[BUG] Error failed to launch: Error: spawn /bin/sh ENOENT

[karpikpl]

Context:

• Playwright Version: [v.1.40.1]
• Operating System: [Ubuntu 22.04] - WSL2
• Node.js version: [v18.17.1]
• Visual Studio Code version: [1.84.2]
• Playwright for VSCode extension version: [v1.0.19]
• Browser: [All]
• Extra: [fails on different machines, Ubuntu and windows]

Code Snippet

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Describe the bug

Config file

// playwright.config.ts
import { defineConfig, devices } from '@playwright/test';

/**
 * Read environment variables from file.
 * https://github.com/motdotla/dotenv
 */
require('dotenv').config();

/**
 * See https://playwright.dev/docs/test-configuration.
 */
export default defineConfig({
  testDir: '.',
  /* Run tests in files in parallel */
  fullyParallel: true,
  /* Fail the build on CI if you accidentally left test.only in the source code. */
  forbidOnly: !!process.env.CI,
  /* Retry on CI only */
  retries: process.env.CI ? 2 : 0,
  /* Opt out of parallel tests on CI. */
  workers: process.env.CI ? 1 : undefined,
  /* Reporter to use. See https://playwright.dev/docs/test-reporters */
  reporter: [
    // ['line'],
    // ['playwright-trx-reporter', { outputFile: "./test-results/output.trx" }],
    ['html', { open: 'never' }],
    ['junit', { outputFile: './test-results/playwright-results.xml' }]
  ],
  /* Shared settings for all the projects below. See https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-testoptions. */
  use: {
    /* Base URL to use in actions like `await page.goto('/')`. */
    baseURL: process.env.TEST_URL || 'http://localhost:4200',

    /* Collect trace when retrying the failed test. See https://playwright.dev/docs/trace-viewer */
    trace: 'retain-on-failure',
    screenshot: 'on'
  },

  /* Configure projects for major browsers */
  projects: [
    // Setup project
    {
      name: 'setup-ad-user', testMatch: '**/smoke-tests/auth.setup.js',
      use: {
        ...devices['Desktop Edge'],
        channel: 'msedge',
      }
    },

    {
      name: 'edge-smoke-ci',
      testMatch: '**/smoke-tests/*.spec.js',
      use: {
        ...devices['Desktop Edge'],
        channel: 'msedge',
        // Use prepared auth state.
        storageState: 'playwright/.auth/user.json',
      },
      dependencies: ['setup-ad-user'],
    },

    {
      name: 'edge-all',
      testMatch: '**/tests/*.spec.js',
      use: {
        ...devices['Desktop Edge'],
        channel: 'msedge',
        // Use prepared auth state.
        storageState: 'playwright/.auth/user.json',
      },
      dependencies: ['setup-ad-user'],
    },
});

Test file (self-contained)

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

test('foo', async ({ browser, browserName }, testInfo) => {

    const page = await browser.newPage();
});

Steps

• [Run the test from VS Code]

Expected

Test runs

Actual

[karpikpl]

Ok, so this happens when there are multiple profiles and one of the has this section

  /* Run your local dev server before starting the tests */
  webServer: {
    cwd: 'web-app',
    command: 'npx http-server -p 4200',
    url: 'http://localhost:4200',
    timeout: 240000,
    reuseExistingServer: !process.env.CI,
    stderr: 'pipe',
    stdout: 'pipe'
  },

that other profile get selected by DEFAULT (!) which causes this error

shouldn't default profile be playwright.config.ts ?

[pavelfeldman]

shouldn't default profile be playwright.config.ts

Default profile is the first profile in the list when you first open VS Code.

[karpikpl]

ok, makes sense