Currents Blog

  • Playwright · Oct 15, 2026 · 17 min read

    AI Playwright Tests: MCP, CLI, Agents and Prompts Compared

    Compare Playwright MCP, the CLI, test agents and a prompt-only assistant on your own suite, then score and gate the AI Playwright tests they write.

    Playwright

    Currents Team

  • Playwright · Oct 13, 2026 · 10 min read

    Playwright 1.64: Shuffle, Test Locks and Breaking Changes

    Playwright 1.64 in CI: run --shuffle nightly and keep the seed, keep shared-account tests apart with locks, and catch the breaking changes.

    Playwright

    Currents Team

  • Playwright · Oct 08, 2026 · 21 min read

    GitHub Actions Cost: How to Cut Playwright CI Minutes Without Losing Coverage

    Cut GitHub Actions costs for Playwright without losing coverage. Cache browser binaries, scope triggers, set job timeouts, shard correctly, track flaky tests, and tighten artifact retention.

    Playwright

    Sumit Saurabh

  • Playwright · Aug 27, 2026 · 18 min read

    Reviewing AI-Generated Playwright Tests Before They Reach CI

    A seven-check review checklist for AI-generated Playwright tests, covering hallucinated assertions, intent-weakening heals, and UI-driven state setup before they reach CI.

    Playwright

    Currents Team

  • Jul 31, 2026 · 17 min read

    What does "skipped" mean - test statuses review across popular JavaScript runners

    JavaScript test runners share status words and disagree about what the words mean. Playwright and Cypress use "skipped" for opposite cases. Jest carries 7 statuses but not "flaky". This guide translates each runner's vocabulary and shows how runners derive flakiness from attempts.

    Andrew Goldis

  • Product Updates · Jul 30, 2026 · 4 min read

    Introducing Currents' New Pricing

    Cheaper rates, bigger volume discounts, a new self-serve Business plan, and fairer overage. Here's what changed and why.

    Product Updates

    Andrew Goldis

  • Playwright · Jul 22, 2026 · 13 min read

    Playwright API Testing: Patterns That Actually Scale

    Playwright API tests that pass locally still fail in CI? Here's the fixture architecture, per-worker isolation, and observability practices that fix that.

    Playwright

    Currents Team

  • Playwright · Jul 09, 2026 · 19 min read

    Playwright Component Testing in Large Frontend Codebases

    Not every component needs a real browser. Here's a clear decision framework for when Playwright component testing adds value and when Jest already covers it.

    Playwright

    Currents Team

  • Playwright · Jun 30, 2026 · 36 min read

    Playwright Custom Reporters: Build Your Own

    A Playwright custom reporter takes 20 minutes to prototype and months to maintain. Here's what it actually takes to build one that holds up in production CI.

    Playwright

    Currents Team

  • Playwright · Jun 22, 2026 · 5 min read

    Playwright's New --last-failed-file Flag: Re-Run Only Failed Tests in GitHub Actions

    Playwright v1.61 adds --last-failed-file, a flag that makes caching --last-failed in CI simpler and more reliable. Learn how to set it up in sharded GitHub Actions workflows.

    Playwright

    Currents Team

  • Playwright · Jun 19, 2026 · 26 min read

    Playwright + Feature Flags: Advanced Test Isolation Strategies

    Feature flags break Playwright's isolation model because they live outside the browser context. Learn how to intercept flag evaluation at the network layer, declare flag state as a fixture, and structure parallel runs so no worker can affect another's flag context.

    Playwright

    Currents Team

  • Playwright · Jun 09, 2026 · 17 min read

    Playwright CI at Scale: What Works in GitHub and GitLab

    Your Playwright pipeline is only as fast as its slowest shard. Learn what GitHub Actions and GitLab CI get right at scale, and the one thing neither solves.

    Playwright

    Currents Team

  • Playwright · Jun 02, 2026 · 14 min read

    How Playwright Tests Leak Data (and How to Stop It)

    Playwright test data leaks rarely come from bad secrets hygiene, they come from test artifacts, fixtures, and reporters. Here's how to find and close that gap.

    Playwright

    Currents Team

  • Playwright · May 27, 2026 · 25 min read

    Playwright Anti-Patterns: What to Watch For

    Most Playwright anti patterns don't show up until your suite scales. Here's how to spot and fix them before CI becomes unpredictable.

    Playwright

    Currents Team

  • Playwright · May 15, 2026 · 29 min read

    Playwright testing in Staging vs Production

    A decision framework for splitting your Playwright tests between staging and production — what belongs where, how to configure each, and when production testing isn't worth it.

