From 1b941bcf2eb0062980506312fb431efa8eafd06e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pavel Feldman <pavel.feldman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2023 15:11:44 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] chore: simplify ttests (#20733)

---
 tests/playwright-test/basic.spec.ts           |  52 ++--
 tests/playwright-test/deps.spec.ts            |  22 +-
 tests/playwright-test/esm.spec.ts             |   6 +-
 tests/playwright-test/exit-code.spec.ts       |   4 +-
 tests/playwright-test/expect-poll.spec.ts     |  18 +-
 tests/playwright-test/expect-soft.spec.ts     |  18 +-
 tests/playwright-test/expect-to-pass.spec.ts  |  26 +-
 tests/playwright-test/expect.spec.ts          |  22 +-
 tests/playwright-test/fixture-errors.spec.ts  |  34 +--
 tests/playwright-test/fixtures.spec.ts        |  28 +-
 tests/playwright-test/gitignore.spec.ts       |   8 +-
 tests/playwright-test/global-setup.spec.ts    |  42 +--
 tests/playwright-test/golden.spec.ts          |  26 +-
 tests/playwright-test/hooks.spec.ts           | 156 +++++------
 tests/playwright-test/list-mode.spec.ts       |   4 +-
 tests/playwright-test/loader.spec.ts          |  52 ++--
 tests/playwright-test/max-failures.spec.ts    |   4 +-
 .../playwright-test-fixtures.ts               |   7 +-
 .../playwright.ct-build.spec.ts               |  12 +-
 tests/playwright-test/playwright.spec.ts      |  30 +--
 .../reporter-attachment.spec.ts               |  34 +--
 tests/playwright-test/reporter-base.spec.ts   |  40 +--
 tests/playwright-test/reporter-dot.spec.ts    |  18 +-
 tests/playwright-test/reporter-github.spec.ts |  10 +-
 tests/playwright-test/reporter-html.spec.ts   |   4 +-
 tests/playwright-test/reporter-json.spec.ts   |   4 +-
 tests/playwright-test/reporter-line.spec.ts   |  12 +-
 tests/playwright-test/reporter-list.spec.ts   |  14 +-
 tests/playwright-test/reporter.spec.ts        | 245 +++++++++---------
 tests/playwright-test/resolver.spec.ts        |   4 +-
 tests/playwright-test/retry.spec.ts           |  14 +-
 tests/playwright-test/runner.spec.ts          |  50 ++--
 .../snapshot-path-template.spec.ts            |   4 +-
 tests/playwright-test/stdio.spec.ts           |  24 +-
 tests/playwright-test/test-info.spec.ts       |   4 +-
 tests/playwright-test/test-modifiers.spec.ts  |  48 ++--
 tests/playwright-test/test-output-dir.spec.ts |  16 +-
 tests/playwright-test/test-parallel.spec.ts   |  10 +-
 tests/playwright-test/test-serial.spec.ts     | 106 ++++----
 tests/playwright-test/test-step.spec.ts       |  26 +-
 tests/playwright-test/test-use.spec.ts        |   4 +-
 tests/playwright-test/timeout.spec.ts         |  16 +-
 .../to-have-screenshot.spec.ts                |  46 ++--
 tests/playwright-test/watch.spec.ts           |   6 +-
 44 files changed, 663 insertions(+), 667 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/basic.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/basic.spec.ts
index 56d8ba822f..3ed1868e89 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/basic.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/basic.spec.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { test, expect, stripAnsi } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
+import { test, expect } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
 
 test('should fail', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   const result = await runInlineTest({
@@ -286,17 +286,17 @@ test('should work with test wrapper', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   }, { workers: 1, reporter: 'line' });
   expect(result.passed).toBe(4);
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output).split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%'))).toEqual([
-    '%%a.spec',
-    '%%helper',
-    '%%b.spec',
-    '%%a.spec',
-    '%%helper',
-    '%%test1',
-    '%%suite1.test1',
-    '%%b.spec',
-    '%%test2',
-    '%%suite2.test2',
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    'a.spec',
+    'helper',
+    'b.spec',
+    'a.spec',
+    'helper',
+    'test1',
+    'suite1.test1',
+    'b.spec',
+    'test2',
+    'suite2.test2',
   ]);
 });
 
@@ -335,19 +335,19 @@ test('should work with test helper', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   }, { workers: 1, reporter: 'line' });
   expect(result.passed).toBe(4);
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output).split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%'))).toEqual([
-    '%%a.spec',
-    '%%helper-a',
-    '%%b.spec',
-    '%%helper-b',
-    '%%a.spec',
-    '%%helper-a',
-    '%%test1',
-    '%%suite1.test1',
-    '%%b.spec',
-    '%%helper-b',
-    '%%test2',
-    '%%suite2.test2',
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    'a.spec',
+    'helper-a',
+    'b.spec',
+    'helper-b',
+    'a.spec',
+    'helper-a',
+    'test1',
+    'suite1.test1',
+    'b.spec',
+    'helper-b',
+    'test2',
+    'suite2.test2',
   ]);
 });
 
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ test('should support describe() without a title', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   }, { reporter: 'list' });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
   expect(result.passed).toBe(1);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('a.spec.js:8:17 › suite1 › suite2 › my test');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('a.spec.js:8:17 › suite1 › suite2 › my test');
 });
 
 test('test.{skip,fixme} should define a skipped test', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/deps.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/deps.spec.ts
index 9d65876cc0..308b53197d 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/deps.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/deps.spec.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { test, expect, stripAnsi } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
+import { test, expect } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
 
 test('should run projects with dependencies', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   const result = await runInlineTest({
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ test('should run projects with dependencies', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   }, { workers: 1 }, undefined, { additionalArgs: ['--project=B', '--project=C'] });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
   expect(result.passed).toBe(3);
-  expect(extractLines(result.output)).toEqual(['A', 'B', 'C']);
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual(['A', 'B', 'C']);
 });
 
 test('should not run projects with dependencies when --no-deps is passed', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ test('should not run projects with dependencies when --no-deps is passed', async
   }, { workers: 1 }, undefined, { additionalArgs: ['--no-deps', '--project=B', '--project=C'] });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
   expect(result.passed).toBe(2);
-  expect(extractLines(result.output)).toEqual(['B', 'C']);
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual(['B', 'C']);
 });
 
 test('should not run project if dependency failed', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ test('should not run project if dependency failed', async ({ runInlineTest }) =>
   expect(result.failed).toBe(1);
   expect(result.skipped).toBe(1);
   expect(result.output).toContain('Failed project B');
-  expect(extractLines(result.output)).toEqual(['A', 'B']);
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual(['A', 'B']);
 });
 
 test('should not run project if dependency failed (2)', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ test('should not run project if dependency failed (2)', async ({ runInlineTest }
     `,
   }, { workers: 1 });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
-  expect(extractLines(result.output).sort()).toEqual(['A1', 'A2', 'A3', 'B1']);
+  expect(result.outputLines.sort()).toEqual(['A1', 'A2', 'A3', 'B1']);
 });
 
 test('should filter by project list, but run deps', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ test('should filter by project list, but run deps', async ({ runInlineTest }) =>
   expect(result.passed).toBe(3);
   expect(result.failed).toBe(0);
   expect(result.skipped).toBe(0);
-  expect(extractLines(result.output).sort()).toEqual(['A', 'C', 'D']);
+  expect(result.outputLines.sort()).toEqual(['A', 'C', 'D']);
 });
 
 
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ test('should not filter dependency by only', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
     });`,
   });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
-  expect(extractLines(result.output)).toEqual(['setup in setup', 'setup 2 in setup', 'test in browser']);
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual(['setup in setup', 'setup 2 in setup', 'test in browser']);
 });
 
 test('should not filter dependency by only 2', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ test('should not filter dependency by only 2', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
     });`,
   }, { project: ['setup'] });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
-  expect(extractLines(result.output)).toEqual(['setup 2 in setup']);
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual(['setup 2 in setup']);
 });
 
 test('should not filter dependency by only 3', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ test('should not filter dependency by only 3', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
     });`,
   }, undefined, undefined, { additionalArgs: ['setup-2.ts'] });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
-  expect(extractLines(result.output)).toEqual(['setup 2 in setup']);
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual(['setup 2 in setup']);
 });
 
 test('should report skipped dependent tests', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
@@ -261,7 +261,3 @@ test('should report circular dependencies', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
   expect(result.output).toContain('Circular dependency detected between projects.');
 });
-
-function extractLines(output: string): string[] {
-  return stripAnsi(output).split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%')).map(line => line.substring(2).trim());
-}
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/esm.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/esm.spec.ts
index ef77cdd411..a9aaa0d879 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/esm.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/esm.spec.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { test, expect, stripAnsi } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
+import { test, expect } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
 
 test('should load nested as esm when package.json has type module', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   const result = await runInlineTest({
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ test('should use source maps', async ({ runInlineTest, nodeVersion }) => {
     `
   }, { reporter: 'list' });
 
-  const output = stripAnsi(result.output);
+  const output = result.output;
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
   expect(result.passed).toBe(1);
   expect(output).toContain('[foo] › a.test.ts:7:7 › check project name');
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ test('should show the codeframe in errors', async ({ runInlineTest, nodeVersion
     FORCE_COLOR: '0',
   });
 
-  const output = stripAnsi(result.output);
+  const output = result.output;
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
   expect(result.failed).toBe(2);
   expect(output, 'error carrot—via source maps—is positioned appropriately').toContain(
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/exit-code.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/exit-code.spec.ts
index b5474d6f58..c9470da788 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/exit-code.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/exit-code.spec.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { test, expect, stripAnsi } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
+import { test, expect } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
 
 function monotonicTime(): number {
   const [seconds, nanoseconds] = process.hrtime();
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ test('should work with not defined errors', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
       foo();
     `
   });
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('foo is not defined');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('foo is not defined');
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
 });
 
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/expect-poll.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/expect-poll.spec.ts
index b3283bf065..fcd92cb026 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/expect-poll.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/expect-poll.spec.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { test, expect, stripAnsi } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
+import { test, expect } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
 
 test('should poll predicate', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   const result = await runInlineTest({
@@ -78,9 +78,9 @@ test('should respect timeout', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
     `
   });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('Timeout 100ms exceeded while waiting on the predicate');
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('Received: false');
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain(`
+  expect(result.output).toContain('Timeout 100ms exceeded while waiting on the predicate');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('Received: false');
+  expect(result.output).toContain(`
   7 |         await test.expect.poll(() => false, { timeout: 100 }).
   `.trim());
 });
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ test('should fail when passed in non-function', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
     `
   });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('Error: `expect.poll()` accepts only function as a first argument');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('Error: `expect.poll()` accepts only function as a first argument');
 });
 
 test('should fail when used with web-first assertion', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ test('should fail when used with web-first assertion', async ({ runInlineTest })
     `
   });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('Error: `expect.poll()` does not support "toHaveText" matcher');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('Error: `expect.poll()` does not support "toHaveText" matcher');
 });
 
 test('should time out when running infinite predicate', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ test('should time out when running infinite predicate', async ({ runInlineTest }
     `
   });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('Timeout 100ms exceeded');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('Timeout 100ms exceeded');
 });
 
 test('should show error that is thrown from predicate', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ test('should show error that is thrown from predicate', async ({ runInlineTest }
     `
   });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('foo bar baz');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('foo bar baz');
 });
 
 test('should not retry predicate that threw an error', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ test('should not retry predicate that threw an error', async ({ runInlineTest })
     `
   });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('foo bar baz');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('foo bar baz');
 });
 
 test('should support .not predicate', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/expect-soft.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/expect-soft.spec.ts
index c29ed8a9f8..62bfc7ae3d 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/expect-soft.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/expect-soft.spec.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { test, expect, stripAnsi } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
+import { test, expect } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
 
 test('soft expects should compile', async ({ runTSC }) => {
   const result = await runTSC({
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ test('soft expects should work', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
     `
   });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('woof-woof');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('woof-woof');
 });
 
 test('should report a mixture of soft and non-soft errors', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ test('should report a mixture of soft and non-soft errors', async ({ runInlineTe
     `
   });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('Error: one plus one');
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('Error: two times two');
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('Error: three div three');
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).not.toContain('Error: six minus four');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('Error: one plus one');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('Error: two times two');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('Error: three div three');
+  expect(result.output).not.toContain('Error: six minus four');
 });
 
 test('testInfo should contain all soft expect errors', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ test('testInfo should contain all soft expect errors', async ({ runInlineTest })
     `
   });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('Error: one plus one');
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('Error: two times two');
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).not.toContain('Error: must be exactly two errors');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('Error: one plus one');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('Error: two times two');
+  expect(result.output).not.toContain('Error: must be exactly two errors');
 });
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/expect-to-pass.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/expect-to-pass.spec.ts
index 9096c24e39..bc4f513649 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/expect-to-pass.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/expect-to-pass.spec.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { test, expect, stripAnsi } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
+import { test, expect } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
 
 test('should retry predicate', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   const result = await runInlineTest({
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ test('should respect timeout', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
     `
   });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('Timeout 100ms exceeded while waiting on the predicate');
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('Received: 1');
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain(`
+  expect(result.output).toContain('Timeout 100ms exceeded while waiting on the predicate');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('Received: 1');
+  expect(result.output).toContain(`
   7 |         await test.expect(() => {
   `.trim());
 });
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ test('should use custom message', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
       });
     `
   });
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('Error: Custom message');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('Error: Custom message');
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
   expect(result.failed).toBe(1);
 });
@@ -176,9 +176,9 @@ test('should swallow all soft errors inside toPass matcher, if successful', asyn
       });
     `
   });
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('Received: "before-toPass"');
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('Received: "after-toPass"');
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).not.toContain('Received: "inside-toPass-1"');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('Received: "before-toPass"');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('Received: "after-toPass"');
+  expect(result.output).not.toContain('Received: "inside-toPass-1"');
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
   expect(result.failed).toBe(1);
 });
@@ -214,9 +214,9 @@ test('should show only soft errors on last toPass pass', async ({ runInlineTest
       });
     `
   });
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).not.toContain('Received: "inside-toPass-1"');
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).not.toContain('Received: "inside-toPass-2"');
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('Received: "inside-toPass-3"');
+  expect(result.output).not.toContain('Received: "inside-toPass-1"');
+  expect(result.output).not.toContain('Received: "inside-toPass-2"');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('Received: "inside-toPass-3"');
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
   expect(result.failed).toBe(1);
 });
@@ -233,8 +233,8 @@ test('should work with soft', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
       });
     `
   });
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('Received: 1');
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('Received: 2');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('Received: 1');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('Received: 2');
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
   expect(result.failed).toBe(1);
 });
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/expect.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/expect.spec.ts
index cda917552c..43cb0522fe 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/expect.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/expect.spec.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 import path from 'path';
-import { test, expect, stripAnsi } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
+import { test, expect } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
 
 test('should be able to call expect.extend in config', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   const result = await runInlineTest({
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ test('should include custom error message', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
   expect(result.passed).toBe(0);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain([
+  expect(result.output).toContain([
     `    Error: one plus one is two!`,
     ``,
     `    Expected: 3`,
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ test('should reasonably work in global setup', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   });
 
