounds.x + bounds.width / 2}px;
107
+ transform: translateX(-50%);
108
+ padding: 6px;
109
+ background: #808080;
110
+ border-radius: 10px;
111
+ font-size: 14px;
112
+ color: white;">Check it out, it is right above this text
113
+ </div>
114
+ `, { duration: 2000 });
115
+
116
+ await page.screencast.stop();
117
+ }
118
+ ```
119
+
120
+ Embrace creativity, overlays are powerful.
121
+
122
+ ### Overlay API Summary
123
+
124
+ | Method | Use Case |
125
+ |--------|----------|
126
+ | `page.screencast.showChapter(title, { description?, duration?, styleSheet? })` | Full-screen chapter card with blurred backdrop — ideal for section transitions |
127
+ | `page.screencast.showOverlay(html, { duration? })` | Custom HTML overlay — use for callouts, labels, highlights |
128
+ | `disposable.dispose()` | Remove a sticky overlay added without duration |
129
+ | `page.screencast.hideOverlays()` / `page.screencast.showOverlays()` | Temporarily hide/show all overlays |
130
+
131
+ ## Tracing vs Video
132
+
133
+ | Feature | Video | Tracing |
134
+ |---------|-------|---------|
135
+ | Output | WebM file | Trace file (viewable in Trace Viewer) |
136
+ | Shows | Visual recording | DOM snapshots, network, console, actions |
137
+ | Use case | Demos, documentation | Debugging, analysis |
138
+ | Size | Larger | Smaller |
139
+
140
+ ## Limitations
141
+
142
+ - Recording adds slight overhead to automation
143
+ - Large recordings can consume significant disk space