    Playwright

    Currents Team

  • Product Updates · May 11, 2026 · 1 min read

    Playwright 1.60.0 Release Updates

    Version 1.60.0 of Playwright has been released on May 11, 2026 and introduced a few compatibility issues with Currents. In order to use newer versions of Playwright (>= 1.60.x) update to the new v2 of the Currents Playwright reporter (`npm install @currents/playwright@latest`).

    Product Updates

    Andrew Goldis

  • Playwright · May 04, 2026 · 18 min read

    Designing Playwright Tests That Survive UI Refactors

    Your UI refactor didn't break the app, it broke your tests. Learn how semantic Playwright test design decouples your suite from implementation details for good.

    Playwright

    Currents Team

  • Playwright · Apr 24, 2026 · 18 min read

    Playwright HTML Reporter: Why It Breaks Down at Scale

    When Playwright suites grow, pass/fail reports stop being enough. Learn what teams need instead for flakiness detection, worker visibility, and trend analysis.

    Playwright

    Currents Team

  • Playwright · Apr 15, 2026 · 19 min read

    Testing Authentication with Playwright: The Complete Guide

    Learn how to handle secrets, OAuth, MFA, magic links, and parallel CI without flaky runs.

    Playwright

    Currents Team

  • Playwright · Apr 08, 2026 · 14 min read

    What Breaks When Your Test Suite Grows From 20 to 500 Tests

    Learn what breaks when a Playwright suite scales from 20 to 500 tests, and how to fix it with test data isolation, flakiness math, smarter retries, and faster CI pipelines.

    Playwright

    Currents Team

  • Playwright · Apr 01, 2026 · 30 min read

    The Playwright Network Mocking Playbook

    Playwright mocking is easy to start but hard to scale. Follow this practical guide to learn when to mock, when it becomes risky, and how to reduce mock debt.

    Playwright

    Currents Team

  • Product Updates · Mar 24, 2026 · 10 min read

    Fixing Playwright Tests with AI: What Prompts Need to Actually Work

    AI prompts can fix some Playwright test failures, but many need execution context to get the fix right. Here's where prompts work, where they break down, and how Currents MCP fills the gap.

    Product Updates

    Currents Team

  • Tools · Mar 18, 2026 · 11 min read

    Migrating from Selenium to Playwright: The Complete Guide

    Migrating from Selenium to Playwright is more than rewriting tests. This guide covers costs, risks, timelines, and how teams actually do it.

    Tools

    Currents Team

  • Playwright · Mar 02, 2026 · 12 min read

    Human-in-the-Loop Testing: Best Practices to Combine AI and Human QA

    AI can run tests, but humans must decide outcomes. Learn how teams combine AI and human QA using human-in-the loop testing best practices.

    Playwright

    Goodness Eboh

  • Playwright · Mar 02, 2026 · 13 min read

    State of Playwright AI Ecosystem in 2026

    Why has AI adoption accelerated in Playwright? Why does its ecosystem seem to absorb new capabilities so naturally, from autonomously planning test flows to self-healing failing steps?

    Playwright

    Goodness Eboh

  • Playwright · Feb 25, 2026 · 13 min read

    When Tests Should Run Headless vs Headed in Playwright

    When should you run tests in headless vs headed mode in Playwright? Learn the differences between the two modes and when to use each.

    Playwright

    Asjad Khan

  • Playwright · Feb 13, 2026 · 16 min read

    9 Strategies to Get the Most Out of Playwright Test Agents

    Learn how to get the most out of Playwright Test Agents and improve your test suite using new AI solutions.

    Playwright

    Joshua Adeyemi

  • Playwright · Feb 06, 2026 · 11 min read

    Playwright MCP: What It Is, How It Works, and When It’s Worth Using

    Learn about the Playwright Model Context Protocol (MCP), its role in AI-assisted browser automation, and how to get the most value from it.

    Playwright

    Dumebi Okolo

  • Playwright · Feb 03, 2026 · 5 min read

    AI Skill: Playwright Best Practices

    Empower your AI Agents to write, debug, and maintain Playwright tests with expert knowledge.

    Playwright

    Walter Galvão

  • Playwright · Jan 27, 2026 · 14 min read

    How To Debug Playwright Tests in CI: The Complete Guide

    Struggling with Playwright tests failing only in CI? Here's how to debug them with tracing, verbose logs, and consistent environments to find the root cause.

    Playwright

    Dumebi Okolo

  • Playwright · Jan 19, 2026 · 20 min read

    How To Adopt Playwright the Right Way

    Thinking about adopting Playwright but don't know where to start? Here's everything you need to be aware about before getting started.

