Every developer who has written a Playwright test for OTP verification has written this line:
const otp = email.body.match(/\b\d{6}\b/)?.[0];
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It works. Until it doesn't.
Every developer who has written a Playwright test for OTP verification has written this...
Every developer who has written a Playwright test for OTP verification has written this line:
const otp = email.body.match(/\b\d{6}\b/)?.[0];
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It works. Until it doesn't.

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