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('> 11 |         expect(1).toBe(2);');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('> 11 |         expect(1).toBe(2);');
 });
 
 test('should support toHaveURL with baseURL from webServer', async ({ runInlineTest }, testInfo) => {
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ test('should support toHaveURL with baseURL from webServer', async ({ runInlineT
       };
   `,
   }, { workers: 1 });
-  const output = stripAnsi(result.output);
+  const output = result.output;
   expect(output).toContain('expect(page).toHaveURL');
   expect(output).toContain(`Expected string: \"http://localhost:${port}/kek\"`);
   expect(result.passed).toBe(1);
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ test('should log scale the time', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
       });
       `,
   }, { workers: 1 });
-  const output = stripAnsi(result.output);
+  const output = result.output;
   const tokens = output.split('unexpected value');
   // Log scale: 0, 100, 250, 500, 1000, 1000, should be less than 8.
   expect(tokens.length).toBeGreaterThan(1);
@@ -585,8 +585,8 @@ test('should print expected/received before timeout', async ({ runInlineTest })
   expect(result.passed).toBe(0);
   expect(result.failed).toBe(1);
   expect(result.output).toContain('Test timeout of 2000ms exceeded.');
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('Expected string: "Text 2"');
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('Received string: "Text content"');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('Expected string: "Text 2"');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('Received string: "Text content"');
 });
 
 test('should print pending operations for toHaveText', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ test('should print pending operations for toHaveText', async ({ runInlineTest })
   }, { workers: 1, timeout: 2000 });
   expect(result.failed).toBe(1);
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
-  const output = stripAnsi(result.output);
+  const output = result.output;
   expect(output).toContain('Pending operations:');
   expect(output).toContain('expect(received).toHaveText(expected)');
   expect(output).toContain('Expected string: "Text"');
@@ -629,8 +629,8 @@ test('should print expected/received on Ctrl+C', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(130);
   expect(result.passed).toBe(0);
   expect(result.interrupted).toBe(1);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('Expected string: "Text 2"');
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('Received string: "Text content"');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('Expected string: "Text 2"');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('Received string: "Text content"');
 });
 
 test('should print timed out error message', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ test('should print timed out error message', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   }, { workers: 1 });
   expect(result.failed).toBe(1);
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
-  const output = stripAnsi(result.output);
+  const output = result.output;
   expect(output).toContain('Timed out 1ms waiting for expect(received).toBeChecked()');
 });
 
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/fixture-errors.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/fixture-errors.spec.ts
index 60e7290a88..96a3b893fb 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/fixture-errors.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/fixture-errors.spec.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { test, expect, countTimes, stripAnsi } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
+import { test, expect, countTimes } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
 
 test('should handle fixture timeout', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   const result = await runInlineTest({
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ test('should throw when using non-defined super worker fixture', async ({ runInl
   });
   expect(result.output).toContain(`Fixture "foo" references itself, but does not have a base implementation.`);
   expect(result.output).toContain('a.spec.ts:5');
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('const test = pwt.test.extend');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('const test = pwt.test.extend');
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
 });
 
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ test('should throw when defining test fixture with the same name as a worker fix
   });
   expect(result.output).toContain(`Fixture "foo" has already been registered as a { scope: 'worker' } fixture defined in e.spec.ts:5:30.`);
   expect(result.output).toContain(`e.spec.ts:10`);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('const test2 = test1.extend');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('const test2 = test1.extend');
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
 });
 
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ test('should throw when defining worker fixture with the same name as a test fix
   });
   expect(result.output).toContain(`Fixture "foo" has already been registered as a { scope: 'test' } fixture defined in e.spec.ts:5:30.`);
   expect(result.output).toContain(`e.spec.ts:10`);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('const test2 = test1.extend');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('const test2 = test1.extend');
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
 });
 
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ test('should not reuse fixtures from one file in another one', async ({ runInlin
   });
   expect(result.output).toContain('Test has unknown parameter "foo".');
   expect(result.output).toContain('b.spec.ts:7');
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain(`test('test2', async ({foo}) => {})`);
+  expect(result.output).toContain(`test('test2', async ({foo}) => {})`);
 });
 
 test('should throw for cycle in two overrides', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ test('should throw for unknown fixture parameter', async ({ runInlineTest }) =>
   });
   expect(result.output).toContain('Fixture "foo" has unknown parameter "bar".');
   expect(result.output).toContain('f.spec.ts:5');
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('const test = pwt.test.extend');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('const test = pwt.test.extend');
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
 });
 
@@ -407,9 +407,9 @@ test('should give enough time for fixture teardown', async ({ runInlineTest }) =
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
   expect(result.failed).toBe(1);
   expect(result.output).toContain('Test timeout of 1000ms exceeded while tearing down "fixture".');
-  expect(result.output.split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%'))).toEqual([
-    '%%teardown start',
-    '%%teardown finished',
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    'teardown start',
+    'teardown finished',
   ]);
 });
 
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ test('should not teardown when setup times out', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
   expect(result.failed).toBe(1);
   expect(result.output).toContain('Test timeout of 1000ms exceeded while setting up "fixture".');
-  expect(result.output.split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%'))).toEqual([
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
   ]);
 });
 
@@ -450,8 +450,8 @@ test('should not report fixture teardown error twice', async ({ runInlineTest })
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
   expect(result.failed).toBe(1);
   expect(result.output).toContain('Error: Oh my error');
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain(`throw new Error('Oh my error')`);
-  expect(countTimes(stripAnsi(result.output), 'Oh my error')).toBe(2);
+  expect(result.output).toContain(`throw new Error('Oh my error')`);
+  expect(countTimes(result.output, 'Oh my error')).toBe(2);
 });
 
 test('should not report fixture teardown timeout twice', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ test('should not report fixture teardown timeout twice', async ({ runInlineTest
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
   expect(result.failed).toBe(1);
   expect(result.output).toContain('Test timeout of 1000ms exceeded while tearing down "fixture".');
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).not.toContain('pwt.test.extend'); // Should not point to the location.
+  expect(result.output).not.toContain('pwt.test.extend'); // Should not point to the location.
   // TODO: this should be "not.toContain" actually.
   expect(result.output).toContain('Worker teardown timeout of 1000ms exceeded while tearing down "fixture".');
 });
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ test('should report worker fixture teardown with debug info', async ({ runInline
   }, { reporter: 'list', timeout: 1000 });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
   expect(result.passed).toBe(20);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain([
+  expect(result.output).toContain([
     'Worker teardown timeout of 1000ms exceeded while tearing down "fixture".',
     '',
     'Failed worker ran 20 tests, last 10 tests were:',
@@ -578,8 +578,8 @@ test('should not run user fn when require fixture has failed', async ({ runInlin
   });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
   expect(result.failed).toBe(1);
-  expect(result.output.split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%'))).toEqual([
-    '%%foo',
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    'foo',
   ]);
 });
 
@@ -616,5 +616,5 @@ test('should provide helpful error message when digests do not match', async ({
   }, { workers: 1 });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
   expect(result.failed).toBe(1);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('Playwright detected inconsistent test.use() options.');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('Playwright detected inconsistent test.use() options.');
 });
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/fixtures.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/fixtures.spec.ts
index 7609e873af..b4713bfd40 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/fixtures.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/fixtures.spec.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { test, expect, stripAnsi } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
+import { test, expect } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
 
 test('should work', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   const { results } = await runInlineTest({
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ test('should fail if parameters are not destructured', async ({ runInlineTest })
   });
   expect(result.output).toContain('First argument must use the object destructuring pattern: abc');
   expect(result.output).toContain('a.test.js:11');
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('function (abc)');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('function (abc)');
   expect(result.results.length).toBe(0);
 });
 
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ test('should fail with an unknown fixture', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   });
   expect(result.output).toContain('Test has unknown parameter "asdf".');
   expect(result.output).toContain('a.test.js:5');
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('async ({asdf})');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('async ({asdf})');
   expect(result.results.length).toBe(0);
 });
 
@@ -375,11 +375,11 @@ test('automatic fixture should start before regular fixture and teardown after',
     `
   });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
-  expect(result.output.split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%'))).toEqual([
-    '%%auto-setup',
-    '%%foo-setup',
-    '%%foo-teardown',
-    '%%auto-teardown',
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    'auto-setup',
+    'foo-setup',
+    'foo-teardown',
+    'auto-teardown',
   ]);
 });
 
@@ -664,12 +664,12 @@ test('should run tests in order', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
     `,
   }, { workers: 1 });
   expect(result.passed).toBe(3);
-  expect(result.output.split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%'))).toEqual([
-    '%%test1',
-    '%%beforeEach',
-    '%%test2',
-    '%%afterEach',
-    '%%test3',
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    'test1',
+    'beforeEach',
+    'test2',
+    'afterEach',
+    'test3',
   ]);
 });
 
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/gitignore.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/gitignore.spec.ts
index 30ba7caf17..fff8e8f558 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/gitignore.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/gitignore.spec.ts
@@ -103,10 +103,10 @@ test('should respect negations and comments in .gitignore', async ({ runInlineTe
   }, { workers: 1 });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
   expect(result.passed).toBe(3);
-  expect(result.output.split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%'))).toEqual([
-    '%%a.spec.js',
-    '%%dir1/foo/a.spec.js',
-    '%%dir3/a.spec.js',
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    'a.spec.js',
+    'dir1/foo/a.spec.js',
+    'dir3/a.spec.js',
   ]);
 });
 
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/global-setup.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/global-setup.spec.ts
index 980ad3516b..02d7a0da3d 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/global-setup.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/global-setup.spec.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { test, expect, stripAnsi } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
+import { test, expect } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
 
 test('globalSetup and globalTeardown should work', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   const result = await runInlineTest({
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ test('globalSetup and globalTeardown should work', async ({ runInlineTest }) =>
   }, { 'config': 'dir' });
   expect(result.passed).toBe(1);
   expect(result.failed).toBe(0);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output).split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%'))).toEqual([
-    '%%from-global-setup',
-    '%%from-test',
-    '%%from-global-teardown',
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    'from-global-setup',
+    'from-test',
+    'from-global-teardown',
   ]);
 });
 
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ test('globalSetup error should prevent tests from executing', async ({ runInline
     `,
   }, { reporter: 'line' });
 
-  expect(stripAnsi(output)).not.toContain('this test ran');
+  expect(output).not.toContain('this test ran');
   expect(passed).toBe(0);
 });
 
@@ -337,13 +337,13 @@ test('teardown order', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
   expect(result.passed).toBe(1);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output).split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%'))).toEqual([
-    '%%setup 1',
-    '%%setup 2',
-    '%%setup 3',
-    '%%teardown 3',
-    '%%teardown 2',
-    '%%teardown 1',
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    'setup 1',
+    'setup 2',
+    'setup 3',
+    'teardown 3',
+    'teardown 2',
+    'teardown 1',
   ]);
 });
 
@@ -368,17 +368,17 @@ test('teardown after error', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
   expect(result.passed).toBe(1);
-  const output = stripAnsi(result.output);
+  const output = result.output;
   expect(output).toContain('Error: failed teardown 1');
   expect(output).toContain('Error: failed teardown 2');
   expect(output).toContain('Error: failed teardown 3');
   expect(output).toContain('throw new Error(\'failed teardown');
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output).split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%'))).toEqual([
-    '%%setup 1',
-    '%%setup 2',
-    '%%setup 3',
-    '%%teardown 3',
-    '%%teardown 2',
-    '%%teardown 1',
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    'setup 1',
+    'setup 2',
+    'setup 3',
+    'teardown 3',
+    'teardown 2',
+    'teardown 1',
   ]);
 });
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/golden.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/golden.spec.ts
index 880c40a0f4..d59bd114aa 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/golden.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/golden.spec.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import colors from 'colors/safe';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as path from 'path';
-import { test, expect, stripAnsi, createWhiteImage, paintBlackPixels } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
+import { test, expect, createWhiteImage, paintBlackPixels } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
 
 const files = {
   'helper.ts': `
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ test('should work with non-txt extensions', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
     `
   });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain(`1,2,34`);
+  expect(result.output).toContain(`1,2,34`);
 });
 
 
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ Line7`,
   });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
   expect(result.output).toContain('Line1');
-  expect(result.output).toContain('Line2' + colors.green('2'));
-  expect(result.output).toContain('line' + colors.reset(colors.strikethrough(colors.red('1'))) + colors.green('2'));
+  expect(result.rawOutput).toContain('Line2' + colors.green('2'));
+  expect(result.rawOutput).toContain('line' + colors.reset(colors.strikethrough(colors.red('1'))) + colors.green('2'));
   expect(result.output).toContain('Line3');
   expect(result.output).toContain('Line5');
   expect(result.output).toContain('Line7');
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ test('should write detailed failure result to an output folder', async ({ runInl
   });
 
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
-  const outputText = stripAnsi(result.output);
+  const outputText = result.output;
   expect(outputText).toContain('Snapshot comparison failed:');
   const expectedSnapshotArtifactPath = testInfo.outputPath('test-results', 'a-is-a-test', 'snapshot-expected.txt');
   const actualSnapshotArtifactPath = testInfo.outputPath('test-results', 'a-is-a-test', 'snapshot-actual.txt');
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ test("doesn\'t create comparison artifacts in an output folder for passed negate
   });
 
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
-  const outputText = stripAnsi(result.output);
+  const outputText = result.output;
   const expectedSnapshotArtifactPath = testInfo.outputPath('test-results', 'a-is-a-test', 'snapshot-expected.txt');
   const actualSnapshotArtifactPath = testInfo.outputPath('test-results', 'a-is-a-test', 'snapshot-actual.txt');
   expect(outputText).not.toContain(`Expected: ${expectedSnapshotArtifactPath}`);
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ test('should write missing expectations locally twice and continue', async ({ ru
 
   expect(result.output).toContain('Here we are!');
 
-  const stackLines = stripAnsi(result.output).split('\n').filter(line => line.includes('    at ')).filter(line => !line.includes(testInfo.outputPath()));
+  const stackLines = result.output.split('\n').filter(line => line.includes('    at ')).filter(line => !line.includes(testInfo.outputPath()));
   expect(result.output).toContain('a.spec.js:8');
   expect(stackLines.length).toBe(0);
 });
@@ -450,8 +450,8 @@ test('should respect maxDiffPixels option', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
         });
       `
     });
-    expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('120 pixels');
-    expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('ratio 0.30');
+    expect(result.output).toContain('120 pixels');
+    expect(result.output).toContain('ratio 0.30');
     expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
   });
 
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ test('should compare different PNG images', async ({ runInlineTest }, testInfo)
     `
   });
 
-  const outputText = stripAnsi(result.output);
+  const outputText = result.output;
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
   expect(outputText).toContain('Screenshot comparison failed:');
   const expectedSnapshotArtifactPath = testInfo.outputPath('test-results', 'a-is-a-test', 'snapshot-expected.png');
@@ -863,7 +863,7 @@ test('should attach expected/actual/diff with snapshot path', async ({ runInline
     `
   });
 
-  const outputText = stripAnsi(result.output);
+  const outputText = result.output;
   const attachments = outputText.split('\n').filter(l => l.startsWith('## ')).map(l => l.substring(3)).map(l => JSON.parse(l))[0];
   for (const attachment of attachments) {
     attachment.path = attachment.path.replace(/\\/g, '/').replace(/.*test-results\//, '');
@@ -904,7 +904,7 @@ test('should attach expected/actual/diff', async ({ runInlineTest }, testInfo) =
     `
   });
 
-  const outputText = stripAnsi(result.output);
+  const outputText = result.output;
   const attachments = outputText.split('\n').filter(l => l.startsWith('## ')).map(l => l.substring(3)).map(l => JSON.parse(l))[0];
   for (const attachment of attachments)
     attachment.path = attachment.path.replace(/\\/g, '/').replace(/.*test-results\//, '');
@@ -943,7 +943,7 @@ test('should attach expected/actual/diff for different sizes', async ({ runInlin
     `
   });
 
-  const outputText = stripAnsi(result.output);
+  const outputText = result.output;
   expect(outputText).toContain('Expected an image 2px by 2px, received 1px by 1px.');
   expect(outputText).toContain('4 pixels (ratio 1.00 of all image pixels) are different.');
   const attachments = outputText.split('\n').filter(l => l.startsWith('## ')).map(l => l.substring(3)).map(l => JSON.parse(l))[0];
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/hooks.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/hooks.spec.ts
index 3c774e90ae..0e08d1b3b5 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/hooks.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/hooks.spec.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { test, expect, stripAnsi } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
+import { test, expect } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
 
 test('hooks should work with fixtures', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   const { results } = await runInlineTest({
@@ -154,10 +154,10 @@ test('beforeAll should be run once', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
       });
     `,
   });
-  expect(result.output.split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%'))).toEqual([
-    '%%beforeAll1-1',
-    '%%beforeAll2',
-    '%%test',
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    'beforeAll1-1',
+    'beforeAll2',
+    'test',
   ]);
 });
 
