How to take screenshot on failure

Question

Is there an easy way to tell Playwright (JS) to take screenshots on test failure?

Answer 1

I'm quoting Playwright Docs about screenshots

// playwright.config.js file
import { defineConfig } from '@playwright/test';

export default defineConfig({
  use: {
    screenshot: 'only-on-failure',
  },
});

Screenshot setting modes are "off"|"on"|"only-on-failure" in your case only-on-failure is what you're looking for.

v1.49 Update

As @sahmeepee mentioned in his comment, since v1.49 there is a new option on-first-failure that captures screenshot after each test's first failure only - relevant when setting up the retry mechanism.

export default defineConfig({
  use: {
    screenshot: 'on-first-failure',
  },
});