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Introducing Rich Reporting and Troubleshooting for Microsoft Playwright Testing
Today, we’re excited to introduce rich reporting and easy troubleshooting for the Microsoft Playwright Testing service!
Microsoft Playwright Testing is a managed service built for running Playwright tests easily at scale. Playwright is a fast-growing, open-source framework that enables reliable end-to-end testing and automation for modern web apps. You can read more about the service here.
Now, with this new Reporting feature users can publish test results and related artifacts and view them in the service portal for faster and easier troubleshooting.
Quickly Identify Failed and Flaky Tests
In the fast-paced world of web development, applications evolve rapidly, constantly reshaping user experiences. To keep up, testing needs to be just as swift. Playwright automates end-to-end tests and delivers essential reports for troubleshooting. The Reporting feature provides a streamlined dashboard that highlights failed and flaky tests, enabling you to identify and address issues quickly. This focused view helps maintain application quality while supporting rapid iteration.
Screenshot of test results filtered by failed and flaky tests
Troubleshoot Tests Easily using rich artifacts
As test suites grow and the frequency of test execution increases, managing generated artifacts becomes challenging. These artifacts are crucial for debugging failed tests and demonstrating quality signals for feature deployment, but they are often scattered across various sources.
The Reporting feature consolidates results and artifacts, such as screenshots, videos, and traces, into a unified web dashboard, simplifying the troubleshooting process. The Trace Viewer, a tool offered by Playwright, that helps you explore traces and allows you to navigate through each action of your test and visually observe what occurred during each step. It is hosted in the service portal with the test for which it is collected, eliminating the need to store and locate it separately for troubleshooting.
Screenshot of trace viewer hosted in the service portal
Seamless Integration with CI Pipelines
Continuous testing is essential for maintaining application quality, but collecting and maintaining execution reports and artifacts can be challenging. Microsoft Playwright Testing service can be easily configured to collect results and artifacts in CI pipelines. It also captures details about the CI agent running the tests and presents them in the service portal with the test run. This integration facilitates a smooth transition from the test results to the code repository where tests are written. Users can also access the history of test runs in the portal and gain valuable insights, leading to faster troubleshooting and reduced developer workload.
Screenshot of test result with CI information
Join the Private Preview
For current Playwright users, adding the Reporting feature with your existing setup is easy. It integrates with the Playwright test suite, requiring no changes to the existing test code. All you need to do is install a package that extends the Playwright open-source package, add it to your configuration, and you’re ready to go. This feature operates independently of the service’s cloud-hosted browsers, so you can use it without utilizing service-managed browsers.
We invite teams interested in enhancing their end-to-end testing to join the private preview of the Reporting feature. This feature is available at no additional charge during the private preview period. However, usage of the cloud-hosted browsers feature will be billed according to Azure pricing.
Your feedback is invaluable for refining and enhancing this feature. By joining the private preview, you gain early access and direct communication with the product team, allowing you to share your experiences and help shape the future of the product.
Interested in trying out the reporting feature and giving us feedback? Sign up here.
Check out Microsoft Playwright Testing service here. If you are new to Microsoft Playwright Testing service, learn more about it.
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taking a number times a percentage, then dividing by that percentage does not equal zero, why?
I’m taking fee1 + fee2 – refund – total paid / 35%
where total paid = 35% of fee1 + fee2 – refund
and I’m getting something like -2.8421709430404E-15 instead of 0
what is getting rounded to cause this issue?
the formula I’m using is
=(SUMIFS([@[Fee1]],[@[Fee1 Paid Date]],”<=”&$U$1)+SUMIFS([@[Fee2]],[@[Fee2 Paid Date]],”<=”&$U$1)-SUMIFS([@[Fees Refund]],[@[Refund Date]],”<=”&$U$1)-[@[Total Paid ]]/35%)*5%
*$U$1= some date
I’m trying to calculate how much I might still owe someone. I pay a 35% commission on fee1 plus fee2. If I’ve already paid them their 35%, I think the formula above should show that I owe them 0, but it’s rounding somewhere and showing I owe them -2.8421709430404E-15 instead of zero.
Where is the issue, and how do I fix it?