    Playwright

    Asjad Khan

  • Playwright · Jan 07, 2026 · 14 min read

    How To Speed Up Playwright Tests: 7 Tips From Experts

    As Playwright suites grow, runtimes climb and CI slows. Learn strategies on how to speed up Playwright tests and reduce delays in your workflow.

    Playwright

    Joshua Adeyemi

  • Playwright · Dec 19, 2025 · 12 min read

    How To Measure Code Coverage in Playwright Tests

    Learn how to measure and increase Playwright code coverage and ensure your tests stay reliable.

    Playwright

    Goodness Eboh

  • Playwright · Dec 09, 2025 · 13 min read

    Optimizing Test Runtime: Playwright Sharding vs. Workers

    Long Playwright test runtimes slow CI pipelines. We compare Playwright workers vs. sharding, and when test orchestration becomes the better alternative.

    Playwright

    Joshua Adeyemi

  • Playwright · Nov 28, 2025 · 16 min read

    How To Build Reliable Playwright Tests: A Cultural Approach

    Flaky Playwright tests waste time and trust. Follow best practices and this cultural approach to build stable, team-owned tests that scale with your product.

    Playwright

    Asjad Khan

  • Playwright · Nov 19, 2025 · 8 min read

    How to Run Playwright Tests Without the Pain: 14 Lessons Learned after 500+ Tests

    A reader-submitted guide sharing 14 lessons learned from writing 500 Playwright tests — essential tips for beginners to avoid common pitfalls.

    Playwright

    Dumebi Okolo

  • Playwright · Nov 12, 2025 · 12 min read

    How to Track the Health of Your Playwright Test Suite

    Passing tests can hide broken workflows. Understand how test automation analytics track key metrics to keep your Playwright test suite healthy.

    Playwright

    Joshua Adeyemi

  • Playwright · Oct 30, 2025 · 13 min read

    What Is a Flaky Test in Software Testing, and How to Fix It

    What is a flaky test? Learn why flaky tests cause false failures, waste CI/CD time, and how to fix them to keep your test suite reliable.

    Playwright

    Asjad Khan

  • Playwright · Oct 23, 2025 · 7 min read

    Debugging Playwright Timeouts: A Practical Checklist

    Stuck with Playwright timeouts? Learn how to debug different Playwright timeouts using our practical checklist and stabilize your test suite.

    Playwright

    Goodness Eboh

  • Company News · Oct 23, 2025 · 4 min read

    AWS us-east-1 Outage Report

    This document summarizes the incident, the actions taken to restore service and the preventative improvements we are implementing.

    Company News

    Andrew Goldis

  • Tools · Sep 08, 2025 · 7 min read

    Alternative to Microsoft Playwright Workspaces

    Microsoft Playwright Workspaces vs Currents

    Tools

    Currents Team

  • Playwright · Aug 25, 2025 · 5 min read

    Best Playwright Tools to Supercharge Your Testing in 2025

    Playwright has quickly become one of the most popular frameworks for end-to-end testing. Out of the box it gives you fast, reliable browser automation, but the real power comes from its ecosystem.

    Playwright

    Walter Galvão

  • Tools · Jun 26, 2025 · 5 min read

    Alternative to DataDog for Playwright Testing

    DataDog vs Currents

    Tools

    Currents Team

  • Tools · Jun 05, 2025 · 5 min read

    Alternative to LambdaTest for Playwright Testing

    LambdaTest vs Currents - a comparison of Currents with LambdaTest for Playwright testing reporting.

    Tools

    Currents Team

  • Tools · Apr 25, 2025 · 4 min read

    Alternative to ReportPortal for Playwright Testing

    ReportPortal vs Currents

    Tools

    Currents Team

  • Product Updates · Apr 15, 2025 · 2 min read

    Introducing Currents MCP Server

    Connect your AI tools to Currents using MCP

    Product Updates

    Currents Team

  • Tools · Apr 01, 2025 · 5 min read

    Alternative to BrowserStack for Playwright Testing

    BrowserStack vs Currents

    Tools

    Currents Team

  • Tools · Mar 17, 2025 · 6 min read

    Alternative to Microsoft Playwright Testing

    Microsoft Playwright Testing vs Currents

    Tools

    Currents Team

  • Product Updates · Mar 13, 2025 · 2 min read

    Currents Achieves SOC 2 Type 2 Certification

    Achieving SOC 2 Type 2 Certification: A Milestone in Our Ongoing Commitment to Security and Compliance!

