Launch persistent context using a temporary directory

[kenz-lu]

What are you trying to achieve?

Launch persistent context in Playwright using a temporary directory by passing an empty string to userDataDir. (Playwright documentation: https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-browsertype#browser-type-launch-persistent-context-option-user-data-dir)

What do you get instead?

Playwright browser does not launch using persistent context

Details

• CodeceptJS version: v3.3.4
• NodeJS Version: v19.0.1
• Operating System: MacOS
• Playwright: v1.23.2
• Configuration file:

  Playwright: {
    chromium: {
      userDataDir: '',
    },
  }

[kenz-lu]

I believe this is the cause? https://github.com/codeceptjs/CodeceptJS/blob/c79a0c6b85ceceddeff8417c696511f016ef4555/lib/helper/Playwright.js#L729-L733

[khanguy00]

Sounds like if (typeof this.userDataDir !== 'undefined') should solve the issue?

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