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Playwright Test Failures to Fix

Failures from the defaults branch PR: https://github.com/BrowserSync/bslive/actions/runs/22034914640/job/63666068435

All 9 failures are caused by two issues introduced during experiments on the defaults branch.

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Issue 1: BsLiveRules event not handled by test utils (causes test 1)

The server now emits a BsLiveRules event ("bslive rules violated") on startup for watch-based configs. The test utility code doesn't recognise this event kind and logs "cannot continue - probably an unsupported type", causing watch-graceful to timeout waiting for expected messages.

Failing test:

• graceful_exit.spec.ts:15 — "graceful exit on timeout" (Error: 1000 timeout expired)

Files:

• tests/utils.ts — line ~117-121, the loose.safeParse fallback logs but doesn't handle BsLiveRules
• crates/bsnext_input/src/lib.rs — BsLiveRulesError definition (~line 294)
• crates/bsnext_system/src/start/start_kind/start_from_inputs.rs — where the event is emitted

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Issue 2: Output format changed — prefix and task_id fields (causes tests 2-9)

The OutputLine payload shape changed. Previously each output line had "prefix": "[run]" and no task_id. Now:

• prefix is a random short ID like "[M3CpiT]" instead of the fixed "[run]"
• A new task_id field is present in the payload

This breaks all assertions that check the exact shape of OutputLine objects.

Failing tests:

• watcher.before.spec.ts:15 — "running before" (expected "[run]", got random prefix + extra task_id field)
• watcher.cancellation.spec.ts:15 — "cancellation of sibling tasks" (can't find "starting succeeding task" line)
• watcher.fail.spec.ts:15 — "ignoring failures in a task sequence" (extra task_id field)
• watcher.patterns.spec.ts:15 — "patterns in globs" (extra task_id field)
• watcher.spec.ts:95 — "custom output for index.html" (random prefix + task_id)
• watcher.spec.ts:115 — "custom output for 01.txt" (extra task_id)
• watcher.spec.ts:135 — "custom output for 02.txt" (extra task_id)
• watcher.spec.ts:155 — "without prefix" (extra task_id)

Files:

• tests/watcher.before.spec.ts
• tests/watcher.cancellation.spec.ts
• tests/watcher.fail.spec.ts
• tests/watcher.patterns.spec.ts
• tests/watcher.spec.ts
• tests/graceful_exit.spec.ts

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Summary

Both issues stem from changes to task execution on the defaults branch. To fix: either revert the output format changes (prefix/task_id) or update the test expectations and utils to handle the new shape.