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[RecordVideo] now works with per-test ContextFixture and PageFixture instances as well as ContextTest and PageTest. Both APIs use the same context-option and video-recording code. Recordings are attributed to the test and attempt that created the context, including pages closed early and popups opened during teardown.

Recording fixtures create fresh contexts and pages before setup hooks on each retry. Their cleanup runs after teardown hooks, closes pages before contexts, and attaches completed recordings before the next attempt or final reporting. Cleanup handles partial setup, cancellation while setup is still running, repeated disposal, and failures closing individual resources.

Design

  • Shared internal helpers apply recording options to a copy, track videos, and perform collision-safe naming and artifact attachment.
  • A small internal ITestAttemptInitializer contract lets framework fixtures opt into attempt initialization. Ordinary initializers keep their existing once-per-object cache; Playwright fixtures retain their normal lifetime without [RecordVideo].
  • A per-test recording scope coordinates fixture cleanup. Recording fixtures cannot be shared between tests; the underlying browser can remain shared.
  • Fix .NET Framework receiver dispatch to honor its documented late-only behavior. Previously receivers ran in both early and late passes, which closed recording fixtures before teardown hooks.
  • Inheritance-based teardown registers pending context creation before awaiting it, blocks new contexts once teardown starts, and closes contexts that finish creating during cleanup.
  • Prefix Windows reserved device basenames before naming video artifacts, including names with extensions and superscript port numbers.
  • Option-only composition recording preserves the configured fixture lifetime and raw Playwright videos. Automatic test attribution requires [RecordVideo], preventing shared recordings from being assigned to the first test.
  • Keep the method-only attribute restriction and filename sanitization fixes from the original follow-up. Remove the inheritance-only usage guard and document composition.

Related Issue

Follow-up to merged PR #6799 and its latest review.

Type of Change

  • Bug fix
  • New functionality: video recording for composition fixtures
  • Breaking change: unsupported attribute placements and shared recording fixtures are rejected
  • Documentation update

Validation

  • Full TUnit.UnitTests suite on .NET 10: 351 passed.
  • 45 focused Playwright cases on .NET 8, 9, and 10, in source-generated and reflection modes: 270 passed.
  • Core and Playwright public API snapshots across all four targets: 8 passed; intentional Playwright changes reviewed and accepted.
  • The committed composition lifecycle tests also passed in an isolated .NET Framework 4.7.2 consumer using source-generated discovery, running on .NET Framework 4.8. They verify fixture injection, retry initialization before setup, pages remaining open during teardown, and prior-attempt artifacts.
  • A local application using real Chromium and [ClassDataSource<PageFixture>] passed a retrying video test in both discovery modes on .NET 10. Each attempt produced a nonempty, attached video.
  • The new composition documentation snippet compiled with warnings as errors and no warning suppressions.

Focused commands:

dotnet test --project tests/TUnit.UnitTests/TUnit.UnitTests.csproj --treenode-filter '/*/*/Playwright*Tests/*' --no-progress
dotnet test --project tests/TUnit.UnitTests/TUnit.UnitTests.csproj --no-build --reflection --treenode-filter '/*/*/Playwright*Tests/*' --no-progress

Validation limitations

  • Real-browser startup stalled on .NET Framework. The same stall reproduced in a standalone Playwright application without TUnit.
  • .NET Framework reflection discovery rejects generic attributes (Generic types are not valid); the source-generated fixture lifecycle tests passed.
  • Native AOT publishing remains unverified because this machine lacks the Windows C++ linker, as recorded during the original follow-up.

Checklist

  • Followed repository conventions and added focused regression coverage
  • Tested both modern discovery modes; execution changes use their shared path
  • Reviewed and accepted intentional public API snapshots
  • Verified the documentation example and real-browser recording locally
  • Kept page-event subscriptions and recording allocations limited to recording contexts

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • [RecordVideo] now supports composition-based ContextFixture and PageFixture tests.
    • Recordings are created per retry attempt, named appropriately, and attached as test artifacts.
    • Custom browser context options and manually initialized contexts are preserved.
    • Recording supports configurable output directories and dimensions, including normal-lifetime recordings without automatic attachment.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved cleanup when setup, cancellation, page closing, or context closing fails.
    • Shared recording fixtures now receive clearer validation.
  • Documentation

    • Updated guidance covers composition, fixture scope, retries, and lifecycle behavior.

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The change enables [RecordVideo] for per-test Playwright composition fixtures. It adds attempt-aware fixture initialization, coordinated cleanup, video artifact attachment, updated documentation, and lifecycle tests.

