Testing
Playwright Fixtures That Scale
Patterns for maintainable end-to-end suites.
By Prakura Quality Engineering · · 9 min read
Testing
Why fixtures
Fixtures give each test exactly the setup it needs and nothing more, which keeps tests independent and parallel-safe.
Patterns we use
We compose small fixtures — an authenticated page, a seeded user, an API client — rather than one large base class.
- Seed data through APIs, verify through UI
- Worker-scoped fixtures for expensive setup
- Keep page objects thin
Running in CI
Shard across workers, keep traces on first retry and publish HTML reports as build artefacts.