ci(browser): install Playwright for local-provider smoke path

[anand-testcompare]

Summary

• cache Playwright browser binaries for browser QA jobs in CI and TUI release workflows
• install Chromium when Browserbase credentials are not configured (local provider path)
• keep Browserbase path unchanged when secrets are present

Why

The staged browser QA run currently fails on repositories/environments without Browserbase secrets because the local provider path did not install a browser executable.

Validation

• bun x ultracite check
• actionlint .github/workflows/ci.yml .github/workflows/tui-release.yml

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Chores
  • Optimized CI/CD pipeline infrastructure for improved build efficiency.

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Project	Deployment	Actions	Updated (UTC)
cable-intel-web	Ready	Preview, Comment	Feb 24, 2026 7:36pm

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📥 Commits

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📒 Files selected for processing (2)

• .github/workflows/ci.yml
• .github/workflows/tui-release.yml

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Walkthrough

CI workflow files (.github/workflows/) receive conditional Playwright browser caching and installation steps that activate when Browserbase API credentials are absent. The browser binaries are cached with keys derived from bun lock files and package manifests.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Summary
GitHub Actions CI Workflows .github/workflows/ci.yml, .github/workflows/tui-release.yml	Added conditional Playwright browser cache and installation steps for local provider (Chromium). Steps execute when BROWSERBASE_API_KEY or BROWSERBASE_PROJECT_ID are empty, caching ~/.cache/ms-playwright with keys derived from bun.lock, bun.lockb, and package.json files.

Poem

🐰 A cache for browsers, swift and bright,
When Browserbase sleeps through the night,
We cache our Playwright, lock and key,
CI runs faster, happy as can be!
Hopping through workflows with playwright delight! 🏃‍♂️✨

✨ Finishing Touches

🧪 Generate unit tests (beta)

• Create PR with unit tests
• Post copyable unit tests in a comment
• Commit unit tests in branch fix/browser-qa-playwright-install

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[github-actions]

Browser QA (agent-browser)

• Screenshots artifact: browser-qa
• Browserbase replay: unavailable