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Playwright on Buildkite

Example for running Playwright tests with Currents on Buildkite.

Public Pipeline: https://buildkite.com/andrew-goldis/currents-buildkite

How it works

The pipeline demonstrates how to:

1. Run tests inside the official Playwright Docker image.
2. Install dependencies and Chromium browser.
3. Run tests in parallel using Buildkite's parallelism feature (3 shards).
4. Report results to Currents via the reporter configured in playwright.config.ts.

Sharding

Buildkite provides BUILDKITE_PARALLEL_JOB (0-indexed) and BUILDKITE_PARALLEL_JOB_COUNT environment variables. Since Playwright shards are 1-indexed, the pipeline computes BUILDKITE_PARALLEL_JOB + 1 for the shard index:

npx playwright test --shard=$((BUILDKITE_PARALLEL_JOB + 1))/$BUILDKITE_PARALLEL_JOB_COUNT

Configuration

• playwright.config.ts: Playwright config with Currents reporter enabled.
• .buildkite/pipeline.yml: Buildkite pipeline definition.

Environment Variables

Set CURRENTS_RECORD_KEY using Buildkite Secrets.