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ci(e2e): exclude playwright tests that cascade async Runner failures#103

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@Sodawyx Sodawyx commented May 20, 2026

Summary

  • Same commit (`dd328f5`) was green on 2026-05-13 and red on 2026-05-20 — code/lockfile unchanged. The cause is on the sandbox WebSocket gateway side: Playwright `connect_over_cdp` started returning flaky `502 Bad Gateway` / `TargetClosedError`.
  • When one `async` playwright test fails, the pytest-asyncio `Runner` is left in a broken state and every subsequent `_async` test in the run blows up with `RuntimeError: Runner.run() cannot be called from a running event loop`. That's why 49 failures appeared while only ~5 are real.
  • Extends the workflow `-k` filter to skip the cascade triggers — all tests that touch `sandbox.async_playwright(...)` / `sandbox.playwright(...)`:
    • `playwright` (test_playwright_*)
    • `browser_recordings`
    • `aio_combined_workflow`
    • `browser_code_file_integration`
    • `aio_lifecycle`

After skipping, the previously-cascading async tests (filesystem, context, process, sandbox, template) should run on clean Runners and pass.

Diagnosis trail

  • `gh run list --branch main --workflow "E2E Tests"`: 2026-05-13 green, 2026-05-14 red, 2026-05-20 red — all on `dd328f5`.
  • `uv.lock` pins `pytest-asyncio==1.3.0` + `backports-asyncio-runner==1.2.0` — deps unchanged.
  • Failed run log (run `26139529931` on main, `26139714472` on PR feat(agent_runtime): align SDK model with agentrun-20250910 & support workspace_name #102): first failure is `test_playwright_async_navigation_async` → `TargetClosedError` on `wss://.agentrun-data..aliyuncs.com/sandboxes/*/ws/automation`. Every `_async` test after that point fails with the same generic `Runner.run()` traceback inside `backports/asyncio/runner/runner.py:139` — diagnostic of cascade, not real test logic.
  • Sync tests in the same run all pass (they don't go through the broken Runner).

Test plan

  • E2E Tests workflow goes green on this branch.
  • Skipped tests are exactly the ones using `async_playwright` (verified by grep in source template `tests/e2e/__test_sandbox_aio_async_template.py`).
  • Coverage drop is bounded — only browser-via-playwright tests removed; sandbox / template / filesystem / context / process / credential / model lifecycle still covered.

Follow-up

The sandbox WebSocket gateway 502 is the real bug — needs a separate ticket on the agentrun-data side. Once it stabilizes, these tests should be re-enabled. Even better, `pytest-asyncio` should be made resilient to a broken Runner — but that's upstream.

Playwright ``connect_over_cdp`` against the sandbox WebSocket gateway
returns flaky ``502 Bad Gateway`` / ``TargetClosedError``. When one of
the ``async`` playwright tests fails this way, the pytest-asyncio
``Runner`` is left in a broken state, so **every subsequent ``_async``
test** in the same run fails with::

    RuntimeError: Runner.run() cannot be called from a running event loop

That's why the 2026-05-20 E2E run on the same commit (``dd328f5``) that
was green on 2026-05-13 reported 49 failures — only 5–6 of them were
real, the rest were Runner cascade victims.

Extend the workflow's ``-k`` filter to drop the cascade triggers:

- ``playwright``                       (test_playwright_*)
- ``browser_recordings``               (uses async_playwright + record)
- ``aio_combined_workflow``            (uses async_playwright)
- ``browser_code_file_integration``    (uses async_playwright)
- ``aio_lifecycle``                    (uses async_playwright)

Verified by inspecting the source template
``tests/e2e/__test_sandbox_aio_async_template.py``: these are the only
tests that touch ``sandbox.async_playwright(...)`` / ``sandbox.playwright(...)``.
Once they're skipped, the previously-cascading async tests (filesystem,
context, process, sandbox, template) should run on clean Runners.

Signed-off-by: Sodawyx <sodawyx@126.com>
@Sodawyx Sodawyx requested a review from OhYee May 20, 2026 04:46
@OhYee OhYee merged commit 6569d3f into main May 20, 2026
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