test: Skip double installing playwright in E2E tests (#14633)

We do install this on CI separately before, so this should not be
necessary (esp. we do not need firefox, as we only run these tests on
chromium).

This should shave off about 20s of the `build` step for all the E2E
tests!

Author: mydea

.github/actions/install-playwright/action.yml

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ inputs:
   browsers:
     description: 'What browsers to install.'
     default: 'chromium webkit firefox'
+  cwd:
+    description: 'The working directory to run Playwright in.'
+    default: '.'
 
 runs:
   using: "composite"
@@ -12,6 +15,8 @@ runs:
         id: playwright-version
         run: echo "version=$(node -p "require('@playwright/test/package.json').version")" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
         shell: bash
+        working-directory: ${{ inputs.cwd }}
+
 
       - name: Restore cached playwright binaries
         uses: actions/cache/restore@v4
@@ -26,11 +31,13 @@ runs:
         run: npx playwright install chromium webkit firefox --with-deps
         if: steps.playwright-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
         shell: bash
+        working-directory: ${{ inputs.cwd }}
 
       - name: Install Playwright system dependencies only (cached)
         run: npx playwright install-deps ${{ inputs.browsers || 'chromium webkit firefox' }}
         if: steps.playwright-cache.outputs.cache-hit == 'true'
         shell: bash
+        working-directory: ${{ inputs.cwd }}
 
       # Only store cache on develop branch
       - name: Store cached playwright binaries

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -920,11 +920,6 @@ jobs:
         if: steps.restore-tarball-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
         run: yarn build:tarball
 
-      - name: Install Playwright
-        uses: ./.github/actions/install-playwright
-        with:
-          browsers: chromium
-
       - name: Get node version
         id: versions
         run: |
@@ -945,6 +940,12 @@ jobs:
         timeout-minutes: 7
         run: pnpm ${{ matrix.build-command || 'test:build' }}
 
+      - name: Install Playwright
+        uses: ./.github/actions/install-playwright
+        with:
+          browsers: chromium
+          cwd: dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/${{ matrix.test-application }}
+
       - name: Run E2E test
         working-directory: dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/${{ matrix.test-application }}
         timeout-minutes: 10
@@ -984,7 +985,7 @@ jobs:
 
   # - We skip optional tests on release branches
   job_optional_e2e_tests:
-    name: E2E ${{ matrix.label || matrix.test-application }} Test
+    name: E2E ${{ matrix.label || matrix.test-application }} Test (optional)
     # We only run E2E tests for non-fork PRs because the E2E tests require secrets to work and they can't be accessed from forks
     # We need to add the `always()` check here because the previous step has this as well :(
     # See: https://github.com/actions/runner/issues/2205
@@ -1039,11 +1040,6 @@ jobs:
         if: steps.restore-tarball-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
         run: yarn build:tarball
 
-      - name: Install Playwright
-        uses: ./.github/actions/install-playwright
-        with:
-          browsers: chromium
-
       - name: Get node version
         id: versions
         run: |
@@ -1064,6 +1060,12 @@ jobs:
         timeout-minutes: 7
         run: pnpm ${{ matrix.build-command || 'test:build' }}
 
+      - name: Install Playwright
+        uses: ./.github/actions/install-playwright
+        with:
+          browsers: chromium
+          cwd: dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/${{ matrix.test-application }}
+
       - name: Run E2E test
         working-directory: dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/${{ matrix.test-application }}
         timeout-minutes: 10

dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/angular-17/package.json

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "build": "ng build",
     "watch": "ng build --watch --configuration development",
     "test": "playwright test",
-    "test:build": "pnpm install && npx playwright install && pnpm build",
+    "test:build": "pnpm install && pnpm build",
     "test:assert": "playwright test",
     "clean": "npx rimraf .angular node_modules pnpm-lock.yaml dist"
   },

dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/angular-18/package.json

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "build": "ng build",
     "watch": "ng build --watch --configuration development",
     "test": "playwright test",
-    "test:build": "pnpm install && npx playwright install && pnpm build",
+    "test:build": "pnpm install && pnpm build",
     "test:assert": "playwright test",
     "clean": "npx rimraf .angular node_modules pnpm-lock.yaml dist"
   },

dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/angular-19/package.json

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "build": "ng build",
     "watch": "ng build --watch --configuration development",
     "test": "playwright test",
-    "test:build": "pnpm install && npx playwright install && pnpm build",
+    "test:build": "pnpm install && pnpm build",
     "test:assert": "playwright test",
     "clean": "npx rimraf .angular node_modules pnpm-lock.yaml dist"
   },

dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/astro-4/package.json

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     "build": "astro check && astro build",
     "preview": "astro preview",
     "astro": "astro",
-    "test:build": "pnpm install && npx playwright install && pnpm build",
+    "test:build": "pnpm install && pnpm build",
     "test:assert": "TEST_ENV=production playwright test"
   },
   "dependencies": {

dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/astro-5/package.json

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     "build": "astro build",
     "preview": "astro preview",
     "astro": "astro",
-    "test:build": "pnpm install && npx playwright install && pnpm build",
+    "test:build": "pnpm install && pnpm build",
     "test:assert": "TEST_ENV=production playwright test"
   },
   "dependencies": {

dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-next-app/package.json

@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
     "clean": "npx rimraf node_modules pnpm-lock.yaml .next",
     "test:prod": "TEST_ENV=prod playwright test",
     "test:dev": "TEST_ENV=dev playwright test",
-    "test:build": "pnpm install && npx playwright install && pnpm build",
-    "test:build-13": "pnpm install && pnpm add [email protected] && npx playwright install && pnpm build",
+    "test:build": "pnpm install && pnpm build",
+    "test:build-13": "pnpm install && pnpm add [email protected] && pnpm build",
     "test:assert": "pnpm test:prod && pnpm test:dev"
   },
   "dependencies": {

dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-remix-app-express-legacy/package.json

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "start": "cross-env NODE_ENV=production node ./server.mjs",
     "typecheck": "tsc",
     "clean": "npx rimraf node_modules pnpm-lock.yaml",
-    "test:build": "pnpm install && npx playwright install && pnpm build",
+    "test:build": "pnpm install && pnpm build",
     "test:assert": "pnpm playwright test"
   },
   "dependencies": {

dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-remix-app-express-vite-dev/package.json

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     "start": "cross-env NODE_ENV=production node ./server.mjs",
     "typecheck": "tsc",
     "clean": "npx rimraf node_modules pnpm-lock.yaml",
-    "test:build": "pnpm install && npx playwright install && pnpm build",
+    "test:build": "pnpm install && pnpm build",
     "test:assert": "pnpm playwright test"
   },
   "dependencies": {

dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-remix-app-express/package.json

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "start": "cross-env NODE_ENV=production node ./server.mjs",
     "typecheck": "tsc",
     "clean": "npx rimraf node_modules pnpm-lock.yaml",
-    "test:build": "pnpm install && npx playwright install && pnpm build",
+    "test:build": "pnpm install && pnpm build",
     "test:assert": "pnpm playwright test"
   },
   "dependencies": {

dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-remix-app-legacy/package.json

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     "start": "remix-serve build",
     "typecheck": "tsc",
     "clean": "npx rimraf node_modules pnpm-lock.yaml",
-    "test:build": "pnpm install && npx playwright install && pnpm build",
+    "test:build": "pnpm install && pnpm build",
     "test:assert": "pnpm playwright test",
     "test:assert-sourcemaps": "pnpm upload-sourcemaps"
   },

dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-remix-app-v2-legacy/package.json