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Playwright recording lifecycle

Layer / File(s) Summary
Recording contract and option application
src/TUnit.Playwright/RecordVideoAttribute.cs, src/TUnit.Playwright/PlaywrightContextOptions.cs, src/TUnit.Playwright/ContextTest.cs, src/TUnit.Playwright/ContextFixture.cs, docs/docs/examples/playwright.md
RecordVideoAttribute stores recording state for composition tests and completes the recording scope at test end. Recording options apply to default and copied custom context options. The documentation describes per-test fixtures, retry behavior, and sharing rules.
Attempt-aware fixture initialization
src/TUnit.Core/Interfaces/ITestAttemptInitializer.cs, src/TUnit.Core/ObjectInitializer.cs, src/TUnit.Playwright/PlaywrightFixtureLifecycle.cs, src/TUnit.Playwright/PlaywrightRecordingScope.cs, src/TUnit.Playwright/ContextFixture.cs, src/TUnit.Playwright/PageFixture.cs, src/TUnit.Core/Tracking/ObjectTracker.cs
Fixture initialization follows the current test attempt. Recording fixtures reject shared or cross-test reuse, cache setup failures within an attempt, recreate resources for retries, and register cleanup before setup completes.
Context recording and teardown
src/TUnit.Playwright/BrowserTest.cs, src/TUnit.Playwright/PlaywrightVideoRecorder.cs, src/TUnit.Playwright/BrowserFixture.cs
Recording contexts create dedicated video recorders. Teardown waits for pending contexts, closes resources, sanitizes and renames video files, attaches artifacts, and aggregates cleanup failures.
Validation, event wiring, and project support
tests/TUnit.UnitTests/PlaywrightVideoTests.cs, tests/TUnit.UnitTests/PlaywrightCompositionLifecycleTests.cs, src/TUnit.Engine/Services/EventReceiverOrchestrator.cs, src/TUnit.Playwright/TUnit.Playwright.csproj, tests/TUnit.UnitTests/TUnit.UnitTests.csproj, tests/TUnit.PublicAPI/*
Tests cover composition, retries, teardown, naming, option preservation, sharing restrictions, cancellation, and failure handling. Project references, friend access, event-stage behavior, and public API baselines are updated.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Change: Feature

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sequenceDiagram
  participant RecordVideoAttribute
  participant PlaywrightFixtureLifecycle
  participant PlaywrightVideoRecorder
  participant IBrowserContext
  participant TestContext
  RecordVideoAttribute->>PlaywrightFixtureLifecycle: initialize fixtures for attempt
  PlaywrightFixtureLifecycle->>PlaywrightVideoRecorder: register recording cleanup
  PlaywrightVideoRecorder->>IBrowserContext: close context and finalize videos
  PlaywrightVideoRecorder->>TestContext: attach attempt-named artifacts
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Very long parameterized test names may lose their recorded video artifact. Bound generated filenames before merging.

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This PR extends Playwright video recording to composition-based context and page fixtures while consolidating recording options, ownership, naming, attachment, and retry cleanup.

  • Initializes fresh recording resources for each retry attempt while preserving ordinary fixture lifetimes when recording is disabled.
  • Coordinates page-before-context cleanup after teardown hooks and attributes artifacts to the creating test attempt.
  • Tracks pending browser-context creation during teardown and rejects new contexts once teardown begins.
  • Restricts [RecordVideo] to methods, rejects shared recording fixtures, and documents composition behavior.
  • Fixes legacy-framework event-receiver staging and adds focused lifecycle and naming coverage.

Confidence Score: 5/5

The PR appears safe to merge; both previously reported recording issues are resolved and no actionable regression from the follow-up changes remains.

Context creation is now tracked before asynchronous completion and blocked once teardown begins, resolving the prior late-context leak, while reserved Windows device basenames are prefixed safely and covered by focused tests. The composition lifecycle consistently initializes resources before setup, disposes them after teardown in page-before-context order, and attaches recordings to the owning attempt.

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Filename Overview
src/TUnit.Playwright/BrowserTest.cs Tracks pending context creation under teardown synchronization and delegates recording completion to the shared recorder.
src/TUnit.Playwright/ContextFixture.cs Adds attempt-aware context initialization, recording ownership, and idempotent cleanup.
src/TUnit.Playwright/PageFixture.cs Adds attempt-aware page recreation while preserving explicitly initialized contexts.
src/TUnit.Playwright/PlaywrightFixtureLifecycle.cs Coordinates per-attempt initialization, shared-fixture rejection, cancellation, and deferred disposal.
src/TUnit.Playwright/PlaywrightRecordingScope.cs Orders and aggregates recording-fixture cleanup after test teardown.
src/TUnit.Playwright/PlaywrightVideoRecorder.cs Tracks all context pages, finalizes recordings, sanitizes names, and attaches collision-safe artifacts.
src/TUnit.Engine/Services/EventReceiverOrchestrator.cs Restores late-only test receiver dispatch on legacy framework targets.
src/TUnit.Core/ObjectInitializer.cs Routes opted-in framework fixtures through test-attempt initialization without changing ordinary initializer caching.
tests/TUnit.UnitTests/PlaywrightVideoTests.cs Covers pending creation, teardown races, fixture retries, cleanup failures, sharing restrictions, and filename handling.
tests/TUnit.UnitTests/PlaywrightCompositionLifecycleTests.cs Verifies composition fixture initialization and disposal ordering across test attempts.

