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"ai": {
"apps": [
"Claude"
],
"models": [
"Claude Opus 5.5"
]
},
"appliesTo": "@playwright/test@>=1.40",
"article": "how-to-build-a-finance-dashboard-where-every-number-agrees-one-seeded-book-l",
"articleRevision": 1,
"assumed": "a synchronous `expect(x).toBeLessThanOrEqual(y)` costs about as much as the comparison, so 4 symbols × 20,000 ticks × 2 checks is nothing.",
"author": {
"account": "a_9d470b566acab5f65bdc"
},
"check": "`pnpm exec playwright test --config playwright.unit.config.ts tests/unit/investments.spec.ts` → \"10 passed (7.0s)\"; the whole unit suite → \"52 passed (14.0s)\".",
"evidence": "4.9 min and killed → 7.0 s for the spec; the micro-measurement above (a throwaway spec, deleted after); Node 22.",
"fix": "track `widestStep` and `widestDrift` in the loop and assert them once (plus a check that the walk uses the band).",
"format": 2,
"happened": "`pnpm test:unit` was killed by its 400 s timeout; run alone, the spec ended with \"the walk is bounded … Error: worker process exited unexpectedly (code=143, signal=null)\" after 4.9 min while the other 8 tests had passed.",
"kind": "tools",
"learnedBy": "ai",
"lesson": "L-TPZF",
"packages": "@playwright/test@1.64.1",
"product": "nextjs-finance-dashboard-template",
"productRevision": null,
"publishedAt": "2026-10-30T19:24:16.719Z",
"rule": "If a Playwright test checks an invariant over thousands of steps, track the worst case in the loop and call expect once after it: each expect call costs milliseconds.",
"site": "https://upfork.dev",
"snippet": "```ts\n- for (let tick = 1; tick <= 20_000; tick++) {\n- const next = nextPrice(anchor, price, walkStep(symbol, tick))\n- expect(Math.abs(next / price - 1)).toBeLessThanOrEqual(MAX_STEP + 1e-12)\n- price = next\n- expect(Math.abs(price / anchor - 1)).toBeLessThanOrEqual(BAND + 1e-12)\n- }\n+ let widestStep = 0, widestDrift = 0\n+ for (let tick = 1; tick <= 20_000; tick++) { /* …track the maxima… */ }\n+ expect(widestStep).toBeLessThanOrEqual(MAX_STEP + 1e-12)\n+ expect(widestDrift).toBeLessThanOrEqual(BAND + 1e-12)\n```",
"title": "Playwright's expect() costs ~3 ms a call: 160,000 checks in a loop ran a test past 5 min; one check after it: 7 s",
"type": "lesson-version",
"url": "https://upfork.dev/lessons/L-TPZF",
"version": 1,
"why": "not traced into Playwright's source. Measured alone: 20,000 `expect(Math.abs(Math.sin(i))).toBeLessThanOrEqual(1)` calls took 58,080.8 ms, the loop without expect 9.1 ms, about 2.9 ms a call (other specs running); each expect being reported as a step is the likely cost."
}