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Support remote Playwright server - #307
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marked this pull request as draft
November 7, 2026 19:32
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Putting in draft; it works for regular remote connections but not yet for containerized servers (the container can't reach the Laravel server yet) |
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Putting back to ready for review. Working example here:
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November 7, 2026 21:11
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This PR enables the plugin to use remote Playwright servers instead of always spinning up a local one.
On a server / in a Docker container / ... :
In Pest.php:
OR using CLI
My envisioned use case: leveraging the pre-built
mcr.microsoft.com/playwrightcontainer and configure it as a service container in a GitHub workflow. This greatly reduces action minutes because browsers don't need to be downloaded in each run anymore. Below is a simplified example:Please review this working POC for the full workflow file: https://github.com/Propaganistas/pest-remote-playwright-poc/blob/master/.github/workflows/test.yml
Disclaimer: this PR was fully coded by AI per explicit instructions. Code quality might be off, but it serves as a proof of concept. Happy to refine the code when interested.