JavaScript prompt (window-based alert with input) auto-closes in CodeceptJS with Playwright + BDD — how to handle it? #5050

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1. mirao commented on Sep 19, 2025

   

   mirao

   on Sep 19, 2025

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   The automatic dismissing seems to be Playwright feature: https://playwright.dev/docs/dialogs#alert-confirm-prompt-dialogs

   In my case (reloading of a page in a text editor causes a browser alert and I need to handle it) the following stuff works for me. I'm using traditional Playwright tests (non BDD).
   But not sure about your "window-based alert with input".

   Scenario("Reload the page and confirm to stay in the editor", () => {
       // Automatically cancel the popup
       I.amCancellingPopups();
   
       // Reload page
       // Note we can't use I.refreshPage() here, because it waits for the page to be fully loaded, but in this case the page loading is blocked by the popup
       I.executeScript(() => {
           location.reload();
       });
   
       // This only cleans up the popup in CodeceptJS state
       I.cancelPopup();
   
       I.seeElement(buttonsFragment.save);
   });
   
   Scenario("Reload the page and confirm to leave the editor", () => {
       // Automatically accept the popup
       I.amAcceptingPopups();
   
       // Reload page
       I.executeScript(() => {
           location.reload();
       });
   
       // This only cleans up the popup in CodeceptJS state
       I.acceptPopup();
   
       // Verify we are on the iPlanner page
       I.seeElement(tipCommonPage.header);
       // Verify the Edit instrument dialog is closed
       I.dontSeeElement(buttonsFragment.save);
   });
2. github-actions commented on Dec 19, 2025

   

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   on Dec 19, 2025 – with GitHub Actions

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