@@ -278,12 +278,12 @@ test('run hooks after failure', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
   expect(result.failed).toBe(1);
-  expect(result.output.split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%'))).toEqual([
-    '%%test',
-    '%%afterEach-1',
-    '%%afterEach-2',
-    '%%afterAll-1',
-    '%%afterAll-2',
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    'test',
+    'afterEach-1',
+    'afterEach-2',
+    'afterAll-1',
+    'afterAll-2',
   ]);
 });
 
@@ -302,11 +302,11 @@ test('beforeAll hook should get retry index of the first test', async ({ runInli
   }, { retries: 1 });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
   expect(result.flaky).toBe(1);
-  expect(result.output.split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%'))).toEqual([
-    '%%beforeall-retry-0',
-    '%%test-retry-0',
-    '%%beforeall-retry-1',
-    '%%test-retry-1',
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    'beforeall-retry-0',
+    'test-retry-0',
+    'beforeall-retry-1',
+    'test-retry-1',
   ]);
 });
 
@@ -350,10 +350,10 @@ test('max-failures should still run afterEach/afterAll', async ({ runInlineTest
   expect(result.passed).toBe(0);
   expect(result.failed).toBe(1);
   expect(result.skipped).toBe(1);
-  expect(result.output.split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%'))).toEqual([
-    '%%test',
-    '%%afterEach',
-    '%%afterAll',
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    'test',
+    'afterEach',
+    'afterAll',
   ]);
 });
 
@@ -379,9 +379,9 @@ test('beforeAll failure should prevent the test, but not afterAll', async ({ run
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
   expect(result.failed).toBe(1);
   expect(result.skipped).toBe(1);
-  expect(result.output.split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%'))).toEqual([
-    '%%beforeAll',
-    '%%afterAll',
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    'beforeAll',
+    'afterAll',
   ]);
 });
 
@@ -405,9 +405,9 @@ test('fixture error should not prevent afterAll', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
   expect(result.failed).toBe(1);
   expect(result.output).toContain('bad fixture');
-  expect(result.output.split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%'))).toEqual([
-    '%%test',
-    '%%afterAll',
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    'test',
+    'afterAll',
   ]);
 });
 
@@ -430,10 +430,10 @@ test('afterEach failure should not prevent afterAll', async ({ runInlineTest })
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
   expect(result.failed).toBe(1);
   expect(result.output).toContain('bad afterEach');
-  expect(result.output.split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%'))).toEqual([
-    '%%test',
-    '%%afterEach',
-    '%%afterAll',
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    'test',
+    'afterEach',
+    'afterAll',
   ]);
 });
 
@@ -478,13 +478,13 @@ test('beforeAll timeout should be reported and prevent more tests', async ({ run
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
   expect(result.failed).toBe(1);
   expect(result.skipped).toBe(1);
-  expect(result.output.split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%'))).toEqual([
-    '%%beforeAll',
-    '%%afterAll',
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    'beforeAll',
+    'afterAll',
   ]);
   expect(result.output).toContain('"beforeAll" hook timeout of 1000ms exceeded.');
   expect(result.output).toContain(`a.test.js:6:12`);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain(`> 6 |       test.beforeAll(async () => {`);
+  expect(result.output).toContain(`> 6 |       test.beforeAll(async () => {`);
 });
 
 test('afterAll timeout should be reported, run other afterAll hooks, and continue testing', async ({ runInlineTest }, testInfo) => {
@@ -513,16 +513,16 @@ test('afterAll timeout should be reported, run other afterAll hooks, and continu
   expect(result.passed).toBe(1);
   expect(result.failed).toBe(1);
   expect(result.skipped).toBe(0);
-  expect(result.output.split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%'))).toEqual([
-    '%%test1',
-    '%%afterAll1',
-    '%%afterAll2',
-    '%%test2',
-    '%%afterAll2',
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    'test1',
+    'afterAll1',
+    'afterAll2',
+    'test2',
+    'afterAll2',
   ]);
   expect(result.output).toContain('"afterAll" hook timeout of 1000ms exceeded.');
   expect(result.output).toContain(`a.test.js:7:14`);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain(`>  7 |         test.afterAll(async () => {`);
+  expect(result.output).toContain(`>  7 |         test.afterAll(async () => {`);
 });
 
 test('beforeAll and afterAll timeouts at the same time should be reported', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
@@ -544,9 +544,9 @@ test('beforeAll and afterAll timeouts at the same time should be reported', asyn
   }, { timeout: 1000 });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
   expect(result.failed).toBe(1);
-  expect(result.output.split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%'))).toEqual([
-    '%%beforeAll',
-    '%%afterAll',
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    'beforeAll',
+    'afterAll',
   ]);
   expect(result.output).toContain('"beforeAll" hook timeout of 1000ms exceeded.');
 });
@@ -570,9 +570,9 @@ test('afterEach should get the test status and duration right away', async ({ ru
   });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
   expect(result.failed).toBe(2);
-  expect(result.output.split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%'))).toEqual([
-    '%%failing: failed; XXms',
-    '%%timing out: timedOut; XXms',
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    'failing: failed; XXms',
+    'timing out: timedOut; XXms',
   ]);
 });
 
@@ -598,8 +598,8 @@ test('uncaught error in beforeEach should not be masked by another error', async
   });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
   expect(result.failed).toBe(1);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('Expected: 2');
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('Received: 1');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('Expected: 2');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('Received: 1');
 });
 
 test('should report error from fixture teardown when beforeAll times out', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
@@ -621,8 +621,8 @@ test('should report error from fixture teardown when beforeAll times out', async
   }, { timeout: 1000 });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
   expect(result.failed).toBe(1);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('"beforeAll" hook timeout of 1000ms exceeded.');
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('Error: Oh my!');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('"beforeAll" hook timeout of 1000ms exceeded.');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('Error: Oh my!');
 });
 
 test('should not hang and report results when worker process suddenly exits during afterAll', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ test('should not hang and report results when worker process suddenly exits duri
   expect(result.passed).toBe(0);
   expect(result.failed).toBe(1);
   expect(result.output).toContain('Internal error: worker process exited unexpectedly');
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('[1/1] a.spec.js:6:7 › failing due to afterall');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('[1/1] a.spec.js:6:7 › failing due to afterall');
 });
 
 test('unhandled rejection during beforeAll should be reported and prevent more tests', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
@@ -665,12 +665,12 @@ test('unhandled rejection during beforeAll should be reported and prevent more t
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
   expect(result.failed).toBe(1);
   expect(result.skipped).toBe(1);
-  expect(result.output.split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%'))).toEqual([
-    '%%beforeAll',
-    '%%afterAll',
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    'beforeAll',
+    'afterAll',
   ]);
   expect(result.output).toContain('Error: Oh my');
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain(`>  9 |           throw new Error('Oh my');`);
+  expect(result.output).toContain(`>  9 |           throw new Error('Oh my');`);
 });
 
 test('beforeAll and afterAll should have a separate timeout', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
@@ -701,12 +701,12 @@ test('beforeAll and afterAll should have a separate timeout', async ({ runInline
   }, { timeout: '500' });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
   expect(result.passed).toBe(1);
-  expect(result.output.split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%'))).toEqual([
-    '%%beforeAll',
-    '%%beforeAll2',
-    '%%test',
-    '%%afterAll',
-    '%%afterAll2',
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    'beforeAll',
+    'beforeAll2',
+    'test',
+    'afterAll',
+    'afterAll2',
   ]);
 });
 
@@ -726,9 +726,9 @@ test('test.setTimeout should work separately in beforeAll', async ({ runInlineTe
   }, { timeout: 3000 });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
   expect(result.passed).toBe(1);
-  expect(result.output.split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%'))).toEqual([
-    '%%beforeAll',
-    '%%test',
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    'beforeAll',
+    'test',
   ]);
 });
 
@@ -748,9 +748,9 @@ test('test.setTimeout should work separately in afterAll', async ({ runInlineTes
   }, { timeout: '1000' });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
   expect(result.passed).toBe(1);
-  expect(result.output.split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%'))).toEqual([
-    '%%test',
-    '%%afterAll',
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    'test',
+    'afterAll',
   ]);
 });
 
@@ -779,9 +779,9 @@ test('beforeAll failure should only prevent tests that are affected', async ({ r
   expect(result.failed).toBe(1);
   expect(result.skipped).toBe(1);
   expect(result.passed).toBe(1);
-  expect(result.output.split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%'))).toEqual([
-    '%%beforeAll',
-    '%%test3',
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    'beforeAll',
+    'test3',
   ]);
 });
 
@@ -863,12 +863,12 @@ test('afterAll should be run for test.skip', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
       });
     `,
   });
-  expect(result.output.split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%'))).toEqual([
-    '%%beforeAll1',
-    '%%test1',
-    '%%afterAll1',
-    '%%beforeAll2',
-    '%%test3',
-    '%%afterAll2',
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    'beforeAll1',
+    'test1',
+    'afterAll1',
+    'beforeAll2',
+    'test3',
+    'afterAll2',
   ]);
 });
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/list-mode.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/list-mode.spec.ts
index 1c93ea32f1..a6bf279b9d 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/list-mode.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/list-mode.spec.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { test, expect, stripAnsi } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
+import { test, expect } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
 import path from 'path';
 import fs from 'fs';
 
@@ -149,5 +149,5 @@ test('should report errors', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
     `
   }, { 'list': true });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('> 6 |       oh = 2;');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('> 6 |       oh = 2;');
 });
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/loader.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/loader.spec.ts
index 53f5e0524b..2997e28f90 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/loader.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/loader.spec.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { test, expect, stripAnsi } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
+import { test, expect } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
 import path from 'path';
 
 test('should return the location of a syntax error', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
@@ -294,9 +294,9 @@ test('should filter stack trace for simple expect', async ({ runInlineTest }) =>
     `
   });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).not.toContain(path.sep + `playwright-test`);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).not.toContain(path.sep + `playwright-core`);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).not.toContain('internal');
+  expect(result.output).not.toContain(path.sep + `playwright-test`);
+  expect(result.output).not.toContain(path.sep + `playwright-core`);
+  expect(result.output).not.toContain('internal');
 });
 
 test('should filter stack trace for web-first assertions', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
@@ -309,9 +309,9 @@ test('should filter stack trace for web-first assertions', async ({ runInlineTes
     `
   });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).not.toContain(path.sep + `playwright-test`);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).not.toContain(path.sep + `playwright-core`);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).not.toContain('internal');
+  expect(result.output).not.toContain(path.sep + `playwright-test`);
+  expect(result.output).not.toContain(path.sep + `playwright-core`);
+  expect(result.output).not.toContain('internal');
 });
 
 test('should filter out event emitter from stack traces', async ({ runInlineTest }, testInfo) => {
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ test('should filter out event emitter from stack traces', async ({ runInlineTest
     `
   });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
-  const outputWithoutGoodStackFrames = stripAnsi(result.output).split('\n').filter(line => !line.includes(testInfo.outputPath())).join('\n');
+  const outputWithoutGoodStackFrames = result.output.split('\n').filter(line => !line.includes(testInfo.outputPath())).join('\n');
   expect(outputWithoutGoodStackFrames).not.toContain('EventEmitter.emit');
 });
 
@@ -342,8 +342,8 @@ test('should filter out syntax error stack traces', async ({ runInlineTest }, te
     `
   });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).not.toContain('babel');
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).not.toContain('    at ');
+  expect(result.output).not.toContain('babel');
+  expect(result.output).not.toContain('    at ');
 });
 
 test('should filter stack trace for raw errors', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
@@ -356,10 +356,10 @@ test('should filter stack trace for raw errors', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
     `
   });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('foobar!');
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).not.toContain(path.sep + `playwright-test`);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).not.toContain(path.sep + `playwright-core`);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).not.toContain('internal');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('foobar!');
+  expect(result.output).not.toContain(path.sep + `playwright-test`);
+  expect(result.output).not.toContain(path.sep + `playwright-core`);
+  expect(result.output).not.toContain('internal');
 });
 
 test('should not filter out POM', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
@@ -378,12 +378,12 @@ test('should not filter out POM', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
     `
   });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('foo');
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('helper.ts');
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('expect-test.spec.ts');
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).not.toContain(path.sep + `playwright-test`);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).not.toContain(path.sep + `playwright-core`);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).not.toContain('internal');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('foo');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('helper.ts');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('expect-test.spec.ts');
+  expect(result.output).not.toContain(path.sep + `playwright-test`);
+  expect(result.output).not.toContain(path.sep + `playwright-core`);
+  expect(result.output).not.toContain('internal');
 });
 
 test('should filter stack even without default Error.prepareStackTrace', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
@@ -397,12 +397,12 @@ test('should filter stack even without default Error.prepareStackTrace', async (
     `
   });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('foobar');
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('expect-test.spec.ts');
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).not.toContain(path.sep + `playwright-test`);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).not.toContain(path.sep + `playwright-core`);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).not.toContain('internal');
-  const stackLines = stripAnsi(result.output).split('\n').filter(line => line.includes('    at '));
+  expect(result.output).toContain('foobar');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('expect-test.spec.ts');
+  expect(result.output).not.toContain(path.sep + `playwright-test`);
+  expect(result.output).not.toContain(path.sep + `playwright-core`);
+  expect(result.output).not.toContain('internal');
+  const stackLines = result.output.split('\n').filter(line => line.includes('    at '));
   expect(stackLines.length).toBe(1);
 });
 
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/max-failures.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/max-failures.spec.ts
index a06b481e4a..c75154ee68 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/max-failures.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/max-failures.spec.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { test, expect, stripAnsi } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
+import { test, expect } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
 
 test('max-failures should work', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   const result = await runInlineTest({
@@ -144,5 +144,5 @@ test('max-failures should properly shutdown', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   }, { workers: 1 });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
   expect(result.failed).toBe(1);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('expect(false).toBeTruthy()');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('expect(false).toBeTruthy()');
 });
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/playwright-test-fixtures.ts b/tests/playwright-test/playwright-test-fixtures.ts
index 19991592e9..b0a9cdfb8a 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/playwright-test-fixtures.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/playwright-test-fixtures.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ export type CliRunResult = {
 export type RunResult = {
   exitCode: number,
   output: string,
+  outputLines: string[],
+  rawOutput: string,
   passed: number,
   failed: number,
   flaky: number,
@@ -173,9 +175,12 @@ async function runPlaywrightTest(childProcess: CommonFixtures['childProcess'], b
   if (report)
     visitSuites(report.suites);
 
+  const strippedOutput = stripAnsi(output);
   return {
     exitCode,
-    output,
+    output: strippedOutput,
+    outputLines: strippedOutput.split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%')).map(line => line.substring(2).trim()),
+    rawOutput: output,
     passed,
     failed,
     flaky,
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/playwright.ct-build.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/playwright.ct-build.spec.ts
index a2f2a0e7e0..a15f42c7fa 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/playwright.ct-build.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/playwright.ct-build.spec.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { test, expect, stripAnsi } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
+import { test, expect } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
 import fs from 'fs';
 
 test.describe.configure({ mode: 'parallel' });
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ test('should work with the empty component list', async ({ runInlineTest }, test
   }, { workers: 1 });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
   expect(result.passed).toBe(1);
-  const output = stripAnsi(result.output);
+  const output = result.output;
   expect(output).toContain('transforming...');
   expect(output.replace(/\\+/g, '/')).toContain('playwright/.cache/playwright/index.html');
 
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ test('should cache build', async ({ runInlineTest }, testInfo) => {
 
     expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
     expect(result.passed).toBe(1);
-    const output = stripAnsi(result.output);
+    const output = result.output;
     expect(output, 'should rebuild bundle').toContain('modules transformed');
   });
 
