Playwright hangs with 'msedge' or 'chrome' channel browsers in headed mode

[thomas-phillips-nz]

When running a playwright test with a 'msedge' or 'chrome' channel chromium browser in headed mode, after the test has finished and the browser closed, Playwright will hang for around 30 seconds before finishing. If running several tests, it will hang for 30 seconds in between each test. Turning off the "Continue running background extensions and apps" option in both browsers has no effect

Chrome version(s) tested:

• Version 112.0.5615.138
• Version 113.0.5672.64

Edge version(s) tested:

• Version 112.0.1722.64
• Version 112.0.1722.68

Chromium version tested:

• Version 113.0.5672.53

Playwright version 1.33.0, Windows 11

Here is a small code snippet to reproduce the code:

import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test';

test('test', async ({ page }) => {
  await page.goto('https://google.co.nz');
});

Here is my projects variable in my config file:

  projects: [
    {
      name: 'Edge',
      use: {
        ...devices['Desktop Edge'],
        channel: 'msedge',
      },
    },
  ]

Here is the command I am using to invoke playwright: npx playwright test test-1.spec.ts --workers 1 --headed

[yury-s]

Turning off the "Continue running background extensions and apps" option in both browsers has no effect

Do you run the tests with extensions?

Please share a project that we could run locally to reproduce this problem (including extensions if they affect the behavior).

Does the problem reproduce when running Chromium without specifying a channel? What about other browsers?

Do you have video enabled in the playwright config?

[thomas-phillips-nz]

Ah, looks like the TestComplete installer forcibly installs and enables the Smartbear Test Extension in Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge, but Playwright starts the browsers without extensions right? For reference: Extension for chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/smartbear-test-extension/gmhjclgpamdccpomoomknemhmmialaae Extension for Microsoft Edge: https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/smartbear-test-extension/dnboadgmjeggdengfhphcmlclboenlco

Attached is a project you can run locally: playwright-browser-bug.zip

If I use Chromium without a channel it's lightning fast and there is no 30 second wait at the end of the test.

I do not have video enabled.

UPDATE: I dug into the registry and forcibly removed the extensions from the browsers, and the problem is now fixed Kind of ironic I had to go into the registry and delete the keys that had data that matched the extension IDs:

• Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome\ExtensionInstallForcelist
• Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\ExtensionInstallForcelist

If you install these extensions manually it seems to work fine, no 30 second wait. It looks like it's only a problem if these extensions get forcibly installed and enabled by the TestComplete installer.

I am happy if this gets closed, it doesn't appear to be a Playwright problem.

[yury-s]

Unfortunately this is a known issue mentioned as a warning on this page and we can't do much about misbehaving extensions and the enterprise policies in a generic way.