{
  "slug": "html-reporter-supports-mergefiles-configuration-3bbad604857c",
  "title": "HTML reporter supports mergeFiles configuration",
  "tools": [
    "playwright"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "agent"
  ],
  "introduced_at": "2026-07-24T21:55:03.000Z",
  "announced_at": "2026-07-24T21:55:03.000Z",
  "effective_at": null,
  "date_basis": "source-publication",
  "status": "unknown",
  "how": {
    "incantation": "When using Playwright v1.62.0 or later, set the HTML reporter’s `mergeFiles` option to `true` in the config to group tests by their top-level `test.describe()` title.",
    "examples": [
      "import { defineConfig } from '@playwright/test';\nexport default defineConfig({\n  reporter: [['html', { mergeFiles: true }]],\n});"
    ],
    "gotchas": [
      "Version: v1.62.0",
      "reporter: [['html', { mergeFiles: true }]]: HTML reporter configuration; `mergeFiles` is an optional boolean that groups tests by their top-level `test.describe()` title instead of by file.",
      "Prerequisite: Playwright v1.62.0 or later; `mergeFiles` was introduced in v1.62.0.",
      "The Merge files grouping was previously only a UI toggle."
    ]
  },
  "why_it_matters": "Enable merged file grouping in the HTML report from the Playwright config.",
  "before": "Merge files grouping was previously available only as a UI toggle.",
  "sources": [
    "https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/releases/tag/v1.62.0",
    "https://playwright.dev/docs/release-notes",
    "https://playwright.dev/docs/test-reporters"
  ],
  "rank": 0.97038,
  "judge": {
    "publish": true,
    "judge_model": "codex-cli/gpt-6-luna+typesafe/jev-1.13.0",
    "prompt_version": "extract-v7+enrich-v1+judge-v2x3+jev-publish-v1"
  },
  "review_state": "approved",
  "provenance": {
    "run_id": "backfill-20261007",
    "verdict_id": "backfill-20261007:backfill-20261007-48c92cac04e84aed-12:gate",
    "evidence_hash": "b17276139b84e8e6a01d64416d3a7c27f07ddffc91b7a327300bf595585d287e"
  },
  "review": {
    "draft_hash": "98045271332e6ef070bfbbc3a457e7f1aecc6179d7c301eb7e0d4fbd2cf170a2",
    "reviewer": "publication-gate",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z",
    "decision": "backfill-20261007:gate",
    "reason": "3 of 3 judge runs approved with p_yes >= 0.9 (mean 0.97 >= 0.9; 2 needed) and Jev gave 0.70 (>= 0.6 needed)."
  }
}