Stop using console.log to debug Playwright failures. Master Trace Viewer, Playwright Inspector, VS Code integration, and page.pause() — the toolkit that shows you exactly what went wrong and why.
The Playwright Playbook — Part 6: Debugging Like a Pro — Trace Viewer, Inspector & VS Code
"A failing test at 2am in CI tells you what broke. Trace Viewer tells you why."
In Part 1, we wrote solid tests. In Parts 2 through 5, we built layer after layer — network interception, multi-user flows, API testing, visual regression.
Now something fails.
It always does.
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