I’m taking fee1 + fee2 – refund – total paid / 35% where total paid = 35% of fee1 + fee2 – refund and I’m getting something like -2.8421709430404E-15 instead of 0 what is getting rounded to cause this issue? the formula I’m using is =(SUMIFS([@[Fee1]],[@[Fee1 Paid Date]],”<=”&$U$1)+SUMIFS([@[Fee2]],[@[Fee2 Paid Date]],”<=”&$U$1)-SUMIFS([@[Fees Refund]],[@[Refund Date]],”<=”&$U$1)-[@[Total Paid ]]/35%)*5% *$U$1= some date I’m trying to calculate how much I might still owe someone. I pay a 35% commission on fee1 plus fee2. If I’ve already paid them their 35%, I think the formula above should show that I owe them 0, but it’s rounding somewhere and showing I owe them -2.8421709430404E-15 instead of zero. Where is the issue, and how do I fix it? Read More
Best practices for teams creation and provisionning
We are creating teams by first creating a group, adding owners and members than create a team from that group. Should we instead use the teams api only to create an provision users? This looks like a new way of doing this. Is this recommended?
What are the pros and cons of both approches?
We are creating teams by first creating a group, adding owners and members than create a team from that group. Should we instead use the teams api only to create an provision users? This looks like a new way of doing this. Is this recommended?What are the pros and cons of both approches? Read More
URGENT – Windows Server 2022 External Connector License case
Dear community,
We are an Indirect Provider in CSP from Greece, and we would like to have your significant input around a very big case/project we are facing.
More specifically, one of our customers has their infrastructure collocated in a DataCenter through which he provides services to their end customers from the servers located in this collocation. Having said that, that customer asked to purchase licenses for “Windows Server 2022 External Connector”. Sadly, we can see that this SKU is only available as a Perpetual License in CSP, something that based on our experience cannot be installed in collocated places, and the customer wants to purchase this license as a Software subscription.
After sharing the background of the story, could you please help us find propose the best fitting solution for our customer? We are talking about 300+ seats, and we are very anxious to provide the best solution to win the case.
Thanking you all in advance for allocating time to respond. Kindly raise any follow up questions to help you respond in the best manner.
Best,
Nick
Dear community, We are an Indirect Provider in CSP from Greece, and we would like to have your significant input around a very big case/project we are facing. More specifically, one of our customers has their infrastructure collocated in a DataCenter through which he provides services to their end customers from the servers located in this collocation. Having said that, that customer asked to purchase licenses for “Windows Server 2022 External Connector”. Sadly, we can see that this SKU is only available as a Perpetual License in CSP, something that based on our experience cannot be installed in collocated places, and the customer wants to purchase this license as a Software subscription.After sharing the background of the story, could you please help us find propose the best fitting solution for our customer? We are talking about 300+ seats, and we are very anxious to provide the best solution to win the case.Thanking you all in advance for allocating time to respond. Kindly raise any follow up questions to help you respond in the best manner.Best,Nick Read More
How do you find out more about a failed MS 365 Apps for Windows Install
While investigating several APP issues that the user experienced, I came across this APP Install failure that I have been unable to troubleshoot using the approaches that are recommended. The failed status code provided indicates an unknown error, so where does one go from there?
While investigating several APP issues that the user experienced, I came across this APP Install failure that I have been unable to troubleshoot using the approaches that are recommended. The failed status code provided indicates an unknown error, so where does one go from there? Read More
Windows search is not showing recent apps
I open Chrome, Edge and 3-5 apps it shows in the recent apps section in Windows search bar, but after I reboot or restart it , it’s not showing, it is happening from when bing was down. Is this normal?
I open Chrome, Edge and 3-5 apps it shows in the recent apps section in Windows search bar, but after I reboot or restart it , it’s not showing, it is happening from when bing was down. Is this normal? Read More
Go to Special > Blank
Hi guys,
I have been struggling with finding all blank cells in my data set so I can replace with #N/A. Whenever I go through the ‘go to special’ process and select ‘blank’, None of the blank cells are highlighted. How do I fix this? Thanks
Hi guys,I have been struggling with finding all blank cells in my data set so I can replace with #N/A. Whenever I go through the ‘go to special’ process and select ‘blank’, None of the blank cells are highlighted. How do I fix this? Thanks Read More
Lost Access to All Stream Classic Videos
Hi all,
We have been working on getting our videos migrated into Stream on SharePoint, but the project has run longer than expected and now we are past the cutoff and not even our global admins can access the remaining content we have to migrate.