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ test('should cache build', async ({ runInlineTest }, testInfo) => {
     }, { workers: 1 });
     expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
     expect(result.passed).toBe(1);
-    const output = stripAnsi(result.output);
+    const output = result.output;
     expect(output, 'should not rebuild bundle').not.toContain('modules transformed');
   });
 
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ test('should cache build', async ({ runInlineTest }, testInfo) => {
     }, { workers: 1 });
     expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
     expect(result.passed).toBe(0);
-    const output = stripAnsi(result.output);
+    const output = result.output;
     expect(output, 'should not rebuild bundle').not.toContain('modules transformed');
   });
 
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ test('should cache build', async ({ runInlineTest }, testInfo) => {
     }, { workers: 1 });
     expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
     expect(result.passed).toBe(1);
-    const output = stripAnsi(result.output);
+    const output = result.output;
     expect(output, 'should rebuild bundle').toContain('modules transformed');
   });
 });
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/playwright.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/playwright.spec.ts
index cf42ae1613..8ace5cf710 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/playwright.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/playwright.spec.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { test, expect, stripAnsi } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
+import { test, expect } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
 import fs from 'fs';
 import path from 'path';
 import { spawnSync } from 'child_process';
@@ -75,10 +75,10 @@ test('should run in three browsers with --browser', async ({ runInlineTest }) =>
 
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
   expect(result.passed).toBe(3);
-  expect(result.output.split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%')).sort()).toEqual([
-    '%%browser=chromium',
-    '%%browser=firefox',
-    '%%browser=webkit',
+  expect(result.outputLines.sort()).toEqual([
+    'browser=chromium',
+    'browser=firefox',
+    'browser=webkit',
   ]);
 });
 
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ test('should run in one browser with --browser', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
 
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
   expect(result.passed).toBe(1);
-  expect(result.output.split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%')).sort()).toEqual([
-    '%%browser=webkit',
+  expect(result.outputLines.sort()).toEqual([
+    'browser=webkit',
   ]);
 });
 
@@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ test('should not override use:browserName without projects', async ({ runInlineT
 
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
   expect(result.passed).toBe(1);
-  expect(result.output.split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%')).sort()).toEqual([
-    '%%browser=webkit',
+  expect(result.outputLines.sort()).toEqual([
+    'browser=webkit',
   ]);
 });
 
@@ -173,8 +173,8 @@ test('should override use:browserName with --browser', async ({ runInlineTest })
 
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
   expect(result.passed).toBe(1);
-  expect(result.output.split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%')).sort()).toEqual([
-    '%%browser=firefox',
+  expect(result.outputLines.sort()).toEqual([
+    'browser=firefox',
   ]);
 });
 
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ test('should report error and pending operations on timeout', async ({ runInline
   expect(result.output).toContain('- locator.click at a.test.ts:9:37');
   expect(result.output).toContain('- locator.textContent at a.test.ts:10:42');
   expect(result.output).toContain('waiting for');
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain(`10 |           page.getByText('More missing').textContent(),`);
+  expect(result.output).toContain(`10 |           page.getByText('More missing').textContent(),`);
 });
 
 test('should report error on timeout with shared page', async ({ runInlineTest }, testInfo) => {
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ test('should report error on timeout with shared page', async ({ runInlineTest }
   expect(result.passed).toBe(1);
   expect(result.failed).toBe(1);
   expect(result.output).toContain('waiting for getByText(\'Missing\')');
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain(`14 |         await page.getByText('Missing').click();`);
+  expect(result.output).toContain(`14 |         await page.getByText('Missing').click();`);
 });
 
 test('should report error from beforeAll timeout', async ({ runInlineTest }, testInfo) => {
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ test('should report error from beforeAll timeout', async ({ runInlineTest }, tes
   expect(result.failed).toBe(1);
   expect(result.output).toContain('"beforeAll" hook timeout of 2000ms exceeded.');
   expect(result.output).toContain('waiting for');
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain(`11 |           page.getByText('More missing').textContent(),`);
+  expect(result.output).toContain(`11 |           page.getByText('More missing').textContent(),`);
 });
 
 test('should not report waitForEventInfo as pending', async ({ runInlineTest }, testInfo) => {
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ test('should report click error on sigint', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   expect(result.passed).toBe(0);
   expect(result.failed).toBe(0);
   expect(result.interrupted).toBe(1);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain(`8 |         const promise = page.click('text=Missing');`);
+  expect(result.output).toContain(`8 |         const promise = page.click('text=Missing');`);
 });
 
 test('should work with video: retain-on-failure', async ({ runInlineTest }, testInfo) => {
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/reporter-attachment.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/reporter-attachment.spec.ts
index 17689111ee..fe48901e97 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/reporter-attachment.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/reporter-attachment.spec.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 import path from 'path';
-import { test, expect, stripAnsi } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
+import { test, expect } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
 
 test('render text attachment', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   const result = await runInlineTest({
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ test('render text attachment', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
       });
     `,
   }, { reporter: 'line' });
-  const text = stripAnsi(result.output);
+  const text = result.output;
   expect(text).toContain('    attachment #1: attachment (text/plain) ---------------------------------------------------------');
   expect(text).toContain('    Hello world');
   expect(text).toContain('    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------');
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ test('render screenshot attachment', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
       });
     `,
   }, { reporter: 'line' });
-  const text = stripAnsi(result.output).replace(/\\/g, '/');
+  const text = result.output.replace(/\\/g, '/');
   expect(text).toContain('    attachment #1: screenshot (image/png) ----------------------------------------------------------');
   expect(text).toContain('    test-results/a-one/some/path.png');
   expect(text).toContain('    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------');
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ test('render trace attachment', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
       });
     `,
   }, { reporter: 'line' });
-  const text = stripAnsi(result.output).replace(/\\/g, '/');
+  const text = result.output.replace(/\\/g, '/');
   expect(text).toContain('    attachment #1: trace (application/zip) ---------------------------------------------------------');
   expect(text).toContain('    test-results/a-one/trace.zip');
   expect(text).toContain('npx playwright show-trace test-results/a-one/trace.zip');
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ test(`testInfo.attach errors`, async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
       });
     `,
   }, { reporter: 'line', workers: 1 });
-  const text = stripAnsi(result.output).replace(/\\/g, '/');
+  const text = result.output.replace(/\\/g, '/');
   expect(text).toMatch(/Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, copyfile '.*foo.txt.*'/);
   expect(text).toContain(`Exactly one of "path" and "body" must be specified`);
   expect(result.passed).toBe(0);
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ test(`testInfo.attach errors with empty path`, async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
       });
     `,
   }, { reporter: 'line', workers: 1 });
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toMatch(/Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, copyfile ''/);
+  expect(result.output).toMatch(/Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, copyfile ''/);
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
 });
 
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ test(`testInfo.attach error in fixture`, async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
       });
     `,
   }, { reporter: 'line', workers: 1 });
-  const text = stripAnsi(result.output).replace(/\\/g, '/');
+  const text = result.output.replace(/\\/g, '/');
   expect(text).toMatch(/Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, copyfile '.*foo.txt.*'/);
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
   expect(result.passed).toBe(0);
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ test(`testInfo.attach success in fixture`, async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
   expect(result.failed).toBe(1);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('attachment #1: name (text/plain)');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('attachment #1: name (text/plain)');
 });
 
 test(`testInfo.attach allow empty string body`, async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ test(`testInfo.attach allow empty string body`, async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
   expect(result.failed).toBe(1);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toMatch(/^.*attachment #1: name \(text\/plain\).*\n.*\n.*------/gm);
+  expect(result.output).toMatch(/^.*attachment #1: name \(text\/plain\).*\n.*\n.*------/gm);
 });
 
 test(`testInfo.attach allow empty buffer body`, async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ test(`testInfo.attach allow empty buffer body`, async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
   expect(result.failed).toBe(1);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toMatch(/^.*attachment #1: name \(text\/plain\).*\n.*\n.*------/gm);
+  expect(result.output).toMatch(/^.*attachment #1: name \(text\/plain\).*\n.*\n.*------/gm);
 });
 
 test(`testInfo.attach use name as prefix`, async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
@@ -207,8 +207,8 @@ test(`testInfo.attach use name as prefix`, async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
   expect(result.failed).toBe(1);
 
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('attachment #1: some random string (text/plain)');
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('some-random-string-');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('attachment #1: some random string (text/plain)');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('some-random-string-');
 });
 
 test(`testInfo.attach name should be sanitized`, async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
@@ -230,8 +230,8 @@ test(`testInfo.attach name should be sanitized`, async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
   expect(result.failed).toBe(1);
 
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('attachment #1: ../../../test (text/plain)');
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain(`attachments${path.sep}-test`);
+  expect(result.output).toContain('attachment #1: ../../../test (text/plain)');
+  expect(result.output).toContain(`attachments${path.sep}-test`);
 });
 
 test(`testInfo.attach name can be empty string`, async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
@@ -253,8 +253,8 @@ test(`testInfo.attach name can be empty string`, async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
   expect(result.failed).toBe(1);
 
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('attachment #1:  (text/plain)');
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain(`attachments${path.sep}-`);
+  expect(result.output).toContain('attachment #1:  (text/plain)');
+  expect(result.output).toContain(`attachments${path.sep}-`);
 });
 
 test(`testInfo.attach throw if name is not string`, async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
@@ -276,5 +276,5 @@ test(`testInfo.attach throw if name is not string`, async ({ runInlineTest }) =>
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
   expect(result.failed).toBe(1);
 
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('"name" should be string.');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('"name" should be string.');
 });
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/reporter-base.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/reporter-base.spec.ts
index 6c043a2377..efc63986d4 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/reporter-base.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/reporter-base.spec.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { test, expect, stripAnsi } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
+import { test, expect } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
 import * as path from 'path';
 
 test('handle long test names', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ test('handle long test names', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
       });
     `,
   });
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('expect(1).toBe');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('expect(1).toBe');
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
 });
 
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ test('should filter out node_modules error in a codeframe', async ({ runInlineTe
   });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
   expect(result.failed).toBe(1);
-  const output = stripAnsi(result.output);
+  const output = result.output;
   expect(output).toContain('Error: Assertion error');
   expect(output).toContain('a.spec.ts:7:7 › fail');
   expect(output).toContain(`   7 |       test('fail', async ({}) => {`);
@@ -167,15 +167,15 @@ test('should print slow tests', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
   expect(result.passed).toBe(8);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain(`Slow test file: [foo] › dir${path.sep}a.test.js (`);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain(`Slow test file: [bar] › dir${path.sep}a.test.js (`);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain(`Slow test file: [baz] › dir${path.sep}a.test.js (`);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain(`Slow test file: [qux] › dir${path.sep}a.test.js (`);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain(`Consider splitting slow test files to speed up parallel execution`);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).not.toContain(`Slow test file: [foo] › dir${path.sep}b.test.js (`);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).not.toContain(`Slow test file: [bar] › dir${path.sep}b.test.js (`);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).not.toContain(`Slow test file: [baz] › dir${path.sep}b.test.js (`);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).not.toContain(`Slow test file: [qux] › dir${path.sep}b.test.js (`);
+  expect(result.output).toContain(`Slow test file: [foo] › dir${path.sep}a.test.js (`);
+  expect(result.output).toContain(`Slow test file: [bar] › dir${path.sep}a.test.js (`);
+  expect(result.output).toContain(`Slow test file: [baz] › dir${path.sep}a.test.js (`);
+  expect(result.output).toContain(`Slow test file: [qux] › dir${path.sep}a.test.js (`);
+  expect(result.output).toContain(`Consider splitting slow test files to speed up parallel execution`);
+  expect(result.output).not.toContain(`Slow test file: [foo] › dir${path.sep}b.test.js (`);
+  expect(result.output).not.toContain(`Slow test file: [bar] › dir${path.sep}b.test.js (`);
+  expect(result.output).not.toContain(`Slow test file: [baz] › dir${path.sep}b.test.js (`);
+  expect(result.output).not.toContain(`Slow test file: [qux] › dir${path.sep}b.test.js (`);
 });
 
 test('should not print slow parallel tests', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ test('should not print slow parallel tests', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
   expect(result.passed).toBe(2);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).not.toContain('Slow test file');
+  expect(result.output).not.toContain('Slow test file');
 });
 
 test('should not print slow tests', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ test('should not print slow tests', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
   expect(result.passed).toBe(4);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).not.toContain('Slow test');
+  expect(result.output).not.toContain('Slow test');
 });
 
 test('should print flaky failures', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ test('should print flaky failures', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   }, { retries: '1', reporter: 'list' });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
   expect(result.flaky).toBe(1);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('expect(testInfo.retry).toBe(1)');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('expect(testInfo.retry).toBe(1)');
 });
 
 test('should print flaky timeouts', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ test('should print flaky timeouts', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   }, { retries: '1', reporter: 'list', timeout: '1000' });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
   expect(result.flaky).toBe(1);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('Test timeout of 1000ms exceeded.');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('Test timeout of 1000ms exceeded.');
 });
 
 test('should print stack-less errors', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ test('should print errors with inconsistent message/stack', async ({ runInlineTe
   });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
   expect(result.failed).toBe(1);
-  const output = stripAnsi(result.output);
+  const output = result.output;
   expect(output).toContain('hi!Error: Hello');
   expect(output).toContain('function myTest');
 });
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ test('should not crash on undefined body with manual attachments', async ({ runI
       });
     `,
   });
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).not.toContain('Error in reporter');
+  expect(result.output).not.toContain('Error in reporter');
   expect(result.failed).toBe(1);
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
 });
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ test('should report fatal errors at the end', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   }, { reporter: 'list' });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
   expect(result.passed).toBe(2);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('2 errors were not a part of any test, see above for details');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('2 errors were not a part of any test, see above for details');
 });
 
 test('should contain at most 1 decimal for humanized timing', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
@@ -357,5 +357,5 @@ test('should contain at most 1 decimal for humanized timing', async ({ runInline
   });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
   expect(result.passed).toBe(1);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toMatch(/\d+ passed \(\d+(\.\d)?(ms|s)\)/);
+  expect(result.output).toMatch(/\d+ passed \(\d+(\.\d)?(ms|s)\)/);
 });
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/reporter-dot.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/reporter-dot.spec.ts
index 5571c42763..eab3ab756f 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/reporter-dot.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/reporter-dot.spec.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 import colors from 'colors/safe';
-import { test, expect, stripAnsi } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
+import { test, expect } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
 
 test('render expected', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   const result = await runInlineTest({
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ test('render expected', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
       });
     `,
   });
-  expect(result.output).toContain(colors.green('·'));
+  expect(result.rawOutput).toContain(colors.green('·'));
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
 });
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ test('render unexpected', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
       });
     `,
   });
-  expect(result.output).toContain(colors.red('F'));
+  expect(result.rawOutput).toContain(colors.red('F'));
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
 });
 
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ test('render unexpected after retry', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
       });
     `,
   }, { retries: 3 });
-  const text = stripAnsi(result.output);
+  const text = result.output;
   expect(text).toContain('×××F');
-  expect(result.output).toContain(colors.red('F'));
+  expect(result.rawOutput).toContain(colors.red('F'));
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
 });
 
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ test('render flaky', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
       });
     `,
   }, { retries: 3 });
-  const text = stripAnsi(result.output);
+  const text = result.output;
   expect(text).toContain('×××±');
-  expect(result.output).toContain(colors.yellow('±'));
+  expect(result.rawOutput).toContain(colors.yellow('±'));
   expect(text).toContain('1 flaky');
   expect(text).toContain('Retry #1');
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ test('should work from config', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
       });
     `,
   });
-  expect(result.output).toContain(colors.green('·'));
+  expect(result.rawOutput).toContain(colors.green('·'));
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
 });
 
