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How to Test Grafana with Playwright

Test your Grafana dashboards and monitoring workflows with Playwright’s end-to-end testing framework. You’ll catch visualization bugs and ensure critical alerts work correctly by testing in a real browser environment. Use Playwright to automate dashboard interactions and validate data accuracy. View Grafana’s Playwright configuration from the official repository.

Setup

Install Playwright and configure for Grafana testing:

Write Tests

Create tests for dashboard functionality:
Playwright handles dashboard loading, data refresh cycles, and alert state changes automatically. You can test panel configurations, data source connections, and user permissions.

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