Add playwright to the project to share browser versions with packages such as vite/browser-playwright for vitest.

config.playwright-cli.yaml

@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
 #ddev-generated
 hooks:
   post-start:
+    # Ensure playwright-cli is installed.
+    - exec: "[ -x /var/www/html/node_modules/.bin/playwright-cli ] || npm install --save-dev @playwright/cli"
+    # Symlink so it can be called directly.
+    - exec: "ln -sf /var/www/html/node_modules/.bin/playwright-cli /usr/local/bin/playwright-cli"
+    # Install chromium and playwright-cli skills.
+    - exec: "playwright-cli install chromium"
     - exec: "[[ -d /var/www/html/.claude/skills/playwright-cli ]] || playwright-cli install --skills"
+    # Configure the cert store for DDEV/mkcert from the host.
     - exec: mkdir -p $HOME/.pki/nssdb && certutil -d sql:$HOME/.pki/nssdb -N --empty-password && certutil -d sql:$HOME/.pki/nssdb -A -t "C,," -n mkcert-ca -i $(mkcert -CAROOT)/rootCA.pem
 web_environment:
-- PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_BROWSER=chromium
+  - PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH=/mnt/ddev-global-cache/playwright-browsers
+  - PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_BROWSER=chromium

tests/test.bats

@@ -51,6 +51,14 @@ health_checks() {
   assert_line "### Page"
   assert_line "- Page URL: https://example.com/"
   assert_line "- Page Title: Example Domain"
+
+  # Check that it can be executed directly in the container.
+  DDEV_DEBUG=true run ddev exec playwright-cli open https://example.com/
+  assert_success
+  assert_line "  - browser-type: chromium"
+  assert_line "### Page"
+  assert_line "- Page URL: https://example.com/"
+  assert_line "- Page Title: Example Domain"
 }
 
 teardown() {

web-build/Dockerfile.playwright-cli

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #ddev-generated
-RUN npm install -g @playwright/cli@latest
-RUN npx playwright install-deps chromium
-# Install chromium as the user.
-RUN mkdir /.playwright && chmod 0777 /.playwright && sudo -u ${username} playwright-cli install chromium
+# Install Chromium OS dependencies (version-independent).
+RUN npx -y playwright install-deps chromium
 
 # Add the mkcert certificate authority.
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y libnss3-tools