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Puppeteer: using restart: false during tests will let browser stuck

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
testing-qa

Research direction

Start with the Puppeteer helper's handling of the dynamic .config({ restart: false }) setting and the browser lifecycle after a feature completes. Reproduce the grouped feature with restart disabled, then compare it with the default restart configuration and verify that the test queue continues after the final scenario.

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Description

bug puppeteer

Hi.
I'm trying to use persistent browser state with Puppeteer so multiple scenarios can be run without browser restarts between them. Since all other tests are arranged with the default restart config, I'm trying to use the dynamic .config('restart: false') in one single suite, like so:

Feature('My grouped tests in one feature').config({ restart: false });
// hooks and scenarios 

Tests themselves behave exactly as intended. The problem is, after the last test finishes and passes, the browser will remain open, stuck, preventing the test queue to continue.

Since I'm running tests on a pipeline, this is preventing me to use this feature.

I noticed this have been reported before for WebDriverIO.

Is there any workaround for this?

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