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

[Ntripur]

I'm trying to handle a JavaScript prompt (window-based alert with input) dialog and input some text before accepting it. But the prompt seems to be automatically closing before I can interact with it, and the test just moves to the next step. Any idea how to handle this properly or prevent it from being auto-dismissed? Example code or tips would be really helpful. Thanks! im using Codeceptjs with playwright helper and BDD

[mirao]

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);
});

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