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ test('render 243 tests in rows by 80', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
     `,
   });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
-  expect(result.output).toContain(
+  expect(result.rawOutput).toContain(
       colors.green('·').repeat(80) + '\n' +
       colors.green('·').repeat(80) + '\n' +
       colors.green('·').repeat(80) + '\n' +
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/reporter-github.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/reporter-github.spec.ts
index d4c554893a..d7c8db6076 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/reporter-github.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/reporter-github.spec.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { test, expect, stripAnsi } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
+import { test, expect } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
 import path from 'path';
 
 function relativeFilePath(file: string): string {
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ test('print GitHub annotations for success', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
       });
     `
   }, { reporter: 'github' });
-  const text = stripAnsi(result.output);
+  const text = result.output;
   expect(text).not.toContain('::error');
   expect(text).toContain('::notice title=🎭 Playwright Run Summary::  1 passed');
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ test('print GitHub annotations for failed tests', async ({ runInlineTest }, test
       });
     `
   }, { retries: 3, reporter: 'github' }, { GITHUB_WORKSPACE: process.cwd() });
-  const text = stripAnsi(result.output);
+  const text = result.output;
   const testPath = relativeFilePath(testInfo.outputPath('a.test.js'));
   expect(text).toContain(`::error file=${testPath},title=a.test.js:6:7 › example,line=7,col=23::  1) a.test.js:6:7 › example =======================================================================%0A%0A    Retry #1`);
   expect(text).toContain(`::error file=${testPath},title=a.test.js:6:7 › example,line=7,col=23::  1) a.test.js:6:7 › example =======================================================================%0A%0A    Retry #2`);
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ test('print GitHub annotations for slow tests', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
       });
     `
   }, { retries: 3, reporter: 'github' }, { GITHUB_WORKSPACE: '' });
-  const text = stripAnsi(result.output);
+  const text = result.output;
   expect(text).toContain('::warning title=Slow Test,file=a.test.js::a.test.js took');
   expect(text).toContain('::notice title=🎭 Playwright Run Summary::  1 passed');
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ test('print GitHub annotations for global error', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
       });
     `,
   }, { reporter: 'github' });
-  const text = stripAnsi(result.output);
+  const text = result.output;
   expect(text).toContain('::error ::Error: Oh my!%0A%0A');
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
 });
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/reporter-html.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/reporter-html.spec.ts
index 733aeaff9d..a9dabf1af2 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/reporter-html.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/reporter-html.spec.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import fs from 'fs';
 import path from 'path';
 import url from 'url';
-import { test as baseTest, expect, createImage, stripAnsi } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
+import { test as baseTest, expect, createImage } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
 import type { HttpServer } from '../../packages/playwright-core/lib/utils';
 import { startHtmlReportServer } from '../../packages/playwright-test/lib/reporters/html';
 import { spawnAsync } from 'playwright-core/lib/utils';
@@ -905,7 +905,7 @@ test('should report clashing folders', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
     `,
   },  {}, {}, { usesCustomReporters: true });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
-  const output = stripAnsi(result.output);
+  const output = result.output;
   expect(output).toContain('Configuration Error');
   expect(output).toContain('html-report');
 });
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/reporter-json.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/reporter-json.spec.ts
index c3ae36e2e6..6099ea8f1a 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/reporter-json.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/reporter-json.spec.ts
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ test('should add dot in addition to file json with CI', async ({ runInlineTest }
     `,
   }, { reporter: '' }, { CI: '1' });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('·');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('·');
   expect(fs.existsSync(testInfo.outputPath('a.json'))).toBeTruthy();
 });
 
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ test('should add line in addition to file json without CI', async ({ runInlineTe
     `,
   }, { reporter: '' }, { PW_TEST_DEBUG_REPORTERS: '1' });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('[1/1] a.test.js:6:7 › one');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('[1/1] a.test.js:6:7 › one');
   expect(fs.existsSync(testInfo.outputPath('a.json'))).toBeTruthy();
 });
 test('should have starting time in results', async ({ runInlineTest }, testInfo) => {
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/reporter-line.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/reporter-line.spec.ts
index 56ba9efc96..38cac11449 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/reporter-line.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/reporter-line.spec.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { test, expect, stripAnsi } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
+import { test, expect } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
 
 test('render unexpected after retry', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   const result = await runInlineTest({
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ test('render unexpected after retry', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
       });
     `,
   }, { retries: 3, reporter: 'line' });
-  const text = stripAnsi(result.output);
+  const text = result.output;
   expect(text).toContain('[1/1] a.test.js:6:7 › one');
   expect(text).toContain('[2/1] (retries) a.test.js:6:7 › one (retry #1)');
   expect(text).toContain('[3/1] (retries) a.test.js:6:7 › one (retry #2)');
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ test('render flaky', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
       });
     `,
   }, { retries: 3, reporter: 'line' });
-  const text = stripAnsi(result.output);
+  const text = result.output;
   expect(text).toContain('1 flaky');
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
 });
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ test('should print flaky failures', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   }, { retries: '1', reporter: 'line' });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
   expect(result.flaky).toBe(1);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('expect(testInfo.retry).toBe(1)');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('expect(testInfo.retry).toBe(1)');
 });
 
 test('should work on CI', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ test('should work on CI', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
       });
     `,
   }, { reporter: 'line' }, { CI: '1' });
-  const text = stripAnsi(result.output);
+  const text = result.output;
   expect(text).toContain('[1/1] a.test.js:6:7 › one');
   expect(text).toContain('1 failed');
   expect(text).toContain('1) a.test');
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ test('should print output', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
     `
   }, { reporter: 'line' });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain([
+  expect(result.output).toContain([
     'a.spec.ts:6:7 › foobar',
     'one',
     '',
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/reporter-list.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/reporter-list.spec.ts
index 136b343190..11f41229cc 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/reporter-list.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/reporter-list.spec.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { test, expect, stripAnsi } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
+import { test, expect } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
 
 const DOES_NOT_SUPPORT_UTF8_IN_TERMINAL = process.platform === 'win32' && process.env.TERM_PROGRAM !== 'vscode' && !process.env.WT_SESSION;
 const POSITIVE_STATUS_MARK = DOES_NOT_SUPPORT_UTF8_IN_TERMINAL ? 'ok' : '✓ ';
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ test('render each test with project name', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
       });
     `,
   }, { reporter: 'list', workers: '1' });
-  const text = stripAnsi(result.output);
+  const text = result.output;
 
   expect(text).toContain(`${NEGATIVE_STATUS_MARK} 1 [foo] › a.test.ts:6:7 › fails`);
   expect(text).toContain(`${POSITIVE_STATUS_MARK} 2 [foo] › a.test.ts:9:7 › passes`);
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ test('render steps', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
       });
     `,
   }, { reporter: 'list' }, { PW_TEST_DEBUG_REPORTERS: '1', PW_TEST_DEBUG_REPORTERS_PRINT_STEPS: '1', PWTEST_TTY_WIDTH: '80' });
-  const text = stripAnsi(result.output);
+  const text = result.output;
   const lines = text.split('\n').filter(l => l.match(/^\d :/)).map(l => l.replace(/\d+ms/, 'Xms'));
   lines.pop(); // Remove last item that contains [v] and time in ms.
   expect(lines).toEqual([
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ test('render steps inlint', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
       });
     `,
   }, { reporter: 'list' }, { PW_TEST_DEBUG_REPORTERS: '1', PWTEST_TTY_WIDTH: '80' });
-  const text = stripAnsi(result.output);
+  const text = result.output;
   const lines = text.split('\n').filter(l => l.match(/^\d :/)).map(l => l.replace(/\d+ms/, 'Xms'));
   lines.pop(); // Remove last item that contains [v] and time in ms.
   expect(lines).toEqual([
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ test('very long console line should not mess terminal', async ({ runInlineTest }
     `,
   }, { reporter: 'list' }, { PWTEST_TTY_WIDTH: TTY_WIDTH + '' });
 
-  const renderedText = simpleAnsiRenderer(result.output, TTY_WIDTH);
+  const renderedText = simpleAnsiRenderer(result.rawOutput, TTY_WIDTH);
   if (process.platform === 'win32')
     expect(renderedText).toContain('  ok 1 a.test.ts:6:7 › passes');
   else
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ test('render retries', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
       });
     `,
   }, { reporter: 'list', retries: '1' }, { PW_TEST_DEBUG_REPORTERS: '1', PWTEST_TTY_WIDTH: '80' });
-  const text = stripAnsi(result.output);
+  const text = result.output;
   const lines = text.split('\n').filter(l => l.startsWith('0 :') || l.startsWith('1 :')).map(l => l.replace(/[\dm]+s/, 'XXms'));
 
   expect(lines).toEqual([
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ test('should truncate long test names', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   }, { reporter: 'list', retries: 0 }, { PWTEST_TTY_WIDTH: 50 });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
 
-  const lines = stripAnsi(result.output).split('\n').slice(3, 11);
+  const lines = result.output.split('\n').slice(3, 11);
   expect(lines.every(line => line.length <= 50)).toBe(true);
 
   expect(lines[0]).toBe(`     1 … a.test.ts:6:7 › failure in very long name`);
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/reporter.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/reporter.spec.ts
index 23e24f39ef..3c18c48f47 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/reporter.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/reporter.spec.ts
@@ -135,22 +135,22 @@ test('should work with custom reporter', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   }, { reporter: '', workers: 1 });
 
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
-  expect(result.output.split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%'))).toEqual([
-    '%%reporter-begin-begin%%',
-    '%%version-' + require('../../packages/playwright-test/package.json').version,
-    '%%reporter-testbegin-is run-foo%%',
-    '%%reporter-stdout%%',
-    '%%reporter-stderr%%',
-    '%%reporter-testend-is run-foo%%',
-    '%%reporter-testbegin-is run-foo%%',
-    '%%reporter-stdout%%',
-    '%%reporter-stderr%%',
-    '%%reporter-testend-is run-foo%%',
-    '%%reporter-testbegin-is run-bar%%',
-    '%%reporter-stdout%%',
-    '%%reporter-stderr%%',
-    '%%reporter-testend-is run-bar%%',
-    '%%reporter-end-end%%',
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    'reporter-begin-begin%%',
+    'version-' + require('../../packages/playwright-test/package.json').version,
+    'reporter-testbegin-is run-foo%%',
+    'reporter-stdout%%',
+    'reporter-stderr%%',
+    'reporter-testend-is run-foo%%',
+    'reporter-testbegin-is run-foo%%',
+    'reporter-stdout%%',
+    'reporter-stderr%%',
+    'reporter-testend-is run-foo%%',
+    'reporter-testbegin-is run-bar%%',
+    'reporter-stdout%%',
+    'reporter-stderr%%',
+    'reporter-testend-is run-bar%%',
+    'reporter-end-end%%',
   ]);
 });
 
@@ -170,9 +170,9 @@ test('should work without a file extension', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   }, { reporter: '', workers: 1 });
 
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
-  expect(result.output.split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%'))).toEqual([
-    '%%begin',
-    '%%end',
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    'begin',
+    'end',
   ]);
 });
 
@@ -198,10 +198,10 @@ test('should report onEnd after global teardown', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   }, { reporter: '', workers: 1 });
 
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
-  expect(result.output.split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%'))).toEqual([
-    '%%begin',
-    '%%global teardown',
-    '%%end',
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    'begin',
+    'global teardown',
+    'end',
   ]);
 });
 
@@ -221,9 +221,9 @@ test('should load reporter from node_modules', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   }, { reporter: '', workers: 1 });
 
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
-  expect(result.output.split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%'))).toEqual([
-    '%%begin',
-    '%%end',
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    'begin',
+    'end',
   ]);
 });
 
@@ -251,31 +251,31 @@ test('should report expect steps', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   }, { reporter: '', workers: 1 });
 
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
-  expect(result.output.split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%')).map(stripEscapedAscii)).toEqual([
-    `%% begin {\"title\":\"Before Hooks\",\"category\":\"hook\"}`,
-    `%% end {\"title\":\"Before Hooks\",\"category\":\"hook\"}`,
-    `%% begin {\"title\":\"expect.toBeTruthy\",\"category\":\"expect\"}`,
-    `%% end {\"title\":\"expect.toBeTruthy\",\"category\":\"expect\"}`,
-    `%% begin {\"title\":\"expect.toBeTruthy\",\"category\":\"expect\"}`,
-    `%% end {\"title\":\"expect.toBeTruthy\",\"category\":\"expect\",\"error\":{\"message\":\"expect(received).toBeTruthy()\\n\\nReceived: false\",\"stack\":\"<stack>\"}}`,
-    `%% begin {\"title\":\"After Hooks\",\"category\":\"hook\"}`,
-    `%% end {\"title\":\"After Hooks\",\"category\":\"hook\"}`,
-    `%% begin {\"title\":\"Before Hooks\",\"category\":\"hook\"}`,
-    `%% end {\"title\":\"Before Hooks\",\"category\":\"hook\"}`,
-    `%% begin {\"title\":\"expect.not.toBeTruthy\",\"category\":\"expect\"}`,
-    `%% end {\"title\":\"expect.not.toBeTruthy\",\"category\":\"expect\"}`,
-    `%% begin {\"title\":\"After Hooks\",\"category\":\"hook\"}`,
-    `%% end {\"title\":\"After Hooks\",\"category\":\"hook\"}`,
-    `%% begin {\"title\":\"Before Hooks\",\"category\":\"hook\"}`,
-    `%% begin {\"title\":\"browserContext.newPage\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
-    `%% end {\"title\":\"browserContext.newPage\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
-    `%% end {\"title\":\"Before Hooks\",\"category\":\"hook\",\"steps\":[{\"title\":\"browserContext.newPage\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}]}`,
-    `%% begin {\"title\":\"expect.not.toHaveTitle\",\"category\":\"expect\"}`,
-    `%% end {\"title\":\"expect.not.toHaveTitle\",\"category\":\"expect\"}`,
-    `%% begin {\"title\":\"After Hooks\",\"category\":\"hook\"}`,
-    `%% begin {\"title\":\"browserContext.close\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
-    `%% end {\"title\":\"browserContext.close\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
-    `%% end {\"title\":\"After Hooks\",\"category\":\"hook\",\"steps\":[{\"title\":\"browserContext.close\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}]}`,
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    `begin {\"title\":\"Before Hooks\",\"category\":\"hook\"}`,
+    `end {\"title\":\"Before Hooks\",\"category\":\"hook\"}`,
+    `begin {\"title\":\"expect.toBeTruthy\",\"category\":\"expect\"}`,
+    `end {\"title\":\"expect.toBeTruthy\",\"category\":\"expect\"}`,
+    `begin {\"title\":\"expect.toBeTruthy\",\"category\":\"expect\"}`,
+    `end {\"title\":\"expect.toBeTruthy\",\"category\":\"expect\",\"error\":{\"message\":\"\\u001b[2mexpect(\\u001b[22m\\u001b[31mreceived\\u001b[39m\\u001b[2m).\\u001b[22mtoBeTruthy\\u001b[2m()\\u001b[22m\\n\\nReceived: \\u001b[31mfalse\\u001b[39m\",\"stack\":\"<stack>\"}}`,
+    `begin {\"title\":\"After Hooks\",\"category\":\"hook\"}`,
+    `end {\"title\":\"After Hooks\",\"category\":\"hook\"}`,
+    `begin {\"title\":\"Before Hooks\",\"category\":\"hook\"}`,
+    `end {\"title\":\"Before Hooks\",\"category\":\"hook\"}`,
+    `begin {\"title\":\"expect.not.toBeTruthy\",\"category\":\"expect\"}`,
+    `end {\"title\":\"expect.not.toBeTruthy\",\"category\":\"expect\"}`,
+    `begin {\"title\":\"After Hooks\",\"category\":\"hook\"}`,
+    `end {\"title\":\"After Hooks\",\"category\":\"hook\"}`,
+    `begin {\"title\":\"Before Hooks\",\"category\":\"hook\"}`,
+    `begin {\"title\":\"browserContext.newPage\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
+    `end {\"title\":\"browserContext.newPage\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
+    `end {\"title\":\"Before Hooks\",\"category\":\"hook\",\"steps\":[{\"title\":\"browserContext.newPage\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}]}`,
+    `begin {\"title\":\"expect.not.toHaveTitle\",\"category\":\"expect\"}`,
+    `end {\"title\":\"expect.not.toHaveTitle\",\"category\":\"expect\"}`,
+    `begin {\"title\":\"After Hooks\",\"category\":\"hook\"}`,
+    `begin {\"title\":\"browserContext.close\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
+    `end {\"title\":\"browserContext.close\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
+    `end {\"title\":\"After Hooks\",\"category\":\"hook\",\"steps\":[{\"title\":\"browserContext.close\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}]}`,
   ]);
 });
 
