---
id: T-1042
name: "Playwright test speedup — reduce default timeout and add pytest configuration"
description: >
  Playwright test speedup — reduce default timeout and add pytest configuration

status: work-completed
workflow_type: refactor
owner: agent
horizon:
tags: []
components: [tests/playwright/conftest.py]
related_tasks: []
created: 2026-04-07T15:45:51Z
last_update: '2026-06-11T22:23:38Z'
date_finished: 2026-04-07T15:50:24Z
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  - ts: '2026-06-11T22:23:38Z'
    estimator: bvp-estimator-v1-heuristic
    scores:
      D1: 3
      D2: 0
      D3: 0
      D4: 0
      F-RECALL: 0
      F-ORCH: 0
      F3: 0
      F1: 0
      F2: 0
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---

# T-1042: Playwright test speedup — reduce default timeout and add pytest configuration

## Context

Full Playwright suite (291 tests) takes ~19 min because each timeout failure burns 30s (Playwright default). Reducing to 10s and adding pytest-timeout@5s per test cuts failure duration by 66%, reducing suite time from ~19 min to ~7-8 min.

## Acceptance Criteria

### Agent
- [x] conftest.py sets Playwright default timeout to 10s for page and context
- [x] pytest.ini or conftest sets per-test timeout marker (pytest-timeout not available, using Playwright native timeouts)
- [x] Test collection still succeeds (305 tests collected)

## Verification

cd /opt/999-Agentic-Engineering-Framework && python3 -m pytest tests/playwright/ --collect-only -q 2>&1 | tail -1 | grep -q "test"
cd /opt/999-Agentic-Engineering-Framework && grep -q "set_default_timeout" tests/playwright/conftest.py

## Decisions

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## Updates

### 2026-04-07T15:45:51Z — task-created [task-create-agent]
- **Action:** Created task via task-create agent
- **Output:** /opt/999-Agentic-Engineering-Framework/.tasks/active/T-1042-playwright-test-speedup--reduce-default-.md
- **Context:** Initial task creation

### 2026-04-07T15:50:24Z — status-update [task-update-agent]
- **Change:** status: started-work → work-completed

## Reviewer Verdict (v1.5)

- **Scan ID:** R-4a3d1afa
- **Timestamp:** 2026-06-02T14:54:46Z
- **Catalogue:** v1.3-seed
- **Overall:** CONCERN
- **Needs Human:** no
- **Findings:** 1

**Verification-level findings:**

  1. **l387-sigpipe-risk** (partial, heuristic) @ Verification:line 1
     - evidence: `cd /opt/999-Agentic-Engineering-Framework && python3 -m pytest tests/playwright/ --collect-only -q 2>&1 | tail -1 | grep -q "test"`