Is there any way to recover this content without having to open a ticket with MS?
I have a couple spreadsheets with the links to all of our required videos if that is helpful.
Hi all, We have been working on getting our videos migrated into Stream on SharePoint, but the project has run longer than expected and now we are past the cutoff and not even our global admins can access the remaining content we have to migrate. Is there any way to recover this content without having to open a ticket with MS? I have a couple spreadsheets with the links to all of our required videos if that is helpful. Read More
Bookings Calendar
I notice all the calendars on my Bookings Page are just listed as “busy”. I would like to make the calendar display what event my employees have. How can I do this or have them enable this?
I notice all the calendars on my Bookings Page are just listed as “busy”. I would like to make the calendar display what event my employees have. How can I do this or have them enable this? Read More
Issue with new emails being moved back to my inbox instead of staying in their assigned folder
I have been having an issue with emails being moved back to my inbox. Basically, I have a large folder selection where I organize email types for work. Once emails come in to my inbox, I move them to the appropriate folder based on the topic. The issue I’m having is that every time there is a reply, a new email, etc. it goes BACK to my inbox and I have to manually move it again. The original previous messages/thread stay in the folder they were assigned to, but the new email/thread is in my inbox, and I have to move it again. I have messages set up so they whole conversation is tied together/connected.
Is there a way to have the messages stay in the folder once the first message is assigned (i.e. any replies to the message go there automatically)? I would prefer to not make rules since it means i would have to make a new rule or edit the rule for every new vendor, etc. I talk to.
I’m (unfortunately) using “New Outlook” so I’m not sure if it’s an issue with that. I don’t remember having this issue previously. Thanks!
I have been having an issue with emails being moved back to my inbox. Basically, I have a large folder selection where I organize email types for work. Once emails come in to my inbox, I move them to the appropriate folder based on the topic. The issue I’m having is that every time there is a reply, a new email, etc. it goes BACK to my inbox and I have to manually move it again. The original previous messages/thread stay in the folder they were assigned to, but the new email/thread is in my inbox, and I have to move it again. I have messages set up so they whole conversation is tied together/connected. Is there a way to have the messages stay in the folder once the first message is assigned (i.e. any replies to the message go there automatically)? I would prefer to not make rules since it means i would have to make a new rule or edit the rule for every new vendor, etc. I talk to. I’m (unfortunately) using “New Outlook” so I’m not sure if it’s an issue with that. I don’t remember having this issue previously. Thanks! Read More
Trying to duplicate formatted online Excel when duplicating Form
Hi, I haven’t been able to find anything on the forum quite fitting my situation yet.
I am setting up survey forms for 100+ faculty members across our educational programs for our students to evaluate them. Students will get the URLs to the surveys of the faculty in their program; they sometimes interact with faculty from other programs or teachers that aren’t in our org, so it’s important that they are told who specifically they should evaluate. Once the students evaluate the faculty, administration then wants to send the anonymous results to the faculty members in a nice, compiled report.
I currently have a master survey that I will be duplicating from. I submitted a trial response, and then set up a “report” page on the Excel Online workbook the form generated. It works fine, and saves between openings.
However, when duplicating the survey form, I’ve realized that I cannot access the Excel Online spreadsheet until a response is received in the duplicated form. I submitted a trial response in a duplicated form and discovered that the Excel Online workbook does not duplicate along with the form (basically, I only had the responses, and no report page).
Is there a way I can:
– duplicate the Excel Online workbook along with a Form, or
– view the Excel Online workbook created by the Form before submitting a response, or
– easily duplicate the Report page without having to manually adjust cell references to that workbook, or
– An easier way to go about this project that I’m just missing?
Thank you!
