Playwright Cloud
Infrastructure
Purpose-built for test scale. Parallel execution. Kubernetes-native. No more brittle Selenium grids.
Why Playwright? Why Not Selenium?
Traditional Selenium Grid
Stateful infrastructure
Grid nodes stay running 24/7, accumulating OS junk and flaky state
Poor scalability
Adding capacity means provisioning & maintaining more nodes. No elasticity.
Test pollution
Shared state across tests. Browser cookies, cache, and local storage leak between runs.
High maintenance burden
Grid requires active monitoring, patching, and manual debugging of infrastructure issues.
QA Guardian Approach
Ephemeral containers
Fresh container per test. No state carryover. Born clean, deleted after completion.
Kubernetes-native
Runs on GKE. Auto-scales based on demand. Pay only for actual test runtime.
True parallelism
Spin up 50 test containers simultaneously. Linear speed improvement without bottlenecks.
Zero infrastructure overhead
We handle scaling, updates, and monitoring. You just run tests.
How It Works Under the Hood
Test Submission (CI/CD Integration)
You commit code. Your CI/CD pipeline (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, etc.) triggers a webhook. Guardian receives your test suite and configuration.
→ Guardian API receives test specs
Kubernetes Container Orchestration
Guardian's Kubernetes scheduler analyzes your test suite and spins up ephemeral containers on GKE. Each container is a fresh, isolated environment with Playwright pre-installed.
- One container per test spec (or batch)
- Resource limits: CPU, memory, network
- Auto-scaling based on queue depth
Playwright Test Execution
Inside each container, Playwright runs your test suite. We support standard Playwright config, reporters, and lifecycle hooks. Your tests run the same way locally and in the cloud.
- Standard Playwright TypeScript/JS
- Headless Chrome/Firefox/WebKit
- Full video recording & DOM snapshots
Live Debugging & Full Traces
Don't just watch videos of failures. Connect to running tests in real-time via VNC, or download full Playwright Trace Viewer timelines to inspect network requests and DOM snapshots.
- Live VNC debugging access
- Full Playwright Trace Viewer retention
- Video replay & AI-powered failure analysis
Performance & Reliability Wins
Parallel Execution
100 tests on a serial grid = 1 hour. 100 tests on Guardian = 5 minutes. Each test runs in its own container, no queuing.
Linear speed improvement with each added worker node
Test Isolation
Every test starts from zero. No shared browser state, no leftover cookies, no race conditions. Flaky tests become reliable.
Ephemeral containers = 100% test independence
Auto-Scaling
Run 1 test or 1000 tests. Infrastructure scales elastically.
Kubernetes handles scheduling and resource allocation
Global Reach
Run tests from multiple geographic regions. Test your CDN, geo-blocking, and latency-sensitive features accurately.
Multi-region container deployment
Technical Specifications
Compute & Network
- • Container runtime: Docker (OCI-compliant)
- • Orchestration: Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
- • CPU per container: 2-4 vCPU (configurable)
- • Memory per container: 4-8GB (configurable)
- • Network: Dedicated VPC, low-latency interconnect
- • Timeout: 30min per test spec (configurable)
Playwright & Browsers
- • Playwright version: Latest stable + 2 prior
- • Browsers: Chrome, Firefox, WebKit (all headless)
- • Video recording: Full-HD 30fps
- • Screenshot capture: DOM snapshots on failure
- • HAR recording: Network logs for debugging
- • Trace files: Browser debugging protocol capture
Storage & Retention
- • Test logs: 90-day retention (configurable)
- • Video files: Cloud Storage (Google Cloud)
- • Artifacts: Auto-cleanup after 60 days
- • Database: PostgreSQL (multi-region replication)
- • Backup: Automated daily snapshots
Security & Compliance
- • Encryption: TLS in-transit, AES-256 at-rest
- • Network: Private VPC, no public internet exposure
- • RBAC: Role-based access control
- • Audit logs: All actions logged for compliance
- • SOC 2 Type II certified
- • HIPAA & GDPR compliant
Ready to eliminate test infrastructure headaches?
We manage the Kubernetes infrastructure so you just see the results. Book a demo to see it running on your test suite.