playwright/docs/src/test-timeouts-js.md

id	title
test-timeouts	Timeouts

Overview

Playwright Test has multiple configurable timeouts for various tasks.

Timeout	Default	Description
Test timeout	30000 ms	Timeout for each test, includes test, hooks and fixtures: <span style={{textTransform:'uppercase',fontSize:'smaller',fontWeight:'bold',opacity:'0.6'}}>Set default {config = { timeout: 60000 }} <span style={{textTransform: 'uppercase',fontSize: 'smaller', fontWeight: 'bold', opacity: '0.6'}}>Override test.setTimeout(120000)
Expect timeout	5000 ms	Timeout for each assertion: <span style={{textTransform:'uppercase',fontSize:'smaller',fontWeight:'bold',opacity:'0.6'}}>Set default {config = { expect: { timeout: 10000 } }} <span style={{textTransform: 'uppercase',fontSize: 'smaller', fontWeight: 'bold', opacity: '0.6'}}>Override expect(locator).toBeVisible({ timeout: 10000 })
Action timeout	no timeout	Timeout for each action: <span style={{textTransform:'uppercase',fontSize:'smaller',fontWeight:'bold',opacity:'0.6'}}>Set default {config = { use: { actionTimeout: 10000 } }} <span style={{textTransform: 'uppercase',fontSize: 'smaller', fontWeight: 'bold', opacity: '0.6'}}>Override locator.click({ timeout: 10000 })
Navigation timeout	no timeout	Timeout for each navigation action: <span style={{textTransform:'uppercase',fontSize:'smaller',fontWeight:'bold',opacity:'0.6'}}>Set default {config = { use: { navigationTimeout: 30000 } }} <span style={{textTransform: 'uppercase',fontSize: 'smaller', fontWeight: 'bold', opacity: '0.6'}}>Override page.goto('/', { timeout: 30000 })
Global timeout	no timeout	Global timeout for the whole test run: <span style={{textTransform:'uppercase',fontSize:'smaller',fontWeight:'bold',opacity:'0.6'}}>Set in config config = { globalTimeout: 60*60*1000 }
beforeAll/afterAll timeout	30000 ms	Timeout for the hook: <span style={{textTransform:'uppercase',fontSize:'smaller',fontWeight:'bold',opacity:'0.6'}}>Set in hook test.setTimeout(60000)
Fixture timeout	no timeout	Timeout for an individual fixture: <span style={{textTransform:'uppercase',fontSize:'smaller',fontWeight:'bold',opacity:'0.6'}}>Set in fixture { scope: 'test', timeout: 30000 }

Test timeout

Playwright Test enforces a timeout for each test, 30 seconds by default. Time spent by the test function, fixtures, beforeEach and afterEach hooks is included in the test timeout.

Timed out test produces the following error:

example.spec.ts:3:1 › basic test ===========================

Timeout of 30000ms exceeded.

The same timeout value also applies to beforeAll and afterAll hooks, but they do not share time with any test.

Set test timeout in the config

// playwright.config.js
// @ts-check

/** @type {import('@playwright/test').PlaywrightTestConfig} */
const config = {
  timeout: 5 * 60 * 1000,
};

module.exports = config;

// playwright.config.ts
import type { PlaywrightTestConfig } from '@playwright/test';

const config: PlaywrightTestConfig = {
  timeout: 5 * 60 * 1000,
};
export default config;

API reference: [property: TestConfig.timeout].

Set timeout for a single test

const { test, expect } = require('@playwright/test');

test('slow test', async ({ page }) => {
  test.slow(); // Easy way to triple the default timeout
  // ...
});

test('very slow test', async ({ page }) => {
  test.setTimeout(120000);
  // ...
});

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

test('slow test', async ({ page }) => {
  test.slow(); // Easy way to triple the default timeout
  // ...
});

test('very slow test', async ({ page }) => {
  test.setTimeout(120000);
  // ...
});

API reference: [method: Test.setTimeout] and [method: Test.slow#1].

Change timeout from a slow hook

const { test, expect } = require('@playwright/test');

test.beforeEach(async ({ page }, testInfo) => {
  // Extend timeout for all tests running this hook by 30 seconds.
  testInfo.setTimeout(testInfo.timeout + 30000);
});

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

test.beforeEach(async ({ page }, testInfo) => {
  // Extend timeout for all tests running this hook by 30 seconds.
  testInfo.setTimeout(testInfo.timeout + 30000);
});

API reference: [method: TestInfo.setTimeout].