Hi, I haven’t been able to find anything on the forum quite fitting my situation yet. I am setting up survey forms for 100+ faculty members across our educational programs for our students to evaluate them. Students will get the URLs to the surveys of the faculty in their program; they sometimes interact with faculty from other programs or teachers that aren’t in our org, so it’s important that they are told who specifically they should evaluate. Once the students evaluate the faculty, administration then wants to send the anonymous results to the faculty members in a nice, compiled report. I currently have a master survey that I will be duplicating from. I submitted a trial response, and then set up a “report” page on the Excel Online workbook the form generated. It works fine, and saves between openings. However, when duplicating the survey form, I’ve realized that I cannot access the Excel Online spreadsheet until a response is received in the duplicated form. I submitted a trial response in a duplicated form and discovered that the Excel Online workbook does not duplicate along with the form (basically, I only had the responses, and no report page). Is there a way I can:- duplicate the Excel Online workbook along with a Form, or- view the Excel Online workbook created by the Form before submitting a response, or- easily duplicate the Report page without having to manually adjust cell references to that workbook, or- An easier way to go about this project that I’m just missing? Thank you! Read More
How to move an Email from a M365 Group Inbox to a other M365 Group Inbox in Outlook
We have replaced our public folders with M365 Groups in Outlook. For every customer project we create a new M365 Group and move the emails of the personal inbox to the M365 Group inbox. It has now happened that an email has been moved to a wrong Group inbox. It seems, that it is not possible to move this email from the Group inbox to another Group Inbox. Is this problem known and is there a suitable workaround availabe to handle it? Drag & Drop is not working in the Desktop-App or Web-App.
We have replaced our public folders with M365 Groups in Outlook. For every customer project we create a new M365 Group and move the emails of the personal inbox to the M365 Group inbox. It has now happened that an email has been moved to a wrong Group inbox. It seems, that it is not possible to move this email from the Group inbox to another Group Inbox. Is this problem known and is there a suitable workaround availabe to handle it? Drag & Drop is not working in the Desktop-App or Web-App. Read More
display
i only have 2 monitors but on the display setting it shows as 3 and i have 3 screens but i obviously cant see the 3rd one as i dont have a 3rd monitor
i only have 2 monitors but on the display setting it shows as 3 and i have 3 screens but i obviously cant see the 3rd one as i dont have a 3rd monitor Read More
Bitwarden Passkey
I tried to implement passkeys with Bitwarden, but I am getting an error during the last step of the setup. I have added Bitwarden’s AAGUID (d548826e-79b4-db40-a3d8-11116f7e8349) to the allow list in the authentication methods. The passkey is also added to the Bitwarden app, but not into my security info.
Does Microsoft support only Microsoft Authenticator for device-bound passkeys?
I tried to implement passkeys with Bitwarden, but I am getting an error during the last step of the setup. I have added Bitwarden’s AAGUID (d548826e-79b4-db40-a3d8-11116f7e8349) to the allow list in the authentication methods. The passkey is also added to the Bitwarden app, but not into my security info. Does Microsoft support only Microsoft Authenticator for device-bound passkeys? Read More
How to extract audio from a video for free on Windows 11 PC?
Hello everyone,
I am currently working on a project and need to extract audio from video as background music. I’ve tried using the free Movie Maker app but unable to find the extract function. In addition, I also use the ffmpeg command line but unable to execute the commands.
I am stuck and I’m open to exploring other methods or tools that might work better for this task. Are there any free software options available for extracting audio from video, or should I consider purchasing a dedicated tool? Any advice on the process would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you
Hello everyone, I am currently working on a project and need to extract audio from video as background music. I’ve tried using the free Movie Maker app but unable to find the extract function. In addition, I also use the ffmpeg command line but unable to execute the commands. I am stuck and I’m open to exploring other methods or tools that might work better for this task. Are there any free software options available for extracting audio from video, or should I consider purchasing a dedicated tool? Any advice on the process would be greatly appreciated! Thank you Read More
Need Help Building a Dynamic Inventory Sheet Formula
Hello!
I cannot seem to figure out how to make such an advanced formula work. Could someone with Excel mastery help show me how to nest them properly?
I’m looking how to make a formula that changes the dynamic inventory based on what I put into the changes section by referencing 14 different box kits and pulling what they contain (multiplied by changes quantity) out of inventory when they are entered into the changes section.
