From 3b3f212cebf1cc336deaaace44ef030ce663b993 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeppe Bundgaard <jb@truckwash.dk>
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2026 18:54:25 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] ci: use polling for Playwright Vite server

---
 playwright.global-setup.mjs | 15 +++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/playwright.global-setup.mjs b/playwright.global-setup.mjs
index 5715042e..8c527a6a 100644
--- a/playwright.global-setup.mjs
+++ b/playwright.global-setup.mjs
@@ -19,6 +19,16 @@ const stderrLogFile = path.resolve(serverLogDir, `dev-server-${runtimeNamespace}
 const viteCliPath = path.resolve(process.cwd(), "node_modules/vite/bin/vite.js");
 const serverOutputLimit = 80;
 const activeOutputReaders = [];
+const viteServerEnv = {
+  ...process.env,
+  PLAYWRIGHT: "1",
+  ...(process.env.CI
+    ? {
+        CHOKIDAR_INTERVAL: process.env.CHOKIDAR_INTERVAL || "300",
+        CHOKIDAR_USEPOLLING: process.env.CHOKIDAR_USEPOLLING || "true",
+      }
+    : {}),
+};
 // Hardlinked Windows worktrees can break Vite's bundled config temp paths during Playwright boot.
 const viteDevArgs = [
   ...(process.env.PLAYWRIGHT_VITE_FORCE === "1" ? ["--force"] : []),
@@ -449,10 +459,7 @@ export default async function globalSetup() {
   const serverProcess = spawn(process.execPath, [viteCliPath, ...viteDevArgs], {
     cwd: process.cwd(),
     detached: true,
-    env: {
-      ...process.env,
-      PLAYWRIGHT: "1",
-    },
+    env: viteServerEnv,
     stdio: ["ignore", "pipe", "pipe"],
     windowsHide: true,
   });