@@ -321,49 +321,49 @@ test('should report api steps', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   }, { reporter: '', workers: 1 });
 
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
-  expect(result.output.split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%')).map(stripEscapedAscii)).toEqual([
-    `%% begin {\"title\":\"Before Hooks\",\"category\":\"hook\"}`,
-    `%% begin {\"title\":\"browserContext.newPage\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
-    `%% end {\"title\":\"browserContext.newPage\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
-    `%% end {\"title\":\"Before Hooks\",\"category\":\"hook\",\"steps\":[{\"title\":\"browserContext.newPage\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}]}`,
-    `%% begin {\"title\":\"page.waitForNavigation\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
-    `%% begin {\"title\":\"page.goto(data:text/html,<button></button>)\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
-    `%% end {\"title\":\"page.waitForNavigation\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
-    `%% end {\"title\":\"page.goto(data:text/html,<button></button>)\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
-    `%% begin {\"title\":\"page.click(button)\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
-    `%% end {\"title\":\"page.click(button)\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
-    `%% begin {"title":"apiRequestContext.get(http://localhost2)","category":"pw:api"}`,
-    `%% end {"title":"apiRequestContext.get(http://localhost2)","category":"pw:api","error":{"message":"<message>","stack":"<stack>"}}`,
-    `%% begin {"title":"apiRequestContext.get(http://localhost2)","category":"pw:api"}`,
-    `%% end {"title":"apiRequestContext.get(http://localhost2)","category":"pw:api","error":{"message":"<message>","stack":"<stack>"}}`,
-    `%% begin {\"title\":\"After Hooks\",\"category\":\"hook\"}`,
-    `%% begin {\"title\":\"apiRequestContext.dispose\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
-    `%% end {\"title\":\"apiRequestContext.dispose\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
-    `%% begin {\"title\":\"browserContext.close\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
-    `%% end {\"title\":\"browserContext.close\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
-    `%% end {\"title\":\"After Hooks\",\"category\":\"hook\",\"steps\":[{\"title\":\"apiRequestContext.dispose\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"},{\"title\":\"browserContext.close\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}]}`,
-    `%% begin {\"title\":\"Before Hooks\",\"category\":\"hook\"}`,
-    `%% begin {\"title\":\"beforeAll hook\",\"category\":\"hook\"}`,
-    `%% begin {\"title\":\"browser.newPage\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
-    `%% end {\"title\":\"browser.newPage\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
-    `%% begin {\"title\":\"page.setContent\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
-    `%% end {\"title\":\"page.setContent\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
-    `%% end {\"title\":\"beforeAll hook\",\"category\":\"hook\",\"steps\":[{\"title\":\"browser.newPage\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"},{\"title\":\"page.setContent\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}]}`,
-    `%% end {\"title\":\"Before Hooks\",\"category\":\"hook\",\"steps\":[{\"title\":\"beforeAll hook\",\"category\":\"hook\",\"steps\":[{\"title\":\"browser.newPage\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"},{\"title\":\"page.setContent\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}]}]}`,
-    `%% begin {\"title\":\"page.click(button)\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
-    `%% end {\"title\":\"page.click(button)\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
-    `%% begin {\"title\":\"After Hooks\",\"category\":\"hook\"}`,
-    `%% end {\"title\":\"After Hooks\",\"category\":\"hook\"}`,
-    `%% begin {\"title\":\"Before Hooks\",\"category\":\"hook\"}`,
-    `%% end {\"title\":\"Before Hooks\",\"category\":\"hook\"}`,
-    `%% begin {\"title\":\"page.click(button)\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
-    `%% end {\"title\":\"page.click(button)\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
-    `%% begin {\"title\":\"After Hooks\",\"category\":\"hook\"}`,
-    `%% begin {\"title\":\"afterAll hook\",\"category\":\"hook\"}`,
-    `%% begin {\"title\":\"page.close\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
-    `%% end {\"title\":\"page.close\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
-    `%% end {\"title\":\"afterAll hook\",\"category\":\"hook\",\"steps\":[{\"title\":\"page.close\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}]}`,
-    `%% end {\"title\":\"After Hooks\",\"category\":\"hook\",\"steps\":[{\"title\":\"afterAll hook\",\"category\":\"hook\",\"steps\":[{\"title\":\"page.close\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}]}]}`,
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    `begin {\"title\":\"Before Hooks\",\"category\":\"hook\"}`,
+    `begin {\"title\":\"browserContext.newPage\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
+    `end {\"title\":\"browserContext.newPage\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
+    `end {\"title\":\"Before Hooks\",\"category\":\"hook\",\"steps\":[{\"title\":\"browserContext.newPage\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}]}`,
+    `begin {\"title\":\"page.waitForNavigation\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
+    `begin {\"title\":\"page.goto(data:text/html,<button></button>)\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
+    `end {\"title\":\"page.waitForNavigation\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
+    `end {\"title\":\"page.goto(data:text/html,<button></button>)\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
+    `begin {\"title\":\"page.click(button)\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
+    `end {\"title\":\"page.click(button)\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
+    `begin {"title":"apiRequestContext.get(http://localhost2)","category":"pw:api"}`,
+    `end {"title":"apiRequestContext.get(http://localhost2)","category":"pw:api","error":{"message":"<message>","stack":"<stack>"}}`,
+    `begin {"title":"apiRequestContext.get(http://localhost2)","category":"pw:api"}`,
+    `end {"title":"apiRequestContext.get(http://localhost2)","category":"pw:api","error":{"message":"<message>","stack":"<stack>"}}`,
+    `begin {\"title\":\"After Hooks\",\"category\":\"hook\"}`,
+    `begin {\"title\":\"apiRequestContext.dispose\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
+    `end {\"title\":\"apiRequestContext.dispose\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
+    `begin {\"title\":\"browserContext.close\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
+    `end {\"title\":\"browserContext.close\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
+    `end {\"title\":\"After Hooks\",\"category\":\"hook\",\"steps\":[{\"title\":\"apiRequestContext.dispose\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"},{\"title\":\"browserContext.close\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}]}`,
+    `begin {\"title\":\"Before Hooks\",\"category\":\"hook\"}`,
+    `begin {\"title\":\"beforeAll hook\",\"category\":\"hook\"}`,
+    `begin {\"title\":\"browser.newPage\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
+    `end {\"title\":\"browser.newPage\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
+    `begin {\"title\":\"page.setContent\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
+    `end {\"title\":\"page.setContent\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
+    `end {\"title\":\"beforeAll hook\",\"category\":\"hook\",\"steps\":[{\"title\":\"browser.newPage\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"},{\"title\":\"page.setContent\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}]}`,
+    `end {\"title\":\"Before Hooks\",\"category\":\"hook\",\"steps\":[{\"title\":\"beforeAll hook\",\"category\":\"hook\",\"steps\":[{\"title\":\"browser.newPage\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"},{\"title\":\"page.setContent\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}]}]}`,
+    `begin {\"title\":\"page.click(button)\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
+    `end {\"title\":\"page.click(button)\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
+    `begin {\"title\":\"After Hooks\",\"category\":\"hook\"}`,
+    `end {\"title\":\"After Hooks\",\"category\":\"hook\"}`,
+    `begin {\"title\":\"Before Hooks\",\"category\":\"hook\"}`,
+    `end {\"title\":\"Before Hooks\",\"category\":\"hook\"}`,
+    `begin {\"title\":\"page.click(button)\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
+    `end {\"title\":\"page.click(button)\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
+    `begin {\"title\":\"After Hooks\",\"category\":\"hook\"}`,
+    `begin {\"title\":\"afterAll hook\",\"category\":\"hook\"}`,
+    `begin {\"title\":\"page.close\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
+    `end {\"title\":\"page.close\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
+    `end {\"title\":\"afterAll hook\",\"category\":\"hook\",\"steps\":[{\"title\":\"page.close\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}]}`,
+    `end {\"title\":\"After Hooks\",\"category\":\"hook\",\"steps\":[{\"title\":\"afterAll hook\",\"category\":\"hook\",\"steps\":[{\"title\":\"page.close\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}]}]}`,
   ]);
 });
 
@@ -386,19 +386,19 @@ test('should report api step failure', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   }, { reporter: '', workers: 1 });
 
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
-  expect(result.output.split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%')).map(stripEscapedAscii)).toEqual([
-    `%% begin {\"title\":\"Before Hooks\",\"category\":\"hook\"}`,
-    `%% begin {\"title\":\"browserContext.newPage\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
-    `%% end {\"title\":\"browserContext.newPage\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
-    `%% end {\"title\":\"Before Hooks\",\"category\":\"hook\",\"steps\":[{\"title\":\"browserContext.newPage\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}]}`,
-    `%% begin {\"title\":\"page.setContent\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
-    `%% end {\"title\":\"page.setContent\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
-    `%% begin {\"title\":\"page.click(input)\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
-    `%% end {\"title\":\"page.click(input)\",\"category\":\"pw:api\",\"error\":{\"message\":\"page.click: Timeout 1ms exceeded.\\n=========================== logs ===========================\\nwaiting for locator('input')\\n============================================================\",\"stack\":\"<stack>\"}}`,
-    `%% begin {\"title\":\"After Hooks\",\"category\":\"hook\"}`,
-    `%% begin {\"title\":\"browserContext.close\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
-    `%% end {\"title\":\"browserContext.close\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
-    `%% end {\"title\":\"After Hooks\",\"category\":\"hook\",\"steps\":[{\"title\":\"browserContext.close\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}]}`,
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    `begin {\"title\":\"Before Hooks\",\"category\":\"hook\"}`,
+    `begin {\"title\":\"browserContext.newPage\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
+    `end {\"title\":\"browserContext.newPage\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
+    `end {\"title\":\"Before Hooks\",\"category\":\"hook\",\"steps\":[{\"title\":\"browserContext.newPage\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}]}`,
+    `begin {\"title\":\"page.setContent\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
+    `end {\"title\":\"page.setContent\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
+    `begin {\"title\":\"page.click(input)\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
+    `end {\"title\":\"page.click(input)\",\"category\":\"pw:api\",\"error\":{\"message\":\"page.click: Timeout 1ms exceeded.\\n=========================== logs ===========================\\nwaiting for locator('input')\\n============================================================\",\"stack\":\"<stack>\"}}`,
+    `begin {\"title\":\"After Hooks\",\"category\":\"hook\"}`,
+    `begin {\"title\":\"browserContext.close\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
+    `end {\"title\":\"browserContext.close\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}`,
+    `end {\"title\":\"After Hooks\",\"category\":\"hook\",\"steps\":[{\"title\":\"browserContext.close\",\"category\":\"pw:api\"}]}`,
   ]);
 });
 
@@ -445,19 +445,19 @@ test('should show nice stacks for locators', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
   expect(result.passed).toBe(0);
   expect(result.output).not.toContain('Internal error');
-  expect(result.output.split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%')).map(stripEscapedAscii)).toEqual([
-    `%% begin {"title":"Before Hooks","category":"hook"}`,
-    `%% begin {"title":"browserContext.newPage","category":"pw:api"}`,
-    `%% end {"title":"browserContext.newPage","category":"pw:api"}`,
-    `%% end {"title":"Before Hooks","category":"hook","steps":[{"title":"browserContext.newPage","category":"pw:api"}]}`,
-    `%% begin {"title":"page.setContent","category":"pw:api"}`,
-    `%% end {"title":"page.setContent","category":"pw:api"}`,
-    `%% begin {"title":"locator.evaluate(button)","category":"pw:api"}`,
-    `%% end {"title":"locator.evaluate(button)","category":"pw:api"}`,
-    `%% begin {"title":"After Hooks","category":"hook"}`,
-    `%% begin {"title":"browserContext.close","category":"pw:api"}`,
-    `%% end {"title":"browserContext.close","category":"pw:api"}`,
-    `%% end {"title":"After Hooks","category":"hook","steps":[{"title":"browserContext.close","category":"pw:api"}]}`,
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    `begin {"title":"Before Hooks","category":"hook"}`,
+    `begin {"title":"browserContext.newPage","category":"pw:api"}`,
+    `end {"title":"browserContext.newPage","category":"pw:api"}`,
+    `end {"title":"Before Hooks","category":"hook","steps":[{"title":"browserContext.newPage","category":"pw:api"}]}`,
+    `begin {"title":"page.setContent","category":"pw:api"}`,
+    `end {"title":"page.setContent","category":"pw:api"}`,
+    `begin {"title":"locator.evaluate(button)","category":"pw:api"}`,
+    `end {"title":"locator.evaluate(button)","category":"pw:api"}`,
+    `begin {"title":"After Hooks","category":"hook"}`,
+    `begin {"title":"browserContext.close","category":"pw:api"}`,
+    `end {"title":"browserContext.close","category":"pw:api"}`,
+    `end {"title":"After Hooks","category":"hook","steps":[{"title":"browserContext.close","category":"pw:api"}]}`,
   ]);
 });
 
@@ -628,8 +628,3 @@ test('parallelIndex is presented in onTestEnd', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
 
   expect(result.output).toContain('parallelIndex: 0');
 });
-
-
-function stripEscapedAscii(str: string) {
-  return str.replace(/\\u00[a-z0-9][a-z0-9]\[[^m]+m/g, '');
-}
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/resolver.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/resolver.spec.ts
index 802896a17a..cf4cd11f5c 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/resolver.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/resolver.spec.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { test, expect, stripAnsi } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
+import { test, expect } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
 
 test('should respect path resolver', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   test.info().annotations.push({ type: 'issue', description: 'https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/11656' });
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ test('should not respect path resolver for JS files w/o allowJS', async ({ runIn
     `,
   });
 
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('Cannot find module \'util/b\'');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('Cannot find module \'util/b\'');
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
 });
 
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/retry.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/retry.spec.ts
index 601b855cf1..d3724a9cf7 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/retry.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/retry.spec.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { test, expect, stripAnsi } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
+import { test, expect } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
 
 test('should retry failures', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   const result = await runInlineTest({
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ test('should retry timeout', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   expect(exitCode).toBe(1);
   expect(passed).toBe(0);
   expect(failed).toBe(1);
-  expect(stripAnsi(output).split('\n')[2]).toBe('××T');
+  expect(output.split('\n')[2]).toBe('××T');
 });
 
 test('should fail on unexpected pass with retries', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ test('should retry unexpected pass', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   expect(exitCode).toBe(1);
   expect(passed).toBe(0);
   expect(failed).toBe(1);
-  expect(stripAnsi(output).split('\n')[2]).toBe('××F');
+  expect(output.split('\n')[2]).toBe('××F');
 });
 
 test('should not retry expected failure', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ test('should not retry expected failure', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
   expect(passed).toBe(2);
   expect(failed).toBe(0);
-  expect(stripAnsi(output).split('\n')[2]).toBe('··');
+  expect(output.split('\n')[2]).toBe('··');
 });
 
 test('should retry unhandled rejection', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ test('should retry unhandled rejection', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
   expect(result.passed).toBe(0);
   expect(result.failed).toBe(1);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output).split('\n')[2]).toBe('××F');
+  expect(result.output.split('\n')[2]).toBe('××F');
   expect(result.output).toContain('Unhandled rejection');
 });
 
