From b07d393cf23659f7e65474ba0b9c815e053e218f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yury Semikhatsky <yurys@chromium.org>
Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2025 14:17:18 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix(inspector): do not start recording by default

Fixes https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/33785
---
 packages/playwright-core/src/server/recorder/contextRecorder.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/recorder/contextRecorder.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/recorder/contextRecorder.ts
index 2e4f445087..9b641e96f8 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/recorder/contextRecorder.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/recorder/contextRecorder.ts
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ export class ContextRecorder extends EventEmitter {
     this._listeners.push(eventsHelper.addEventListener(process, 'exit', () => {
       this._throttledOutputFile?.flush();
     }));
-    this.setEnabled(true);
+    this.setEnabled(params.mode === 'recording');
   }
 
   setOutput(codegenId: string, outputFile?: string) {