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Black-box manual testing with Playwright executes real user-flow testing through the browser to validate user experience. It returns findings-only reports containing reproduction steps, evidence, coverage notes, and open risks without analyzing source code.

Documenting browser evidence for web QA involves running Playwright CLI to execute user flows and capturing findings-only reports. This includes explicit reproduction steps, console and network observations, and coverage gap documentation without proposing fixes.

This black-box QA approach supports regression testing and smoke testing through configurable depth modes. Smoke mode handles quick checks, standard mode covers serious passes, and deep mode performs exhaustive risk coverage including edge cases like auth and session variations.

Playwright CLI supports testing forms and navigation without source code access by operating strictly black-box. It validates key user flows, observes console and network behavior, and documents coverage gaps while explicitly avoiding source-code analysis or fix proposals.

If the web app cannot be started or reached during manual QA, the process exhibits clear blocker and hand-off behavior. It stops testing and reports the accessibility issue rather than attempting to proceed with unreachable application routes.

Deep exploratory testing across key user flows uses Playwright CLI in deep mode to achieve exhaustive risk coverage. It validates forms, navigation, console and network observations, and documents coverage gaps while returning evidence-backed findings-only reports.