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     "start": "remix-serve build/index.js",
     "typecheck": "tsc",
     "clean": "npx rimraf node_modules pnpm-lock.yaml",
-    "test:build": "pnpm install && npx playwright install && pnpm build",
+    "test:build": "pnpm install && pnpm build",
     "test:assert": "pnpm playwright test"
   },
   "dependencies": {

dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-remix-app-v2/package.json

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     "start": "NODE_OPTIONS='--require=./instrument.server.cjs' remix-serve build/index.js",
     "typecheck": "tsc",
     "clean": "npx rimraf node_modules pnpm-lock.yaml",
-    "test:build": "pnpm install && npx playwright install && pnpm build",
+    "test:build": "pnpm install && pnpm build",
     "test:assert": "pnpm playwright test"
   },
   "dependencies": {

dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-remix-app/package.json

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     "start": "NODE_OPTIONS='--require=./instrument.server.cjs' remix-serve build",
     "typecheck": "tsc",
     "clean": "npx rimraf node_modules pnpm-lock.yaml",
-    "test:build": "pnpm install && npx playwright install && pnpm build",
+    "test:build": "pnpm install && pnpm build",
     "test:assert": "pnpm playwright test",
     "test:assert-sourcemaps": "pnpm upload-sourcemaps"
   },

dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/default-browser/package.json

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     "build": "node build.mjs",
     "test": "playwright test",
     "clean": "npx rimraf node_modules pnpm-lock.yaml",
-    "test:build": "pnpm install && npx playwright install && pnpm build",
+    "test:build": "pnpm install && pnpm build",
     "test:assert": "pnpm test"
   },
   "browserslist": {

dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/ember-classic/package.json

@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
     "build": "ember build --environment=production",
     "start": "ember serve --prod",
     "test": "playwright test",
-    "test:build": "pnpm install && npx playwright install && pnpm build",
-    "test:build-latest": "pnpm install && pnpm add ember-source@latest && npx playwright install && pnpm build",
+    "test:build": "pnpm install && pnpm build",
+    "test:build-latest": "pnpm install && pnpm add ember-source@latest && pnpm build",
     "test:assert": "playwright test",
     "clean": "npx rimraf node_modules pnpm-lock.yaml dist"
   },

dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/ember-embroider/package.json

@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
     "build": "ember build --environment=production",
     "start": "ember serve --prod",
     "test": "playwright test",
-    "test:build": "pnpm install && npx playwright install && pnpm build",
-    "test:build-latest": "pnpm install && pnpm add ember-source@latest && npx playwright install && pnpm build",
+    "test:build": "pnpm install && pnpm build",
+    "test:build-latest": "pnpm install && pnpm add ember-source@latest && pnpm build",
     "test:assert": "playwright test",
     "clean": "npx rimraf node_modules pnpm-lock.yaml dist"
   },

dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nextjs-13/package.json

@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
     "clean": "npx rimraf node_modules pnpm-lock.yaml .next",
     "test:prod": "TEST_ENV=production playwright test",
     "test:dev": "TEST_ENV=development playwright test",
-    "test:build": "pnpm install && npx playwright install && pnpm build",
-    "test:build-canary": "pnpm install && pnpm add next@canary && pnpm add react@beta && pnpm add react-dom@beta && npx playwright install && pnpm build",
-    "test:build-latest": "pnpm install && pnpm add next@latest && npx playwright install && pnpm build",
+    "test:build": "pnpm install && pnpm build",
+    "test:build-canary": "pnpm install && pnpm add next@canary && pnpm add react@beta && pnpm add react-dom@beta && pnpm build",
+    "test:build-latest": "pnpm install && pnpm add next@latest && pnpm build",
     "test:assert": "pnpm test:prod && pnpm test:dev"
   },
   "dependencies": {

dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nextjs-14/package.json

@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
     "clean": "npx rimraf node_modules pnpm-lock.yaml",
     "test:prod": "TEST_ENV=production playwright test",
     "test:dev": "TEST_ENV=development playwright test",
-    "test:build": "pnpm install && npx playwright install && pnpm build",
-    "test:build-canary": "pnpm install && pnpm add next@canary && pnpm add react@beta && pnpm add react-dom@beta && npx playwright install && pnpm build",
-    "test:build-latest": "pnpm install && pnpm add next@latest && npx playwright install && pnpm build",
+    "test:build": "pnpm install && pnpm build",
+    "test:build-canary": "pnpm install && pnpm add next@canary && pnpm add react@beta && pnpm add react-dom@beta && pnpm build",
+    "test:build-latest": "pnpm install && pnpm add next@latest && pnpm build",
     "test:assert": "pnpm test:prod && pnpm test:dev"
   },
   "dependencies": {

dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nextjs-15/package.json

@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
     "clean": "npx rimraf node_modules pnpm-lock.yaml",
     "test:prod": "TEST_ENV=production playwright test",
     "test:dev": "TEST_ENV=development playwright test",
-    "test:build": "pnpm install && npx playwright install && pnpm build",
-    "test:build-canary": "pnpm install && pnpm add next@canary && pnpm add react@beta && pnpm add react-dom@beta && npx playwright install && pnpm build",
+    "test:build": "pnpm install && pnpm build",
+    "test:build-canary": "pnpm install && pnpm add next@canary && pnpm add react@beta && pnpm add react-dom@beta && pnpm build",
     "//": "15.0.0-canary.194 is the canary release attached to Next.js RC 1. We need to use the canary version instead of the RC because PPR will not work without. The specific react version is also attached to RC 1.",
-    "test:build-latest": "pnpm install && pnpm add [email protected] && pnpm add [email protected] && pnpm add [email protected] && npx playwright install && pnpm build",
+    "test:build-latest": "pnpm install && pnpm add [email protected] && pnpm add [email protected] && pnpm add [email protected] && pnpm build",
     "test:assert": "pnpm test:prod && pnpm test:dev"
   },
   "dependencies": {

dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nextjs-app-dir/package.json

@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
     "clean": "npx rimraf node_modules pnpm-lock.yaml",
     "test:prod": "TEST_ENV=production playwright test",
     "test:dev": "TEST_ENV=development playwright test",
-    "test:build": "pnpm install && npx playwright install && pnpm build",
+    "test:build": "pnpm install && pnpm build",
     "test:test-build": "pnpm ts-node --script-mode assert-build.ts",
-    "test:build-canary": "pnpm install && pnpm add next@canary && pnpm add react@beta && pnpm add react-dom@beta && npx playwright install && pnpm build",
-    "test:build-latest": "pnpm install && pnpm add next@latest && npx playwright install && pnpm build",
-    "test:build-13": "pnpm install && pnpm add [email protected] && npx playwright install && pnpm build",
+    "test:build-canary": "pnpm install && pnpm add next@canary && pnpm add react@beta && pnpm add react-dom@beta && pnpm build",
+    "test:build-latest": "pnpm install && pnpm add next@latest && pnpm build",
+    "test:build-13": "pnpm install && pnpm add [email protected] && pnpm build",
     "test:assert": "pnpm test:test-build && pnpm test:prod && pnpm test:dev"
   },
   "dependencies": {

dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nextjs-t3/package.json

@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
     "clean": "npx rimraf node_modules pnpm-lock.yaml",
     "test:prod": "TEST_ENV=production playwright test",
     "test:dev": "TEST_ENV=development playwright test",
-    "test:build": "pnpm install && npx playwright install && pnpm build",
-    "test:build-canary": "pnpm install && pnpm add next@canary && pnpm add react@beta && pnpm add react-dom@beta && npx playwright install && pnpm build",
-    "test:build-latest": "pnpm install && pnpm add next@rc && pnpm add react@beta && pnpm add react-dom@beta && npx playwright install && pnpm build",
+    "test:build": "pnpm install && pnpm build",
+    "test:build-canary": "pnpm install && pnpm add next@canary && pnpm add react@beta && pnpm add react-dom@beta && pnpm build",
+    "test:build-latest": "pnpm install && pnpm add next@rc && pnpm add react@beta && pnpm add react-dom@beta && pnpm build",
     "test:assert": "pnpm test:prod && pnpm test:dev"
   },
   "dependencies": {

dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nextjs-turbo/package.json

@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
     "clean": "npx rimraf node_modules pnpm-lock.yaml",
     "test:prod": "TEST_ENV=production playwright test",
     "test:dev": "TEST_ENV=development playwright test",
-    "test:build": "pnpm install && npx playwright install && pnpm build",
-    "test:build-canary": "pnpm install && pnpm add next@canary && pnpm add react@canary && pnpm add react-dom@canary && npx playwright install && pnpm build",
-    "test:build-latest": "pnpm install && pnpm add next@latest && pnpm add react@rc && pnpm add react-dom@rc && npx playwright install && pnpm build",
+    "test:build": "pnpm install && pnpm build",
+    "test:build-canary": "pnpm install && pnpm add next@canary && pnpm add react@canary && pnpm add react-dom@canary && pnpm build",
+    "test:build-latest": "pnpm install && pnpm add next@latest && pnpm add react@rc && pnpm add react-dom@rc && pnpm build",
     "test:assert": "pnpm test:prod && pnpm test:dev"
   },
   "dependencies": {

dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nuxt-3-dynamic-import/package.json

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     "start": "node .output/server/index.mjs",
     "clean": "npx nuxi cleanup",
     "test": "playwright test",
-    "test:build": "pnpm install && npx playwright install && pnpm build",
+    "test:build": "pnpm install && pnpm build",
     "test:assert": "pnpm test"
   },
   "dependencies": {

dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nuxt-3-min/package.json

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     "start:import": "node --import ./.output/server/sentry.server.config.mjs .output/server/index.mjs",
     "clean": "npx nuxi cleanup",
     "test": "playwright test",
-    "test:build": "pnpm install && npx playwright install && pnpm build",
+    "test:build": "pnpm install && pnpm build",
     "test:assert": "pnpm test"
   },
   "dependencies": {

dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nuxt-3-top-level-import/package.json

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     "start": "node .output/server/index.mjs",
     "clean": "npx nuxi cleanup",
     "test": "playwright test",
-    "test:build": "pnpm install && npx playwright install && pnpm build",
+    "test:build": "pnpm install && pnpm build",
     "test:assert": "pnpm test"
   },
   "dependencies": {

dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nuxt-3/package.json

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     "start:import": "node --import ./.output/server/sentry.server.config.mjs .output/server/index.mjs",
     "clean": "npx nuxi cleanup",
     "test": "playwright test",
-    "test:build": "pnpm install && npx playwright install && pnpm build",
+    "test:build": "pnpm install && pnpm build",
     "test:assert": "pnpm test"
   },
   "dependencies": {

dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nuxt-4/package.json

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     "start:import": "node --import ./.output/server/sentry.server.config.mjs .output/server/index.mjs",
     "clean": "npx nuxi cleanup",
     "test": "playwright test",
-    "test:build": "pnpm install && npx playwright install && pnpm build",
+    "test:build": "pnpm install && pnpm build",
     "test:assert": "pnpm test"
   },
   "dependencies": {

dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/react-17/package.json

@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@
     "start": "serve -s build",
     "test": "playwright test",
     "clean": "npx rimraf node_modules pnpm-lock.yaml",
-    "test:build": "pnpm install && npx playwright install && pnpm build",
-    "test:build-ts3.8": "pnpm install && pnpm add [email protected] && npx playwright install && pnpm build",
-    "test:build-canary": "pnpm install && pnpm add react@canary react-dom@canary && npx playwright install && pnpm build",
+    "test:build": "pnpm install && pnpm build",
+    "test:build-ts3.8": "pnpm install && pnpm add [email protected] && pnpm build",
+    "test:build-canary": "pnpm install && pnpm add react@canary react-dom@canary && pnpm build",
     "test:assert": "pnpm test"
   },
   "eslintConfig": {

dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/react-19/package.json

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     "start": "serve -s build",
     "test": "playwright test",
     "clean": "npx rimraf node_modules pnpm-lock.yaml",
-    "test:build": "pnpm install && npx playwright install && pnpm build",
+    "test:build": "pnpm install && pnpm build",
     "test:assert": "pnpm test"
   },
   "eslintConfig": {