Flowchart

%%{init: {'theme': 'neutral'}}%%
flowchart TD
    A[Test attempt starts] --> B[Initialize ContextFixture]
    B --> C[Apply recording options to copied context options]
    C --> D[Create browser context and recorder]
    D --> E[Initialize PageFixture]
    E --> F[Run setup hooks]
    F --> G[Run test body]
    G --> H[Run teardown hooks]
    H --> I[RecordVideo end receiver]
    I --> J[Close pages]
    J --> K[Close contexts and flush videos]
    K --> L[Rename and attach attempt artifacts]
    L --> M{Retry?}
    M -->|Yes| A
    M -->|No| N[Publish final result]
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This is a well-executed follow-up to #6799 that extends [RecordVideo] to composition-based ContextFixture/PageFixture in addition to inheritance-based ContextTest/PageTest. I read through the full diff (BrowserTest.cs, PlaywrightVideoRecorder.cs, PlaywrightFixtureLifecycle.cs, PlaywrightRecordingScope.cs, ContextFixture.cs, PageFixture.cs, RecordVideoAttribute.cs, PlaywrightContextOptions.cs, EventReceiverOrchestrator.cs, ObjectInitializer.cs, ObjectTracker.cs) and the prior automated review threads.

Both previously flagged issues are resolved in the current HEAD (9192b8d):

  • Teardown race (Greptile, against cb4138b): BrowserTest.BrowserTearDown now nulls Browser, snapshots, and clears _contexts inside the same _contextsLock that NewContext uses to check Browser and add to _contexts. A concurrent NewContext call is therefore fully serialized against teardown — it either lands in the snapshot or throws before being added. No context can escape draining.
  • Windows reserved device names (Greptile, against cb4138b): PlaywrightVideoRecorder.SanitizeForFileName now strips the extension before matching, checks CON/PRN/AUX/NUL/CONIN$/CONOUT$ and COM1-9/LPT1-9 (including superscript digits), and prefixes with _. This matches the PR description's claim and CodeRabbit's latest pass (cb4138b..9192b8d) found no actionable comments.
  • The method-only [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Method)] restriction flagged as outstanding back in Add functionality to TUnit.Playwright to easily record videos for tests #6799 is also present.

Design observations (non-blocking):

  • The cooperative three-layer mechanism (ITestAttemptInitializer in Core, PlaywrightFixtureLifecycle, PlaywrightRecordingScope) is the right call given the constraint that execution/discovery must stay identical between the source generator and reflection engine, but it does mean a Playwright-specific need (per-attempt fixture recreation) is now a first-class concept in TUnit.Core.ObjectInitializer. That's a reasonable tradeoff for an internal, opt-in interface rather than a special case buried in the engine, and it keeps ObjectInitializer's normal once-per-object cache path untouched for every other fixture.
  • Attempt number is independently captured in three places (PlaywrightFixtureLifecycle._attempt, PlaywrightVideoRecorder._attempt from the constructor, and the TestContext.Execution.CurrentRetryAttempt comparisons that gate re-initialization). They're all sourced from the same TestContext, so today they can't drift, but if retry semantics ever change, these would need updating in lockstep. Worth a code comment or a shared helper if this file sees another retry-related change.
  • PlaywrightRecordingScope.For coordinates page-before-context disposal via a TestContext.StateBag entry keyed by a string constant, tied together with RecordVideoAttribute.OnTestEnd. It's a fairly implicit link between the attribute and the fixtures for someone unfamiliar with the file — the XML doc on RecordVideoAttribute and PlaywrightFixtureLifecycle mitigates this reasonably well, so this is just something to keep in mind if the coordination logic grows further.

Exception handling and locking throughout (BrowserTearDown, PlaywrightRecordingScope.CompleteAsync, PlaywrightVideoRecorder.CompleteAsync) consistently aggregates failures via AggregateException instead of swallowing or short-circuiting on the first error, and cleanup is registered before setup completes so partial/cancelled setup still gets disposed — both align with the stated design goals.

No blocking issues found. Nice, thorough test coverage (709 lines across PlaywrightCompositionLifecycleTests.cs and PlaywrightVideoTests.cs) for retries, cancellation, sharing rejection, and naming collisions.

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