    Product Updates

    Amanda Bennicasa

  • Tools · Feb 17, 2025 · 6 min read

    Alternative to Allure Report for Playwright Testing

    Allure Report vs Currents

    Tools

    Currents Team

  • Company News · Jan 06, 2025 · 5 min read

    Company Update - January 2025

    In this blog post we share what to expect from 2025 and reflect on our achievements from the previous year.

    Company News

    Andrew Goldis

  • Product Updates · Nov 18, 2024 · 2 min read

    Currents Achieves SOC 2 Type 1 Certification

    We're happy to announce that Currents has successfully completed the SOC 2 Type 1 examination!

    Product Updates

    Amanda Bennicasa

  • Playwright · Jul 25, 2024 · 9 min read

    From Cypress to Playwright - cost, migration steps, timeline and AI tools

    We collaborated wih dozen of teams that migrated from Cypress to Playwright. We discuss the cost of migration, migration steps and timeline, tips for smooth migration and adoption, use of AI tools to automate the migration.

    Playwright

    Andrew Goldis

  • Playwright · Jul 23, 2024 · 9 min read

    Cypress vs Playwright for tech leaders: cost and risks analysis

    Cypress vs Playwright from a tech leader perspective: cost of ownership, cost of running tests in CI, risks, best practices of migration between the frameworks.

    Playwright

    Andrew Goldis

  • Playwright · Jun 27, 2024 · 3 min read

    Cypress vs Playwright - Flakiness Analysis

    Comparing Cypress and Playwright Test Flakiness Using Currents Data.

    Playwright

    Andrew Goldis

  • Product Updates · May 22, 2024 · 4 min read

    Currents Update - May 2024

    May 2024: latest updates from Currents - looking back at the last few months and sharing our plans for the future.

    Product Updates

    Andrew Goldis

  • Product Updates · Apr 02, 2024 · 7 min read

    Playwright Reporter for Currents v1.0.0 ✨

    We are thrilled to announce the next major release of the most advanced Playwright Reporter. It brings significant improvements: full parallel mode support, step-level reporting stored directly in the cloud, and CI runs orchestration that is up to 40% faster compared to native Playwright sharding.

    Product Updates

    Andrew Goldis

  • Company News · Nov 13, 2023 · 6 min read

    Cypress.io Blocking of Sorry Cypress and Currents

    On September 27, 2023, Cypress.io activated a blocking that affected Sorry Cypress users and Currents customers. This blog post breaks down the technical implementation of the blocking, analyses the reasons and clarifies Currents position.

    Company News

    Andrew Goldis

  • Tools · Jul 10, 2023 · 3 min read

    Cypress test replays with Cypress Debugger

    Capture and replay everything that is happening in Cypress during CI runs with a free, open-source plugin. Debug your failed and flaky CI cypress tests by replaying execution traces.

    Tools

    Andrew Goldis

  • Cypress · Dec 19, 2022 · 2 min read

    GitHub Actions Matrix Job URL for Parallel Cypress Tests

    A tutorial on how to get a GitHub Actions Matrix Job URL in Cypress tests. This is useful for getting a reference to the specific matrix build job from cypress terminal output.

    Cypress

    Andrew Goldis

  • Company News · Nov 01, 2022 · 5 min read

    Currents has joined TinySeed

    Currents is a TinySeed company! We are joining a year-long accelerator program and a strong community of ambitious founders of bootstrapped SaaS companies

    Company News

    Andrew Goldis

  • Cypress · Oct 16, 2022 · 16 min read

    Cypress Dashboard vs Currents - Ultimate Comparison Guide

    A detailed comparison guide between Cypress Dashboard and the most popular alternatives - Currents and Sorry Cypress. Pricing, analytics, orchestration, load balancing, compatibility, parallelization, integrations and unit economics are compared between the solutions.

    Cypress

    Andrew Goldis

  • Cypress · Mar 01, 2022 · 4 min read

    Parallelizing Cypress with Jenkins, AWS, and Sorry Cypress

    If you're using Jenkins, and you have access to cloud compute resources, you can run cypress in parallel across multiple virtual machines. This will significantly cut down your cypress run time. This article is a recipe for how to do that.

    Cypress

    Seth Lutske

  • Tools · Dec 12, 2021 · 6 min read

    Cypress parallelization tools comparison

    Overview of the best strategies for cypress tests parallelization and test execution tracking. I investigated Cypress Dashboard, Sorry Cypress, Currents, Cypress-Parallel, and a manual parallelization approach.

    Tools

    Laerte Neto

  • Product Updates · Nov 01, 2021 · 1 min read

    Currents is out of Beta

    After 6 months of continuous improvements and 20+ millions of cypress tests recorded, we are excited to announce that Currents.dev is out of beta!

    Product Updates

    Andrew Goldis