‘Realtime Inventory’
‘Starting Inventory’
‘Assembled Boxes’ (1 of 2)
‘Assembled Boxes’ (2 of 2)
I was thinking I need a formula in the Quantity Section of Dynamic Inventory, but I can’t figure out how to do this. I just need to be able to type which box and quantity in the changes area and have it pull anything within the appropriate table out of dynamic inventory. (I have dynamic inventory referencing the starting inventory values from sheet 2 so that they can be added to or subtracted from manually when more product arrives within the starting inventory sheet).
Hello! I cannot seem to figure out how to make such an advanced formula work. Could someone with Excel mastery help show me how to nest them properly? I’m looking how to make a formula that changes the dynamic inventory based on what I put into the changes section by referencing 14 different box kits and pulling what they contain (multiplied by changes quantity) out of inventory when they are entered into the changes section. ‘Realtime Inventory’ ‘Starting Inventory’ ‘Assembled Boxes’ (1 of 2) ‘Assembled Boxes’ (2 of 2) I was thinking I need a formula in the Quantity Section of Dynamic Inventory, but I can’t figure out how to do this. I just need to be able to type which box and quantity in the changes area and have it pull anything within the appropriate table out of dynamic inventory. (I have dynamic inventory referencing the starting inventory values from sheet 2 so that they can be added to or subtracted from manually when more product arrives within the starting inventory sheet). Read More
Migrating from “Bing Maps” to “Azure Maps”.
Hello,
I have just received your email announcing the end of support for “Bing Maps” on June 30, 2025. This service is being replaced by “Azure Maps”.
Currently I use the C# object: Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Maps.MapControl , with the associated Xaml: xmlns:Maps=”using:Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Maps” and <Maps:MapControl MapServiceToken=”{StaticResource MapCredentials}” />.
I saw that there is an Azure.ResourceManager.Maps package but this package does not have a native component for Xaml. It looks like I need to use the WebView component ( <WebView x:Name=”mapWebView” /> ) instead.
This WebView displays an HTML page with JavaScript code that calls the https://atlas.microsoft.com/sdk/javascript/mapcontrol/2/atlas.min.js code to perform authentication via a YOUR_AZURE_MAPS_KEY and displays a map to the screen.
Can anyone confirm this method of using “Azure Maps” with a Xaml project?
Thanks in advance,
Best regards
C-A
Hello, I have just received your email announcing the end of support for “Bing Maps” on June 30, 2025. This service is being replaced by “Azure Maps”. Currently I use the C# object: Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Maps.MapControl , with the associated Xaml: xmlns:Maps=”using:Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Maps” and <Maps:MapControl MapServiceToken=”{StaticResource MapCredentials}” />. I saw that there is an Azure.ResourceManager.Maps package but this package does not have a native component for Xaml. It looks like I need to use the WebView component ( <WebView x:Name=”mapWebView” /> ) instead. This WebView displays an HTML page with JavaScript code that calls the https://atlas.microsoft.com/sdk/javascript/mapcontrol/2/atlas.min.js code to perform authentication via a YOUR_AZURE_MAPS_KEY and displays a map to the screen. Can anyone confirm this method of using “Azure Maps” with a Xaml project? Thanks in advance,Best regardsC-A Read More
Sharing Excel as a PDF
Hi,
I have suddenly become unable to share an excel spreadsheet as a PDF through email. When I enter the share in Excel one of the popups is send as a PDF. When I click on the PDF it comes up with “Document not saved. Document may be open, not saved, or an error may have occurred when saving.” I used this all the time to send PDF’s, and stopped working about a month ago. Any suggestions?
Hi,I have suddenly become unable to share an excel spreadsheet as a PDF through email. When I enter the share in Excel one of the popups is send as a PDF. When I click on the PDF it comes up with “Document not saved. Document may be open, not saved, or an error may have occurred when saving.” I used this all the time to send PDF’s, and stopped working about a month ago. Any suggestions? Read More
disable 802.1x settings
Hello, everyone,
do you know how I can disable 802.1x settings from the following menu in Windows11?
Thanks to all!
Federico
Hello, everyone,do you know how I can disable 802.1x settings from the following menu in Windows11? Thanks to all!Federico Read More
Collections
Clicking on Collections in Version 127.0.2604.0 brings an empty page, eventually the following appears:
Clicking on Collections in Version 127.0.2604.0 brings an empty page, eventually the following appears: Read More