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ test('should retry beforeAll failure', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   expect(result.passed).toBe(0);
   expect(result.failed).toBe(1);
   expect(result.skipped).toBe(1);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output).split('\n')[2]).toBe('×°×°F°');
+  expect(result.output.split('\n')[2]).toBe('×°×°F°');
   expect(result.output).toContain('BeforeAll is bugged!');
 });
 
@@ -239,6 +239,6 @@ test('should retry worker fixture setup failure', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
   expect(result.passed).toBe(0);
   expect(result.failed).toBe(1);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output).split('\n')[2]).toBe('××F');
+  expect(result.output.split('\n')[2]).toBe('××F');
   expect(result.output).toContain('worker setup is bugged!');
 });
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/runner.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/runner.spec.ts
index 27cd080df1..b45eaafff9 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/runner.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/runner.spec.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 import path from 'path';
-import { test, expect, stripAnsi } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
+import { test, expect } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
 
 test('it should not allow multiple tests with the same name per suite', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   const result = await runInlineTest({
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ test('it should not allow multiple tests with the same name in multiple files',
   });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
   expect(result.output).toContain('Error: duplicate test title');
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain(`test('i-am-a-duplicate'`);
+  expect(result.output).toContain(`test('i-am-a-duplicate'`);
   expect(result.output).toContain(`tests${path.sep}example1.spec.js:6`);
   expect(result.output).toContain(`tests${path.sep}example1.spec.js:7`);
   expect(result.output).toContain(`tests${path.sep}example2.spec.js:6`);
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ test('it should not allow a focused test when forbid-only is used', async ({ run
   }, { 'forbid-only': true });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
   expect(result.output).toContain('Error: focused item found in the --forbid-only mode');
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain(`test.only('i-am-focused'`);
+  expect(result.output).toContain(`test.only('i-am-focused'`);
   expect(result.output).toContain(`tests${path.sep}focused-test.spec.js:6`);
 });
 
@@ -246,12 +246,12 @@ test('should not stall when workers are available', async ({ runInlineTest }) =>
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
   expect(result.passed).toBe(2);
   expect(result.failed).toBe(1);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output).split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%'))).toEqual([
-    '%%passes-2-started',
-    '%%fails-1-started',
-    '%%fails-1-done',
-    '%%passes-1',
-    '%%passes-2-done',
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    'passes-2-started',
+    'fails-1-started',
+    'fails-1-done',
+    'passes-1',
+    'passes-2-done',
   ]);
 });
 
@@ -283,13 +283,13 @@ test('should teardown workers that are redundant', async ({ runInlineTest }) =>
   }, { workers: 2 });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
   expect(result.passed).toBe(2);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output).split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%'))).toEqual([
-    '%%worker setup',
-    '%%worker setup',
-    '%%test-done',
-    '%%worker teardown',
-    '%%test-done',
-    '%%worker teardown',
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    'worker setup',
+    'worker setup',
+    'test-done',
+    'worker teardown',
+    'test-done',
+    'worker teardown',
   ]);
 });
 
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ test('sigint should stop global setup', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   }, { 'workers': 1 }, {}, { sendSIGINTAfter: 1 });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(130);
   expect(result.passed).toBe(0);
-  const output = stripAnsi(result.output);
+  const output = result.output;
   expect(output).toContain('Global setup');
   expect(output).not.toContain('Global teardown');
 });
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ test('sigint should stop plugins', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   }, { 'workers': 1 }, {}, { sendSIGINTAfter: 1 });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(130);
   expect(result.passed).toBe(0);
-  const output = stripAnsi(result.output);
+  const output = result.output;
   expect(output).toContain('Plugin1 setup');
   expect(output).not.toContain('Plugin1 teardown');
   expect(output).not.toContain('Plugin2 setup');
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ test('sigint should stop plugins 2', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   }, { 'workers': 1 }, {}, { sendSIGINTAfter: 1 });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(130);
   expect(result.passed).toBe(0);
-  const output = stripAnsi(result.output);
+  const output = result.output;
   expect(output).toContain('Plugin1 setup');
   expect(output).toContain('Plugin2 setup');
   expect(output).toContain('Plugin1 teardown');
@@ -455,9 +455,9 @@ test('should not crash with duplicate titles and .only', async ({ runInlineTest
   });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
   expect(result.output).toContain(`Error: duplicate test title`);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain(`test('non unique title'`);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain(`test.skip('non unique title'`);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain(`test.only('non unique title'`);
+  expect(result.output).toContain(`test('non unique title'`);
+  expect(result.output).toContain(`test.skip('non unique title'`);
+  expect(result.output).toContain(`test.only('non unique title'`);
   expect(result.output).toContain(`example.spec.ts:6`);
   expect(result.output).toContain(`example.spec.ts:7`);
   expect(result.output).toContain(`example.spec.ts:8`);
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ test('should not crash with duplicate titles and line filter', async ({ runInlin
   }, {}, {}, { additionalArgs: ['example.spec.ts:8'] });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
   expect(result.output).toContain(`Error: duplicate test title`);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain(`test('non unique title'`);
+  expect(result.output).toContain(`test('non unique title'`);
   expect(result.output).toContain(`example.spec.ts:6`);
   expect(result.output).toContain(`example.spec.ts:7`);
   expect(result.output).toContain(`example.spec.ts:8`);
@@ -495,6 +495,6 @@ test('should not load tests not matching filter', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
 
   }, {}, {}, { additionalArgs: ['a.spec.ts'] });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).not.toContain('in example.spec.ts');
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('in a.spec.ts');
+  expect(result.output).not.toContain('in example.spec.ts');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('in a.spec.ts');
 });
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/snapshot-path-template.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/snapshot-path-template.spec.ts
index d8860b1614..34b8434568 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/snapshot-path-template.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/snapshot-path-template.spec.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 import path from 'path';
 import fs from 'fs';
-import { test, expect, stripAnsi } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
+import { test, expect } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
 
 async function getSnapshotPaths(runInlineTest, testInfo, playwrightConfig, pathArgs) {
   const SEPARATOR = '==== 8< ---- ';
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ async function getSnapshotPaths(runInlineTest, testInfo, playwrightConfig, pathA
     `
   }, { workers: 1 });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
-  const allSegments = stripAnsi(result.output).split(SEPARATOR);
+  const allSegments = result.output.split(SEPARATOR);
   const projToSnapshot = {};
   for (let i = 1; i < allSegments.length; i += 3)
     projToSnapshot[allSegments[i]] = path.relative(testInfo.outputDir, allSegments[i + 1]);
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/stdio.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/stdio.spec.ts
index 7f67953030..22cd1f7e1a 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/stdio.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/stdio.spec.ts
@@ -29,13 +29,13 @@ test('should get top level stdio', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
     `
   });
   // top level logs appear twice, because the file is required twice
-  expect(result.output.split('\n').filter(x => x.startsWith('%%')).sort()).toEqual([
-    '%% stderr in a test',
-    '%% stdout in a test',
-    '%% top level stderr',
-    '%% top level stderr',
-    '%% top level stdout',
-    '%% top level stdout',
+  expect(result.outputLines.sort()).toEqual([
+    'stderr in a test',
+    'stdout in a test',
+    'top level stderr',
+    'top level stderr',
+    'top level stdout',
+    'top level stdout',
   ]);
 });
 
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ test('should get stdio from worker fixture teardown', async ({ runInlineTest })
       test('is a test', async ({fixture}) => {});
     `
   });
-  expect(result.output.split('\n').filter(x => x.startsWith('%%'))).toEqual([
-    '%% worker setup',
-    '%% worker teardown'
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    'worker setup',
+    'worker teardown'
   ]);
 });
 
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ test('should support console colors', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   expect(result.output).toContain(`process.stdout.isTTY = true`);
   expect(result.output).toContain(`process.stderr.isTTY = true`);
   // The output should have colors.
-  expect(result.output).toContain(`{ b: \x1b[33mtrue\x1b[39m, n: \x1b[33m123\x1b[39m, s: \x1b[32m'abc'\x1b[39m }`);
-  expect(result.output).toContain(`{ b: \x1b[33mfalse\x1b[39m, n: \x1b[33m123\x1b[39m, s: \x1b[32m'abc'\x1b[39m }`);
+  expect(result.rawOutput).toContain(`{ b: \x1b[33mtrue\x1b[39m, n: \x1b[33m123\x1b[39m, s: \x1b[32m'abc'\x1b[39m }`);
+  expect(result.rawOutput).toContain(`{ b: \x1b[33mfalse\x1b[39m, n: \x1b[33m123\x1b[39m, s: \x1b[32m'abc'\x1b[39m }`);
 });
 
 test('should override hasColors and getColorDepth', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/test-info.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/test-info.spec.ts
index 27e676c173..6ad6d9f36f 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/test-info.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/test-info.spec.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { test, expect, stripAnsi } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
+import { test, expect } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
 
 test('should work directly', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   const result = await runInlineTest({
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ test('should throw outside test', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
       test('test 1', async ({title}) => {});
     `,
   });
-  const output = stripAnsi(result.output);
+  const output = result.output;
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
   expect(output).toContain('test.info() can only be called while test is running');
 });
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/test-modifiers.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/test-modifiers.spec.ts
index a40b8c1edc..45fcc33936 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/test-modifiers.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/test-modifiers.spec.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { test, expect, stripAnsi, expectTestHelper } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
+import { test, expect, expectTestHelper } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
 
 test('test modifiers should work', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   const result = await runInlineTest({
@@ -443,10 +443,10 @@ test('test.skip with worker fixtures only should skip before hooks and tests', a
   expect(result.report.suites[0].specs[0].tests[0].annotations).toEqual([]);
   expect(result.report.suites[0].suites![0].specs[0].tests[0].annotations).toEqual([{ type: 'skip', description: 'reason' }]);
   expect(result.report.suites[0].suites![0].suites![0].specs[0].tests[0].annotations).toEqual([{ type: 'skip', description: 'reason' }]);
-  expect(result.output.split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%'))).toEqual([
-    '%%beforeEach',
-    '%%passed',
-    '%%skip',
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    'beforeEach',
+    'passed',
+    'skip',
   ]);
 });
 
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ test('modifier timeout should be reported', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
   expect(result.failed).toBe(1);
   expect(result.output).toContain('"skip" modifier timeout of 2000ms exceeded.');
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('6 |       test.skip(async () => new Promise(() => {}));');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('6 |       test.skip(async () => new Promise(() => {}));');
 });
 
 test('should not run hooks if modifier throws', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
@@ -539,8 +539,8 @@ test('should not run hooks if modifier throws', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
   expect(result.failed).toBe(1);
-  expect(result.output.split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%'))).toEqual([
-    '%%modifier',
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    'modifier',
   ]);
 });
 
@@ -576,21 +576,21 @@ test('should report skipped tests in-order with correct properties', async ({ ru
   }, { reporter: '', workers: 1 });
 
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
-  expect(result.output.split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%'))).toEqual([
-    '%%begin-test1',
-    '%%end-test1',
-    '%%expectedStatus-passed',
-    '%%timeout-1234',
-    '%%retries-3',
-    '%%begin-test2',
-    '%%end-test2',
-    '%%expectedStatus-skipped',
-    '%%timeout-1234',
-    '%%retries-3',
-    '%%begin-test3',
-    '%%end-test3',
-    '%%expectedStatus-passed',
-    '%%timeout-1234',
-    '%%retries-3',
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    'begin-test1',
+    'end-test1',
+    'expectedStatus-passed',
+    'timeout-1234',
+    'retries-3',
+    'begin-test2',
+    'end-test2',
+    'expectedStatus-skipped',
+    'timeout-1234',
+    'retries-3',
+    'begin-test3',
+    'end-test3',
+    'expectedStatus-passed',
+    'timeout-1234',
+    'retries-3',
   ]);
 });
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/test-output-dir.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/test-output-dir.spec.ts
index 84f07a58e5..3349b97155 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/test-output-dir.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/test-output-dir.spec.ts
@@ -126,10 +126,10 @@ test('should be unique for beforeAll hook from different workers', async ({ runI
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
   expect(result.passed).toBe(1);
   expect(result.failed).toBe(1);
-  expect(result.output.split('\n').filter(x => x.startsWith('%%'))).toEqual([
-    `%%${testInfo.outputPath('test-results', 'a-fails')}`,
-    `%%${testInfo.outputPath('test-results', 'a-fails-retry1')}`,
-    `%%${testInfo.outputPath('test-results', 'a-passes')}`,
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    `${testInfo.outputPath('test-results', 'a-fails')}`,
+    `${testInfo.outputPath('test-results', 'a-fails-retry1')}`,
+    `${testInfo.outputPath('test-results', 'a-passes')}`,
   ]);
 });
 
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ test('should allow nonAscii characters in the output dir', async ({ runInlineTes
       });
     `,
   });
-  const outputDir = result.output.split('\n').filter(x => x.startsWith('%%'))[0].slice('%%'.length);
+  const outputDir = result.outputLines[0];
   expect(outputDir).toBe(path.join(testInfo.outputDir, 'test-results', 'my-test-こんにちは世界'));
 });
 
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ test('should allow shorten long output dirs characters in the output dir', async
       });
     `,
   });
-  const outputDir = result.output.split('\n').filter(x => x.startsWith('%%'))[0].slice('%%'.length);
+  const outputDir = result.outputLines[0];
   expect(outputDir).toBe(path.join(testInfo.outputDir, 'test-results', 'very-deep-and-long-file-name-that-i-want-to-be-99202--keeps-going-and-going-and-we-should-shorten-it'));
 });
 
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ test('should not mangle double dashes', async ({ runInlineTest }, testInfo) => {
       });
     `,
   });
-  const outputDir = result.output.split('\n').filter(x => x.startsWith('%%'))[0].slice('%%'.length);
+  const outputDir = result.outputLines[0];
   expect(outputDir).toBe(path.join(testInfo.outputDir, 'test-results', 'my--file-my--test'));
 });
 
@@ -438,6 +438,6 @@ test('should allow include the describe name the output dir', async ({ runInline
       });
     `,
   });
-  const outputDir = result.output.split('\n').filter(x => x.startsWith('%%'))[0].slice('%%'.length);
+  const outputDir = result.outputLines[0];
   expect(outputDir).toBe(path.join(testInfo.outputDir, 'test-results', 'my-test-hello-world'));
 });
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/test-parallel.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/test-parallel.spec.ts
index e7f5a1d26c..743ac252a4 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/test-parallel.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/test-parallel.spec.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { test, expect, countTimes, stripAnsi } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
+import { test, expect, countTimes } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
 
 test('test.describe.parallel should throw inside test.describe.serial', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   const result = await runInlineTest({
@@ -197,8 +197,8 @@ test('parallel mode should minimize running beforeAll/afterAll hooks', async ({
   }, { workers: 1 });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
   expect(result.passed).toBe(4);
-  expect(countTimes(stripAnsi(result.output), '%%beforeAll')).toBe(1);
-  expect(countTimes(stripAnsi(result.output), '%%afterAll')).toBe(1);
+  expect(countTimes(result.output, '%%beforeAll')).toBe(1);
+  expect(countTimes(result.output, '%%afterAll')).toBe(1);
 });
 
 test('parallel mode should minimize running beforeAll/afterAll hooks 2', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
@@ -220,6 +220,6 @@ test('parallel mode should minimize running beforeAll/afterAll hooks 2', async (
   }, { workers: 2 });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
   expect(result.passed).toBe(4);
-  expect(countTimes(stripAnsi(result.output), '%%beforeAll')).toBe(2);
-  expect(countTimes(stripAnsi(result.output), '%%afterAll')).toBe(2);
+  expect(countTimes(result.output, '%%beforeAll')).toBe(2);
+  expect(countTimes(result.output, '%%afterAll')).toBe(2);
 });
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/test-serial.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/test-serial.spec.ts
index 2ca9a31e54..7d790d100c 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/test-serial.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/test-serial.spec.ts
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@ test('test.describe.serial should work', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   expect(result.passed).toBe(2);
   expect(result.failed).toBe(1);
   expect(result.skipped).toBe(2);
-  expect(result.output.split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%'))).toEqual([
-    '%%test1',
-    '%%test2',
-    '%%test3',
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    'test1',
+    'test2',
+    'test3',
   ]);
 });
 
