Test in verbose mode fails when custom's helper method _beforeSuite/_afteSuite calls an internal helper method

[mirao]

It's a regression in 3.5.5. It works well with 3.5.4
I guess it's related to the new feature #3858

What are you trying to achieve?

The test should pass in --debug and in --verbose mode

What do you get instead?

The test passes in --debug mode, but fails in --verbose mode

Provide console output if related. Use --verbose mode for more details.

~/workspace/codeceptjs/tests/my$ codeceptjs run My_test.ts --verbose

 Environment information:-

codeceptVersion:  "3.5.5"
nodeInfo:  18.15.0
osInfo:  Linux 5.15 Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS 22.04.3 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)
cpuInfo:  (12) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8850H CPU @ 2.60GHz
chromeInfo:  117.0.5938.62
edgeInfo:  "N/A"
firefoxInfo:  117.0.1
safariInfo:  N/A
helpers:  {
 "Playwright": {
  "browser": "chromium",
  "url": "http://localhost",
  "show": true
 },
 "MyHelper": {
  "require": "./myhelper_helper.ts"
 }
}
plugins:  {
 "screenshotOnFail": {
  "enabled": true
 }
}
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CodeceptJS v3.5.5 #StandWithUkraine
Using test root "/home/mirao/workspace/codeceptjs/tests/my"

My --
  ✖ "before all" hook: codeceptjs.beforeSuite for "test something" in 349ms
TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'close')

-- FAILURES:

  1) My
       "before all" hook: codeceptjs.beforeSuite for "test something":
     Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'close')
      at Playwright._stopBrowser (/home/mirao/workspace/codeceptjs/node_modules/.pnpm/codeceptjs@3.5.5_e6w65ce3sp4lg2q5fzcoe2hnqu/node_modules/codeceptjs/lib/helper/Playwright.js:833:24)
      at Playwright.restartBrowser (/home/mirao/workspace/codeceptjs/node_modules/.pnpm/codeceptjs@3.5.5_e6w65ce3sp4lg2q5fzcoe2hnqu/node_modules/codeceptjs/lib/helper/Playwright.js:1043:16)
      at MyHelper._beforeSuite (myhelper_helper.ts:5:39)
  
  


  FAIL  | 0 passed, 1 failed   // 356ms
Run with --verbose flag to see complete NodeJS stacktrace

Provide test source code if related

My_test.ts

Feature("My");

Scenario("test something", () => {});

myhelper_helper.ts

import Helper from "@codeceptjs/helper";

class MyHelper extends Helper {
    async _beforeSuite() {
        await this.helpers.Playwright.restartBrowser();
    }
}

export = MyHelper;

Details

• CodeceptJS version: 3.5.5
• NodeJS Version: 18.15.0
• Operating System: Ubuntu 22.04
• Playwright 1.37.1
• Configuration file:

export const config: CodeceptJS.MainConfig = {
    tests: "./*_test.ts",
    output: "./output",
    helpers: {
        Playwright: {
            browser: "chromium",
            url: "http://localhost",
            show: true,
        },
        MyHelper: {
            require: "./myhelper_helper.ts",
        },
    },
    name: "my",
};

[kobenguyent]

true @mirao that is the issue unfortunately.