Change timeout for beforeAll/afterAll hook

beforeAll and afterAll hooks have a separate timeout, by default equal to test timeout. You can change it separately for each hook by calling [method: TestInfo.setTimeout] inside the hook.

const { test, expect } = require('@playwright/test');

test.beforeAll(async () => {
  // Set timeout for this hook.
  test.setTimeout(60000);
});

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

test.beforeAll(async () => {
  // Set timeout for this hook.
  test.setTimeout(60000);
});

API reference: [method: TestInfo.setTimeout].

Expect timeout

Web-first assertions like expect(locator).toHaveText() have a separate timeout, 5 seconds by default. Assertion timeout is unrelated to the test timeout. It produces the following error:

example.spec.ts:3:1 › basic test ===========================

Error: expect(received).toHaveText(expected)

Expected string: "my text"
Received string: ""
Call log:
  - expect.toHaveText with timeout 5000ms
  - waiting for selector "button"

Set expect timeout in the config

// playwright.config.js
// @ts-check

/** @type {import('@playwright/test').PlaywrightTestConfig} */
const config = {
  expect: {
    timeout: 10 * 1000,
  },
};

module.exports = config;

// playwright.config.ts
import type { PlaywrightTestConfig } from '@playwright/test';

const config: PlaywrightTestConfig = {
  expect: {
    timeout: 10 * 1000,
  },
};
export default config;

API reference: [property: TestConfig.expect].

Set timeout for a single assertion

const { test, expect } = require('@playwright/test');

test('basic test', async ({ page }) => {
  await expect(page.locator('button')).toHaveText('Sign in', { timeout: 10000 });
});

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

test('basic test', async ({ page }) => {
  await expect(page.locator('button')).toHaveText('Sign in', { timeout: 10000 });
});

Action and navigation timeouts

Test usually performs some actions by calling Playwright APIs, for example locator.click(). These actions do not have a timeout by default, but you can set one. Action that timed out produces the following error:

example.spec.ts:3:1 › basic test ===========================

locator.click: Timeout 1000ms exceeded.
=========================== logs ===========================
waiting for selector "button"
============================================================

Playwright also allows to set a separate timeout for navigation actions like page.goto() because loading a page is usually slower.

Set action and navigation timeouts in the config

// playwright.config.js
// @ts-check

/** @type {import('@playwright/test').PlaywrightTestConfig} */
const config = {
  use: {
    actionTimeout: 10 * 1000,
    navigationTimeout: 30 * 1000,
  },
};

module.exports = config;

// playwright.config.ts
import type { PlaywrightTestConfig } from '@playwright/test';

const config: PlaywrightTestConfig = {
  use: {
    actionTimeout: 10 * 1000,
    navigationTimeout: 30 * 1000,
  },
};
export default config;

API reference: [property: TestOptions.actionTimeout] and [property: TestOptions.navigationTimeout].

Set timeout for a single action

const { test, expect } = require('@playwright/test');

test('basic test', async ({ page }) => {
  await page.goto('https://playwright.dev', { timeout: 30000 });
  await page.locator('text=Get Started').click({ timeout: 10000 });
});

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

test('basic test', async ({ page }) => {
  await page.goto('https://playwright.dev', { timeout: 30000 });
  await page.locator('text=Get Started').click({ timeout: 10000 });
});

Global timeout

Playwright Test supports a timeout for the whole test run. This prevents excess resource usage when everything went wrong. There is no default global timeout, but you can set a reasonable one in the config, for example one hour. Global timeout produces the following error:

Running 1000 tests using 10 workers

  514 skipped
  486 passed
  Timed out waiting 3600s for the entire test run

You can set global timeout in the config.

// playwright.config.js
// @ts-check

/** @type {import('@playwright/test').PlaywrightTestConfig} */
const config = {
  globalTimeout: 60 * 60 * 1000,
};

module.exports = config;

// playwright.config.ts
import type { PlaywrightTestConfig } from '@playwright/test';

const config: PlaywrightTestConfig = {
  globalTimeout: 60 * 60 * 1000,
};
export default config;

API reference: [property: TestConfig.globalTimeout].

Fixture timeout

By default, fixture shares timeout with the test. However, for slow fixtures, especially worker-scoped ones, it is convenient to have a separate timeout. This way you can keep the overall test timeout small, and give the slow fixture more time.

const { test: base, expect } = require('@playwright/test');

const test = base.extend({
  slowFixture: [async ({}, use) => {
    // ... perform a slow operation ...
    await use('hello');
  }, { timeout: 60000 }]
});

test('example test', async ({ slowFixture }) => {
  // ...
});

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

const test = base.extend<{ slowFixture: string }>({
  slowFixture: [async ({}, use) => {
    // ... perform a slow operation ...
    await use('hello');
  }, { timeout: 60000 }]
});

test('example test', async ({ slowFixture }) => {
  // ...
});

API reference: [method: Test.extend].