[Bug]: Include/Exclude tags dont behave as expected

[sw-tracker]

Describe the bug

I have created 1 tag which I have added to some tests.

tags: ['sequential-test-execution'],

I then run these 2 commands:

npx test-storybook --browsers chromium --coverage --junit --ci --maxWorkers=1 --includeTags="sequential-test-execution"
npx test-storybook --browsers chromium --coverage --junit --ci --maxWorkers=1 --excludeTags="sequential-test-execution"

I expect the command that has includeTags to run my 24 tests and the command that has excludeTags to run all of the other tests that dont have the tag sequential-test-execution. But instead I get this:

I have 24 story files in total. As you can see, the first command is skipping all tests (even those that have the tag), and the second command is executing all tests. How am I meant to use this tag to filter tests using the test-runner?

To Reproduce

import { StoryFn, StoryObj } from '@storybook/react';

export default {
  title: 'Runtime-Integration/MyModal',
  tags: ['sequential-test-execution'],
  component: MyModalWC,
  parameters: {
    docs: componentDocs,
  },
  argTypes: {
    ...wcPropsDescriptions,
  },
} as StoryObj<typeof MyModalWC>;

System

Environment Info:

  System:
    OS: macOS 14.3
    CPU: (10) arm64 Apple M2 Pro
  Binaries:
    Node: 18.20.2 - ~/.local/share/mise/installs/node/18.20.2/bin/node
    Yarn: 1.22.22 - /opt/homebrew/bin/yarn
    npm: 10.5.0 - ~/.local/share/mise/installs/node/18.20.2/bin/npm
  Browsers:
    Chrome: 125.0.6422.77
    Edge: 125.0.2535.51
    Safari: 17.3

### Additional context

_No response_

[yannbf]

Hey @sw-tracker can you share a reproduction repo? I just tried and I got the correct behavior for include:

And exclude:

[sw-tracker]

I will setup a repo to reproduce it. In the meantime I can give you the dependency versions I have in my project:

    "@storybook/addon-actions": "7.0.2",
    "@storybook/addon-coverage": "0.0.8",
    "@storybook/addon-docs": "7.0.2",
    "@storybook/addon-essentials": "7.0.2",
    "@storybook/addon-interactions": "7.0.2",
    "@storybook/addon-links": "7.0.2",
    "@storybook/jest": "0.1.0",
    "@storybook/react": "7.0.2",
    "@storybook/react-webpack5": "7.0.2",
    "@storybook/test-runner": "0.18.1",
    "@storybook/testing-library": "0.1.0",
    "storybook": "7.0.2",
    "storybook-addon-manual-mocks": "0.1.1",
    "storybook-addon-mock": "4.0.0",

Maybe it has something to do with the versions I have.

[sw-tracker]

I found how to reproduce it, as soon as you have playwright tests in the stories file, the tags start to misbehave.

BlahButton2PrimaryStory2.play = async ({ args }) => {
};

[sw-tracker]

You can see the bug here: https://github.com/sw-tracker/storybook-reproduce-tag-problem

The command above should only run 1 of the tests, not both.