@@ -88,10 +88,10 @@ test('test.describe.serial should work in describe', async ({ runInlineTest }) =
   expect(result.passed).toBe(2);
   expect(result.failed).toBe(1);
   expect(result.skipped).toBe(2);
-  expect(result.output.split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%'))).toEqual([
-    '%%test1',
-    '%%test2',
-    '%%test3',
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    'test1',
+    'test2',
+    'test3',
   ]);
 });
 
@@ -129,14 +129,14 @@ test('test.describe.serial should work with retry', async ({ runInlineTest }) =>
   expect(result.flaky).toBe(1);
   expect(result.failed).toBe(1);
   expect(result.skipped).toBe(1);
-  expect(result.output.split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%'))).toEqual([
-    '%%test1',
-    '%%test2',
-    '%%test3',
-    '%%test1',
-    '%%test2',
-    '%%test3',
-    '%%test4',
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    'test1',
+    'test2',
+    'test3',
+    'test1',
+    'test2',
+    'test3',
+    'test4',
   ]);
 });
 
@@ -166,12 +166,12 @@ test('test.describe.serial should work with retry and beforeAll failure', async
   expect(result.flaky).toBe(1);
   expect(result.failed).toBe(0);
   expect(result.skipped).toBe(0);
-  expect(result.output.split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%'))).toEqual([
-    '%%test1',
-    '%%beforeAll',
-    '%%test1',
-    '%%beforeAll',
-    '%%test2',
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    'test1',
+    'beforeAll',
+    'test1',
+    'beforeAll',
+    'test2',
   ]);
 });
 
@@ -203,12 +203,12 @@ test('test.describe.serial should work with retry and afterAll failure', async (
   expect(result.flaky).toBe(1);
   expect(result.failed).toBe(0);
   expect(result.skipped).toBe(0);
-  expect(result.output.split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%'))).toEqual([
-    '%%test1',
-    '%%afterAll',
-    '%%test1',
-    '%%afterAll',
-    '%%test2',
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    'test1',
+    'afterAll',
+    'test1',
+    'afterAll',
+    'test2',
   ]);
 });
 
@@ -236,9 +236,9 @@ test('test.describe.serial.only should work', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   expect(result.passed).toBe(2);
   expect(result.failed).toBe(0);
   expect(result.skipped).toBe(0);
-  expect(result.output.split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%'))).toEqual([
-    '%%test2',
-    '%%test3',
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    'test2',
+    'test3',
   ]);
 });
 
@@ -273,10 +273,10 @@ test('test.describe.serial should work with test.fail', async ({ runInlineTest }
   expect(result.passed).toBe(2);
   expect(result.failed).toBe(1);
   expect(result.skipped).toBe(1);
-  expect(result.output.split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%'))).toEqual([
-    '%%zero',
-    '%%one',
-    '%%two',
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    'zero',
+    'one',
+    'two',
   ]);
 });
 
@@ -312,14 +312,14 @@ test('test.describe.serial should work with test.fail and retries', async ({ run
   expect(result.flaky).toBe(1);
   expect(result.failed).toBe(0);
   expect(result.skipped).toBe(0);
-  expect(result.output.split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%'))).toEqual([
-    '%%zero',
-    '%%one',
-    '%%two',
-    '%%zero',
-    '%%one',
-    '%%two',
-    '%%three',
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    'zero',
+    'one',
+    'two',
+    'zero',
+    'one',
+    'two',
+    'three',
   ]);
 });
 
@@ -355,16 +355,16 @@ test('test.describe.serial should work inside test.describe.parallel', async ({
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
   expect(result.passed).toBe(4);
   expect(result.output).toContain('Running 4 tests using 2 workers');
-  const lines = result.output.split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%'));
+  const lines = result.outputLines;
   // First test in each worker started before the second test in the other.
   // This means they were actually running in parallel.
-  expect(lines.indexOf('%%1-one')).toBeLessThan(lines.indexOf('%%2-two'));
-  expect(lines.indexOf('%%2-one')).toBeLessThan(lines.indexOf('%%1-two'));
+  expect(lines.indexOf('1-one')).toBeLessThan(lines.indexOf('2-two'));
+  expect(lines.indexOf('2-one')).toBeLessThan(lines.indexOf('1-two'));
   expect(lines.sort()).toEqual([
-    '%%1-one',
-    '%%1-two',
-    '%%2-one',
-    '%%2-two',
+    '1-one',
+    '1-two',
+    '2-one',
+    '2-two',
   ]);
 });
 
@@ -389,8 +389,8 @@ test('test.describe.serial should work with fullyParallel', async ({ runInlineTe
   }, { workers: 2 });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
   expect(result.passed).toBe(2);
-  expect(result.output.split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%'))).toEqual([
-    '%%one',
-    '%%two',
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    'one',
+    'two',
   ]);
 });
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/test-step.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/test-step.spec.ts
index 09fb44c0d1..7cd1ef4fa0 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/test-step.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/test-step.spec.ts
@@ -256,19 +256,19 @@ test('should report test.step from fixtures', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   }, { reporter: '', workers: 1 });
 
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
-  expect(result.output.split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%'))).toEqual([
-    `%% begin Before Hooks`,
-    `%% begin setup foo`,
-    `%% end setup foo`,
-    `%% end Before Hooks`,
-    `%% begin test step`,
-    `%% begin inside foo`,
-    `%% end inside foo`,
-    `%% end test step`,
-    `%% begin After Hooks`,
-    `%% begin teardown foo`,
-    `%% end teardown foo`,
-    `%% end After Hooks`,
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    `begin Before Hooks`,
+    `begin setup foo`,
+    `end setup foo`,
+    `end Before Hooks`,
+    `begin test step`,
+    `begin inside foo`,
+    `end inside foo`,
+    `end test step`,
+    `begin After Hooks`,
+    `begin teardown foo`,
+    `end teardown foo`,
+    `end After Hooks`,
   ]);
 });
 
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/test-use.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/test-use.spec.ts
index e7be1b7d87..a8f25f7527 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/test-use.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/test-use.spec.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { test, expect, stripAnsi } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
+import { test, expect } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
 
 test('should merge options', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   const result = await runInlineTest({
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ test('should throw when setting worker options in describe', async ({ runInlineT
     `Cannot use({ foo }) in a describe group, because it forces a new worker.`,
     `Make it top-level in the test file or put in the configuration file.`,
   ].join('\n'));
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain(`{ foo: 'bar' }`);
+  expect(result.output).toContain(`{ foo: 'bar' }`);
 });
 
 test('should run tests with different worker options', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/timeout.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/timeout.spec.ts
index 02ad1c1f96..52760f593a 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/timeout.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/timeout.spec.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { test, expect, stripAnsi } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
+import { test, expect } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
 
 test('should run fixture teardown on timeout', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   const result = await runInlineTest({
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ test('should respect fixture timeout', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   expect(result.failed).toBe(2);
   expect(result.output).toContain('Fixture "custom title" timeout of 500ms exceeded.');
   expect(result.output).toContain('Fixture "slowTeardown" timeout of 400ms exceeded.');
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('> 5 |       const test = pwt.test.extend({');
+  expect(result.output).toContain('> 5 |       const test = pwt.test.extend({');
 });
 
 test('should respect test.setTimeout in the worker fixture', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
@@ -332,12 +332,12 @@ test('test timeout should still run hooks before fixtures teardown', async ({ ru
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
   expect(result.failed).toBe(1);
   expect(result.output).toContain('Test timeout of 100ms exceeded.');
-  expect(result.output.split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%'))).toEqual([
-    '%%before-auto',
-    '%%test',
-    '%%afterAll-1',
-    '%%afterAll-2',
-    '%%after-auto',
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    'before-auto',
+    'test',
+    'afterAll-1',
+    'afterAll-2',
+    'after-auto',
   ]);
 });
 
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/to-have-screenshot.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/to-have-screenshot.spec.ts
index d1b92bd72a..4a814a0640 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/to-have-screenshot.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/to-have-screenshot.spec.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import * as fs from 'fs';
 import { PNG } from 'playwright-core/lib/utilsBundle';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import { pathToFileURL } from 'url';
-import { test, expect, stripAnsi, createImage, paintBlackPixels } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
+import { test, expect, createImage, paintBlackPixels } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
 import { comparePNGs } from '../config/comparator';
 
 test.describe.configure({ mode: 'parallel' });
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ test('should fail to screenshot a page with infinite animation', async ({ runInl
     `
   });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain(`Timeout 2000ms exceeded`);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain(`expect.toHaveScreenshot with timeout 2000ms`);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain(`generating new stable screenshot expectation`);
+  expect(result.output).toContain(`Timeout 2000ms exceeded`);
+  expect(result.output).toContain(`expect.toHaveScreenshot with timeout 2000ms`);
+  expect(result.output).toContain(`generating new stable screenshot expectation`);
   expect(fs.existsSync(testInfo.outputPath('test-results', 'a-is-a-test', 'is-a-test-1-actual.png'))).toBe(true);
   expect(fs.existsSync(testInfo.outputPath('test-results', 'a-is-a-test', 'is-a-test-1-expected.png'))).toBe(false);
   expect(fs.existsSync(testInfo.outputPath('test-results', 'a-is-a-test', 'is-a-test-1-previous.png'))).toBe(true);
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ test('should fail with proper error when unsupported argument is given', async (
     `
   }, { 'update-snapshots': true });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain(`Expected options.clip.width not to be 0`);
+  expect(result.output).toContain(`Expected options.clip.width not to be 0`);
 });
 
 test('should have scale:css by default', async ({ runInlineTest }, testInfo) => {
@@ -198,13 +198,13 @@ test('should report toHaveScreenshot step with expectation name in title', async
   }, { 'reporter': '', 'workers': 1, 'update-snapshots': true });
 
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
-  expect(result.output.split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('%%'))).toEqual([
-    `%% end browserContext.newPage`,
-    `%% end Before Hooks`,
-    `%% end expect.toHaveScreenshot(foo.png)`,
-    `%% end expect.toHaveScreenshot(is-a-test-1.png)`,
-    `%% end browserContext.close`,
-    `%% end After Hooks`,
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    `end browserContext.newPage`,
+    `end Before Hooks`,
+    `end expect.toHaveScreenshot(foo.png)`,
+    `end expect.toHaveScreenshot(is-a-test-1.png)`,
+    `end browserContext.close`,
+    `end After Hooks`,
   ]);
 });
 
@@ -319,8 +319,8 @@ test('should fail to screenshot an element with infinite animation', async ({ ru
     `
   });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain(`Timeout 2000ms exceeded`);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain(`expect.toHaveScreenshot with timeout 2000ms`);
+  expect(result.output).toContain(`Timeout 2000ms exceeded`);
+  expect(result.output).toContain(`expect.toHaveScreenshot with timeout 2000ms`);
   expect(fs.existsSync(testInfo.outputPath('test-results', 'a-is-a-test', 'is-a-test-1-previous.png'))).toBe(true);
   expect(fs.existsSync(testInfo.outputPath('test-results', 'a-is-a-test', 'is-a-test-1-actual.png'))).toBe(true);
   expect(fs.existsSync(testInfo.outputPath('test-results', 'a-is-a-test', 'is-a-test-1-expected.png'))).toBe(false);
@@ -347,8 +347,8 @@ test('should fail to screenshot an element that keeps moving', async ({ runInlin
     `
   });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain(`Timeout 2000ms exceeded`);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain(`element is not stable - waiting`);
+  expect(result.output).toContain(`Timeout 2000ms exceeded`);
+  expect(result.output).toContain(`element is not stable - waiting`);
   expect(fs.existsSync(testInfo.outputPath('test-results', 'a-is-a-test', 'is-a-test-1-actual.png'))).toBe(false);
   expect(fs.existsSync(testInfo.outputPath('test-results', 'a-is-a-test', 'is-a-test-1-expected.png'))).toBe(false);
   expect(fs.existsSync(testInfo.outputPath('test-results', 'a-is-a-test', 'is-a-test-1-diff.png'))).toBe(false);
@@ -427,8 +427,8 @@ test('should fail when screenshot is different size', async ({ runInlineTest })
     `
   });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain(`verifying given screenshot expectation`);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain(`captured a stable screenshot`);
+  expect(result.output).toContain(`verifying given screenshot expectation`);
+  expect(result.output).toContain(`captured a stable screenshot`);
   expect(result.output).toContain('Expected an image 22px by 33px, received 1280px by 720px.');
 });
 
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ test('should fail when given non-png snapshot name', async ({ runInlineTest }) =
     `
   });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain(`Screenshot name "snapshot.jpeg" must have '.png' extension`);
+  expect(result.output).toContain(`Screenshot name "snapshot.jpeg" must have '.png' extension`);
 });
 
 test('should fail when given buffer', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ test('should fail when given buffer', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
     `
   });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
-  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain(`toHaveScreenshot can be only used with Page or Locator objects`);
+  expect(result.output).toContain(`toHaveScreenshot can be only used with Page or Locator objects`);
 });
 
 test('should fail when screenshot is different pixels', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ test('doesn\'t create comparison artifacts in an output folder for passed negate
   });
 
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
-  const outputText = stripAnsi(result.output);
+  const outputText = result.output;
   const expectedSnapshotArtifactPath = testInfo.outputPath('test-results', 'a-is-a-test', 'snapshot-expected.png');
   const actualSnapshotArtifactPath = testInfo.outputPath('test-results', 'a-is-a-test', 'snapshot-actual.png');
   expect(outputText).not.toContain(`Expected: ${expectedSnapshotArtifactPath}`);
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ test('should write missing expectations locally twice and continue', async ({ ru
 
   expect(result.output).toContain('Here we are!');
 
-  const stackLines = stripAnsi(result.output).split('\n').filter(line => line.includes('    at ')).filter(line => !line.includes(testInfo.outputPath()));
+  const stackLines = result.output.split('\n').filter(line => line.includes('    at ')).filter(line => !line.includes(testInfo.outputPath()));
   expect(result.output).toContain('a.spec.js:5');
   expect(stackLines.length).toBe(0);
 });
@@ -960,7 +960,7 @@ test('should attach expected/actual/diff when sizes are different', async ({ run
   });
 
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
-  const outputText = stripAnsi(result.output);
+  const outputText = result.output;
   expect(outputText).toContain('Expected an image 2px by 2px, received 1280px by 720px.');
   expect(outputText).toContain('4 pixels (ratio 0.01 of all image pixels) are different.');
   const attachments = outputText.split('\n').filter(l => l.startsWith('## ')).map(l => l.substring(3)).map(l => JSON.parse(l))[0];
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/watch.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/watch.spec.ts
index d0ddf2fc61..4fee8cb8e2 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/watch.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/watch.spec.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { test, expect, stripAnsi } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
+import { test, expect } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
 
 test('should print dependencies in CJS mode', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   const result = await runInlineTest({
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ test('should print dependencies in CJS mode', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
 
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
   expect(result.passed).toBe(2);
-  const output = stripAnsi(result.output);
+  const output = result.output;
   const deps = JSON.parse(output.match(/###(.*)###/)![1]);
   expect(deps).toEqual({
     'a.test.ts': ['helperA.ts'],
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ test('should print dependencies in ESM mode', async ({ runInlineTest, nodeVersio
 
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
   expect(result.passed).toBe(2);
-  const output = stripAnsi(result.output);
+  const output = result.output;
   const deps = JSON.parse(output.match(/###(.*)###/)![1]);
   expect(deps).toEqual({
     'a.test.ts': ['helperA.ts'],