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Discovery consent

Test discovery runs playwright test --list in your workspace, which executes the workspace’s Playwright configuration and test files. The extension therefore runs nothing from a folder until it is trusted, much like Workspace Trust protects the upstream VS Code extension.

Zed 0.218 or newer

Section titled “Zed 0.218 or newer”

Zed asks whether you trust a folder (Restricted Mode) and starts language servers only after you do. That answer is the only question: the Playwright server discovers tests at once and Zed remembers the trust across restarts.

Zed asking whether to trust the sample-project folder before any language server starts.
On Zed 0.218 or newer the worktree trust question is the only question; older Zed shows the Playwright notification instead. (Zed 1.26.2, Playwright Runner 0.8.0, Linux (Ubuntu 26.04, GNOME))
  • To revoke trust, run workspace: clear trusted worktrees (it clears every trusted folder and restarts Zed).
  • "session": { "trust_all_worktrees": true } in your user settings makes discovery run in every folder without asking, as turning off Workspace Trust does in VS Code.
  • Inside a dev container Zed applies no worktree trust, so discovery runs without a question once you have chosen Open in Container.

Older Zed releases and other editors

Section titled “Older Zed releases and other editors”

The Playwright server shows one notification: it names the folder, explains that discovery executes the workspace’s Playwright configuration and test files, and offers Run discovery and Not now. The same question appears on any Zed release when a folder reaches the server only as a root URI rather than as a workspace folder.

  • Run discovery starts discovery at once; lenses and run actions appear and nothing asks again until Zed is restarted or the folder is closed.
  • Not now, or closing the notification, keeps the extension idle for that folder: nothing from it is executed and no run actions are offered. To change your mind, open any file in the folder, press ctrl-. and choose Playwright: Enable test discovery.
  • The answer is remembered for the editing session only; each root folder is asked separately. Reading the installed Playwright version never executes workspace code, so the “version too old” warning can appear before you answer.

Screenshots on this site show Zed 1.26.2 on Linux with Playwright Runner 0.8.0; the window chrome differs per platform.