playwright-interactive

Keeping a Playwright session alive for iterative debugging requires reusing browser handles across changes via a persistent REPL. This live session approach prevents browser restarts, allowing rapid UI testing and visual QA while preserving current page state.

Yes, you can inspect and debug Electron applications using Playwright by maintaining persistent sessions. This supports debugging both main-process and renderer changes, allowing you to apply updates and inspect the results within the same active workspace without restarting the application.

Yes, you need js_repl installed to run persistent Playwright sessions. The interactive debugging workflow relies on js_repl to establish deterministic setup and manage browser session handles, facilitating live UI automation and iterative code changes within your current workspace.

The best way to do visual QA on a local React app without losing page state is using persistent browser sessions. By reusing Playwright browser handles across debugging cycles, you can immediately reflect CSS or component logic updates without restarting the browser or losing your current state.

Your Playwright browser restarts on every code change because the session is not persistent. Using a live interactive session manager that reuses browser handles across debugging cycles prevents this, allowing iterative UI debugging and visual QA without constant browser restarts.