[BUG] Debug mode with Playwright runner does not work for remote browser connections

[ankur-lt]

System info

• Playwright Version: 1.37.0
• Operating System: All
• Browser: All
• Other info:

Source code

• [x] I provided exact source code that allows reproducing the issue locally.

Link to the GitHub repository with the repro Link to the Playwright test suite: https://github.com/LambdaTest/playwright-sample/tree/main/playwright-test-js The Playwright sample provided here connects to the LambdaTest cloud which runs the Playwright server.

Steps

• Run the test using npx playwright test --config=./playwright.config.js --debug
• The debug mode popup comes but it doesn't work. The popup is blank with no test code.
• When I run the same test suite locally, which can be done by running with these configs(https://github.com/LambdaTest/playwright-sample/blob/64495b605c6bb506b8ec4c097d77af567a92031b/playwright-test-js/playwright.config.js#L46-L73), the debug mode works as expected.

Rather than using the Playwright library function of browserType.connect(), I also tried connecting to the remote browser via the Playwright runner itself, via connectOptions.wsEndpoint in the project configuration, but the debug mode was not working.

Expected The debug mode should work with remote browsers too, to debug the tests on any different OS and browser version.

Actual The debug mode works only while executing tests locally.

[pavelfeldman]

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