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E2E with an interactive debugging UI.

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E2E testing tool that runs in the browser, with an interactive interface to watch and debug each step of the test.

When to use

When the team values the interactive debugging interface and the visual cycle of writing tests.

When to avoid

If you need several browsers and tabs in parallel at lower cost; Playwright covers that better.

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