Opened 4 months ago
Last modified 8 weeks ago
#37154 closed Cleanup/optimization
Switch to Playwright tests for integration testing — at Version 7
| Reported by: | Varun Kasyap Pentamaraju | Owned by: | Varun Kasyap Pentamaraju |
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| Component: | Testing framework | Version: | dev |
| Severity: | Normal | Keywords: | |
| Cc: | Carlton Gibson | Triage Stage: | Ready for checkin |
| Has patch: | yes | Needs documentation: | no |
| Needs tests: | no | Patch needs improvement: | no |
| Easy pickings: | no | UI/UX: | no |
Description (last modified by )
For Google Summer of Code 2026 project:
Mentor: Sarah Boyce
Feature Request Link:
https://github.com/django/new-features/issues/13
Forum topic: https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/switch-to-playwright-tests-for-integration-testing/45257
This project aims to modernize Django’s integration testing by introducing Playwright as an alternative to Selenium. The work includes integrating Playwright with Django’s test framework, migrating existing browser-based tests, and ensuring compatibility with Django’s CI infrastructure. The goal is to improve test reliability, performance, and developer experience for Django core contributors.
Change History (7)
comment:1 by , 4 months ago
| Owner: | set to |
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comment:2 by , 4 months ago
| Triage Stage: | Unreviewed → Accepted |
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| Type: | New feature → Cleanup/optimization |
comment:3 by , 4 months ago
| Cc: | added |
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comment:4 by , 3 months ago
| Description: | modified (diff) |
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Created Draft PR: https://github.com/django/django/pull/21596
Feedbacks are really appreciated.
comment:6 by , 2 months ago
| Patch needs improvement: | set |
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comment:7 by , 2 months ago
| Description: | modified (diff) |
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Accepting based on new-features discussion. Removing "new feature" as I don't expect us to document this (the
SeleniumTestCaseis only documented in the contributing docs).