browser mode, playwright: how to make tests fail faster?

[jnizet]

I use vitest 4.0.7, in browser mode, with the playwright provider, in chromium headless.

If I write a test such as

test('bla bla', async () => {
  await expect.element(page.getByLabelText('There is no such label')).toBeVisible();
});

it takes a looooong time to fail (around 30 seconds). Is there a way around that? It's very frustrating to wait for 30 seconds before being able to know why a test is failing.

I tried customizing the vitest configuration that way (and can confirm that it is loaded), but it doesn't change anything:

import { defineConfig } from 'vitest/config';

console.log('HELLO');

export default defineConfig({
  test: {
    expect: {
      poll: {
        interval: 20,
        timeout: 1000
      }
    },
    testTimeout: 1000,
    hookTimeout: 1000
  }
});

[sheremet-va]

I tried customizing the vitest configuration that way (and can confirm that it is loaded), but it doesn't change anything:

How can it work if it doesn't have the browser configuration? 🤔

Generally speaking, the timeout depends on the test timeout (how much time is left - 100ms)

[jnizet]

It's part of an Angular project, where the Angular CLI defines a config and merges it with the config I specify in the file. That's why it works without the browser configuration.

Are you saying that the testTimeout is the correct option to make the tests fail fast? If so, either it's not honored by vitest, or there is a bug with the merging done by the Angular CLI.

I will investigate, thank you.

[jnizet]

It was indeed the Angular CLI that didn't merge the config correctly.
Thank you @sheremet-va and sorry for the noise.