run-smoke-tests

Playwright smoke tests validate critical workflows by building prerequisites, running the relevant test suite, and iteratively rerunning failures until the suite becomes stable for release gating.

Triage failing end-to-end tests by inspecting collected traces and logs to isolate the root cause, applying minimal fixes, and rerunning the specific test file until the failures are resolved and flake risk is reduced.

Yes, this smoke testing approach works for post-merge verification in CI/CD by providing deterministic execution that builds prerequisites, runs targeted Playwright checks, and collects failure traces for quick debugging.

Yes, you can run a specific Playwright test file instead of the full smoke suite, allowing you to focus on targeted debugging of failing end-to-end test files and iteratively rerun them after applying minimal fixes.

Your Playwright smoke suite may fail during CI release validation due to missing application prerequisites, unstable workflows, or end-to-end regressions, which you can isolate by collecting traces and logs to debug the root cause.