fix: reduce default Playwright test timeout from 60s to 30s in CI

[keithwillcode]

What does this PR do?

Reduces the default Playwright test timeout in CI from 60s to 30s to fail fast on slow tests, encouraging system improvements rather than waiting for slow operations.

Changes:

• Overall test timeout: 60s → 30s in CI
• Local timeout remains high (240s) for developer convenience
• Step-level timeouts (navigation, action, expect) remain unchanged at 30s

This is a simplified version of the original PR - all 1-off timeout overrides and step-level timeout changes have been reverted per Keith's request.

Mandatory Tasks (DO NOT REMOVE)

• I have self-reviewed the code (A decent size PR without self-review might be rejected).
• I have updated the developer docs in /docs if this PR makes changes that would require a documentation change. N/A - configuration change only.
• I confirm automated tests are in place that prove my fix is effective or that my feature works.

How should this be tested?

This change affects CI behavior only. To verify:

1. Run the Playwright test suite in CI
2. Tests taking longer than 30s total will now fail (previously 60s)
3. This helps identify slow tests that need optimization

Checklist

• My code follows the style guidelines of this project
• I haven't checked if my changes generate no new warnings

Human Review Checklist

• Verify 30s overall test timeout is acceptable for CI (reduced from 60s)
• Note: Step-level timeouts remain at 30s (unchanged from main)
• Consider if any tests legitimately need more than 30s and may need individual test.setTimeout() overrides added later

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Requested by: keith@cal.com (@keithwillcode)

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1 issue found across 1 file

Prompt for AI agents (all issues)

Check if these issues are valid — if so, understand the root cause of each and fix them.


<file name="playwright.config.ts">

<violation number="1" location="playwright.config.ts:21">
P2: The comment above this line states the test timeout &quot;should be much higher than sum of expect and navigation timeouts&quot;, but the new value (30s) is now equal to (not higher than) the individual step timeouts (navigation: 30s, expect: 30s). Consider updating the comment to reflect the new intentional design choice of failing fast on slow tests rather than accommodating multiple slow operations.</violation>
</file>

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2 issues found across 1 file (changes from recent commits).

Prompt for AI agents (all issues)

Check if these issues are valid — if so, understand the root cause of each and fix them.


<file name="playwright.config.ts">

<violation number="1" location="playwright.config.ts:16">
P1: The actual changes contradict the PR description. The description states &quot;Step-level timeouts (navigation, action, expect) remain unchanged at 30s&quot;, but this line reduces navigation timeout from 30s to 10s in CI. If the intent is to keep step-level timeouts at 30s as stated, this change should be reverted to `30000`. If 10s is intentional, the PR description needs to be updated.</violation>

<violation number="2" location="playwright.config.ts:17">
P1: Same issue as above - this contradicts the PR description which states &quot;Step-level timeouts (navigation, action, expect) remain unchanged at 30s&quot;, but this reduces expect timeout from 30s to 10s. Additionally, the comment above states test timeout should be &quot;much higher than sum of expect and navigation timeouts&quot; - with test timeout at 30s and this at 10s, the ratio is tighter than before.</violation>
</file>

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