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Tracing

API for collecting and saving Playwright traces. Playwright traces can be opened in Trace Viewer after Playwright script runs.

Start recording a trace before performing actions. At the end, stop tracing and save it to a file.

const browser = await chromium.launch();
const context = await browser.newContext();
await context.tracing.start({ screenshots: true, snapshots: true });
const page = await context.newPage();
await page.goto('https://playwright.dev');
await context.tracing.stop({ path: 'trace.zip' });

tracing.start([options])​

Added in: v1.12
  • options? <Object>
    • name? <string> If specified, the trace is going to be saved into the file with the given name inside the tracesDir folder specified in browserType.launch([options]).#
    • screenshots? <boolean> Whether to capture screenshots during tracing. Screenshots are used to build a timeline preview.#
    • snapshots? <boolean> If this option is true tracing will#
      • capture DOM snapshot on every action
      • record network activity
    • sources? <boolean> Whether to include source files for trace actions. Added in: v1.17#
    • title? <string> Trace name to be shown in the Trace Viewer. Added in: v1.17#
  • returns: <Promise<void>>#

Start tracing.

await context.tracing.start({ screenshots: true, snapshots: true });
const page = await context.newPage();
await page.goto('https://playwright.dev');
await context.tracing.stop({ path: 'trace.zip' });

tracing.startChunk([options])​

Added in: v1.15

Start a new trace chunk. If you'd like to record multiple traces on the same BrowserContext, use tracing.start([options]) once, and then create multiple trace chunks with tracing.startChunk([options]) and tracing.stopChunk([options]).

await context.tracing.start({ screenshots: true, snapshots: true });
const page = await context.newPage();
await page.goto('https://playwright.dev');

await context.tracing.startChunk();
await page.getByText('Get Started').click();
// Everything between startChunk and stopChunk will be recorded in the trace.
await context.tracing.stopChunk({ path: 'trace1.zip' });

await context.tracing.startChunk();
await page.goto('http://example.com');
// Save a second trace file with different actions.
await context.tracing.stopChunk({ path: 'trace2.zip' });

tracing.stop([options])​

Added in: v1.12

Stop tracing.

tracing.stopChunk([options])​

Added in: v1.15

Stop the trace chunk. See tracing.startChunk([options]) for more details about multiple trace chunks.