Restart browser only for a specific test file?

[socketopp]

Is this possible?

exports.config = {
  helpers: {
    Playwright: {
      restart: false,
       }
   }
...
  mocha: {
      grep: '@restart',
       only: true,
  }

};

Been tagging my Feature and Scenarios in that test file with @restart and it continues not to restart the browser when it begins on a new test file.

Any other ideas on how to achieve this?

[adudyak]

Browser is restarted between tests(between your _test.js/ts files). I assume, restart: "true" is default setting since CodeceptJS 3.1
You can additionally restart tests within same test file with method I.restartBrowser(). Put it in Before/After suites
Mocha is reporter, it won't restart browser.

[socketopp]

Sorry if I was unclear, my aim is to restart all tests between scenarios except scenarios in one specific test file. Not sure how I can accomplish that.

[adudyak]

first_test.js Browser will be restarted before each scenario:

Feature("restarted")

Before(({ I }) =>{
I.restartBrowser(contextOptions);
});

Scenario("1");
Scenario("2");

second_test.js Browser won't be restarted while running these scenarios:

Feature("not restarted");

Scenario("1");
Scenario("2");

If you want to not restart browser between first_test.js and second_test.js, then set restart: false in settings.
https://codecept.io/helpers/Playwright/#restartbrowser