16. Global Authentication & Session Reuse

Global Auth Setup (auth.setup.js)

import { test as setup } from "@playwright/test";
setup("authenticate user", async ({ page }) => {
  await page.goto("/login");
  await page.getByLabel("Email").fill("tester@targetqa.com");
  await page.getByLabel("Password").fill("Password123!");
  await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Sign in" }).click();
  await page.waitForURL("**/dashboard");
// Save session state to disk:
  await page.context().storageState({ path: "playwright/.auth/user.json" });
});