Playwright Test Generation

Beta. Test Generation is available to selected customers only. It is not included in any plan, and it is not covered by the TestDino service agreement or support SLA. Behavior and limits can change between releases. Ask for access through Support.

Test Generation records or describes a browser flow and compiles it to a deterministic Playwright spec. Every step is stored as structured data first, so the same test always compiles to the same TypeScript, and you review real Playwright code rather than a recording.

Quick Reference

Way to author	What you do	What the model does
Record	Click through the app in an embedded browser	Nothing. Steps come from the recorder.
Edit steps	Add, reorder, or repick steps in the step editor	Nothing
Plain-English steps	Type `click "Sign in"` style sentences	Nothing. A fixed grammar parses them.
AI step, check, and flow	Describe an action, an assertion, or a whole flow	Picks elements from the live page and returns steps
Browser agent	Give a goal and a step budget	Observes the page and acts one step per turn

AI runs only while you author. The compiled spec and every replay are model-free.

Record a flow

Recording runs a headless Chromium on the server and streams it into the browser tab. You interact with the page in place. Clicks, typing, navigation, new tabs, and tab closes become steps as you go.

Recorded as a step	Detail
Click, fill, select, check	Target stored as a locator ladder, not a single selector
Navigation	`goto` with the path relative to the environment base URL
New tab or closed tab	`switch_tab`, so multi-tab flows replay deterministically
Assertion	Toggle Assert mode, then click an element to add a check
Iframe and shadow DOM targets	Frame path and composed target captured for Salesforce and other legacy apps

Edit steps

Every step is a chip you can edit, reorder, or delete. Repick a target on the live page when the app changes. If/Else steps carry an editable predicate with THEN and ELSE branches. Each editing burst snapshots the test, and the History panel compares and restores versions.

Write steps in plain English

The plain-English composer parses a fixed grammar into the same step types the recorder produces. No model is involved, so a sentence either parses or the composer tells you which part it did not understand.

go to /login
fill Email with "qa@example.com"
fill Password with "{{PASSWORD}}"
click on Sign in
verify Dashboard is visible

Author with AI

AI authoring needs a model configured for the workspace. Without one, the AI controls stay visible and return a disabled state instead of an error.

Mode	Input	Output
AI step	One sentence describing an action	One step with a locator ladder built from the live page
AI check	One sentence describing an expected state	One assertion step
AI flow	A paragraph describing a flow	An ordered list of steps you review before saving
Browser agent	A goal and a step budget from 1 to 30 (default 12)	Steps recorded as the agent works, one action per model turn

The agent never writes selectors. Test Generation enumerates the interactive elements on the page, builds a locator ladder for each one, and the model returns only an element index and an action. The result is recorder-grade locators, whichever mode you use.

Generated code

The compiler is a pure function. The same test, environment, and options produce byte-identical TypeScript. It emits @playwright/test code you can read in a pull request.

Rule	How it shows in the spec
Accessibility-first locators	`getByRole`, then `getByLabel`, `getByPlaceholder`, `getByText`, `getByTestId`, and CSS as the last rung
Web-first assertions	`expect(locator).toBeVisible()`, `toHaveText()`, `toHaveValue()` with auto-retry
Base URL from the environment	Paths in steps, `baseURL` in config, no hardcoded hosts
Secrets resolved at compile time	Variables such as `{{PASSWORD}}` come from the environment, never from the test body
Shared modules	Export as `inline` to repeat module steps in place, or `functions` to compile each module once as an async function

Export any test as a .spec.ts file from the test page. Generated code is TypeScript only.

Run and report

Batch runs compile a suite or an ad-hoc set of tests and run them with npx playwright test, with live per-test progress and a Playwright HTML report per run.

Setting	Value in batch runs
Browser	Chromium
Workers	4, fully parallel
Retries	1, so a pass on retry marks the test flaky
Trace	`on-first-retry`
Screenshot	`only-on-failure`
Video	`retain-on-failure`

Turn on TestDino reporting in project settings with a project API key. Each batch run then uploads its report to TestDino, and the run detail page links to the TestDino test run. Uploads never block the run. Learn how uploads work in Node.js CLI.

Locator health

When a primary locator fails on replay, the runner tries the next rung of the ladder and records the rescue on that step. Rescued steps show in Locator Health with the rung that resolved. Nothing changes in the test until you promote the working rung, so healing always has a person on the trigger.

Playwright skill

The Playwright skill documents the rules coding agents follow when they write Playwright by hand: role-based locators, web-first assertions, baseURL in config, traces on first retry, retries in CI. Test Generation applies the same rules through its compiler, so a spec you export reads like one an agent wrote with the skill loaded. Install the skill in your repo when an agent edits or extends exported specs, so the hand-written additions match the generated code.

Limits

Chromium only. Batch runs and recording do not use Firefox or WebKit.
TypeScript only. There is no JavaScript export.
Specs are downloaded or run in place. Test Generation does not commit to a repository or open pull requests.

Playwright Skill

Rules and guides for agents writing Playwright by hand

Node.js CLI

How batch run reports reach TestDino

Test Runs

Read the uploaded runs in TestDino

Flaky Test Detection

What TestDino does with retry-marked tests

Getting Started

AI-Native Testing

Test Generation

Test Intelligence

Test Management

Guides

Connect Your Pipeline

Organization & Access

Integrations

Data Privacy & Security

Resources

Quick Reference

Record a flow

Edit steps

Write steps in plain English

Author with AI

Generated code

Run and report

Locator health

Playwright skill

Limits

Playwright Skill

Node.js CLI

Test Runs

Flaky Test Detection

​Quick Reference

​Record a flow

​Edit steps

​Write steps in plain English

​Author with AI

​Generated code

​Run and report

​Locator health

​Playwright skill

​Limits

Playwright Skill

Node.js CLI

Test Runs

Flaky Test Detection

Quick Reference

Record a flow

Edit steps

Write steps in plain English

Author with AI

Generated code

Run and report

Locator health

Playwright skill

Limits