diff --git a/tests/inspector/cli-codegen-2.spec.ts b/tests/inspector/cli-codegen-2.spec.ts
index 4904e17627..2b44c67065 100644
--- a/tests/inspector/cli-codegen-2.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/inspector/cli-codegen-2.spec.ts
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ test.describe('cli codegen', () => {
   test('should fill tricky characters', async ({ page, openRecorder }) => {
     const recorder = await openRecorder();
 
-    await recorder.setContentAndWait(`<textarea id="textarea" name="name" oninput="console.log(textarea.value)"></textarea>`);
+    await recorder.setContentAndWait(`<textarea spellcheck=false id="textarea" name="name" oninput="console.log(textarea.value)"></textarea>`);
     const selector = await recorder.focusElement('textarea');
     expect(selector).toBe('textarea[name="name"]');
 
diff --git a/tests/inspector/cli-codegen-csharp.spec.ts b/tests/inspector/cli-codegen-csharp.spec.ts
index 845e498be6..ce2ac01dc0 100644
--- a/tests/inspector/cli-codegen-csharp.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/inspector/cli-codegen-csharp.spec.ts
@@ -165,13 +165,13 @@ test('should print load/save storageState', async ({ browserName, channel, runCL
         });
         var context = await browser.NewContextAsync(new BrowserNewContextOptions
         {
-            StorageStatePath = "${loadFileName}",
+            StorageStatePath = "${loadFileName.replace(/\\/g, '\\\\')}",
         });`;
   await cli.waitFor(expectedResult1);
   const expectedResult2 = `
         await context.StorageStateAsync(new BrowserContextStorageStateOptions
         {
-            Path = "${saveFileName}"
+            Path = "${saveFileName.replace(/\\/g, '\\\\')}"
         });
 `;
   await cli.waitFor(expectedResult2);
diff --git a/tests/inspector/cli-codegen-java.spec.ts b/tests/inspector/cli-codegen-java.spec.ts
index 1b48eed91d..a760234d87 100644
--- a/tests/inspector/cli-codegen-java.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/inspector/cli-codegen-java.spec.ts
@@ -82,10 +82,10 @@ test('should print load/save storage_state', async ({ runCLI, browserName }, tes
   await fs.promises.writeFile(loadFileName, JSON.stringify({ cookies: [], origins: [] }), 'utf8');
   const cli = runCLI([`--load-storage=${loadFileName}`, `--save-storage=${saveFileName}`, '--target=java', emptyHTML]);
   const expectedResult1 = `BrowserContext context = browser.newContext(new Browser.NewContextOptions()
-        .setStorageStatePath(Paths.get("${loadFileName}")));`;
+        .setStorageStatePath(Paths.get("${loadFileName.replace(/\\/g, '\\\\')}")));`;
   await cli.waitFor(expectedResult1);
 
   const expectedResult2 = `
-      context.storageState(new BrowserContext.StorageStateOptions().setPath("${saveFileName}"))`;
+      context.storageState(new BrowserContext.StorageStateOptions().setPath("${saveFileName.replace(/\\/g, '\\\\')}"))`;
   await cli.waitFor(expectedResult2);
 });
diff --git a/tests/inspector/cli-codegen-javascript.spec.ts b/tests/inspector/cli-codegen-javascript.spec.ts
index 20b4bcb15b..6c8308d7cc 100644
--- a/tests/inspector/cli-codegen-javascript.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/inspector/cli-codegen-javascript.spec.ts
@@ -128,13 +128,13 @@ test('should print load/save storageState', async ({ browserName, channel, runCL
     ${launchOptions(channel)}
   });
   const context = await browser.newContext({
-    storageState: '${loadFileName}'
+    storageState: '${loadFileName.replace(/\\/g, '\\\\')}'
   });`;
   await cli.waitFor(expectedResult1);
 
   const expectedResult2 = `
   // ---------------------
-  await context.storageState({ path: '${saveFileName}' });
+  await context.storageState({ path: '${saveFileName.replace(/\\/g, '\\\\')}' });
   await context.close();
   await browser.close();
 })();`;
diff --git a/tests/inspector/cli-codegen-python-async.spec.ts b/tests/inspector/cli-codegen-python-async.spec.ts
index c2c616623b..29eca794ad 100644
--- a/tests/inspector/cli-codegen-python-async.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/inspector/cli-codegen-python-async.spec.ts
@@ -132,12 +132,12 @@ from playwright.async_api import Playwright, async_playwright
 
 async def run(playwright: Playwright) -> None:
     browser = await playwright.${browserName}.launch(${launchOptions(channel)})
-    context = await browser.new_context(storage_state="${loadFileName}")`;
+    context = await browser.new_context(storage_state="${loadFileName.replace(/\\/g, '\\\\')}")`;
   await cli.waitFor(expectedResult1);
 
   const expectedResult2 = `
     # ---------------------
-    await context.storage_state(path="${saveFileName}")
+    await context.storage_state(path="${saveFileName.replace(/\\/g, '\\\\')}")
     await context.close()
     await browser.close()
 
diff --git a/tests/inspector/cli-codegen-python.spec.ts b/tests/inspector/cli-codegen-python.spec.ts
index 9b5a20b13c..fe8ccd67b9 100644
--- a/tests/inspector/cli-codegen-python.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/inspector/cli-codegen-python.spec.ts
@@ -116,12 +116,12 @@ test('should print load/save storage_state', async ({ runCLI, channel, browserNa
 
 def run(playwright: Playwright) -> None:
     browser = playwright.${browserName}.launch(${launchOptions(channel)})
-    context = browser.new_context(storage_state="${loadFileName}")`;
+    context = browser.new_context(storage_state="${loadFileName.replace(/\\/g, '\\\\')}")`;
   await cli.waitFor(expectedResult1);
 
   const expectedResult2 = `
     # ---------------------
-    context.storage_state(path="${saveFileName}")
+    context.storage_state(path="${saveFileName.replace(/\\/g, '\\\\')}")
     context.close()
     browser.close()
 
diff --git a/tests/inspector/cli-codegen-test.spec.ts b/tests/inspector/cli-codegen-test.spec.ts
index a61bacfc15..e16af0278a 100644
--- a/tests/inspector/cli-codegen-test.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/inspector/cli-codegen-test.spec.ts
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ test('should print load storageState', async ({ browserName, channel, runCLI },
   const expectedResult = `const { test, expect } = require('@playwright/test');
 
 test.use({
-  storageState: '${loadFileName}'
+  storageState: '${loadFileName.replace(/\\/g, '\\\\')}'
 });
 
 test('test', async ({ page }) => {`;
diff --git a/tests/inspector/inspectorTest.ts b/tests/inspector/inspectorTest.ts
index 8ae288f90c..683cc467e5 100644
--- a/tests/inspector/inspectorTest.ts
+++ b/tests/inspector/inspectorTest.ts
@@ -221,11 +221,18 @@ class CLIMock {
     });
   }
 
-  async waitFor(text: string): Promise<void> {
+  async waitFor(text: string, timeout = 10_000): Promise<void> {
     if (this.data.includes(text))
       return Promise.resolve();
     this.waitForText = text;
-    return new Promise(f => this.waitForCallback = f);
+    return new Promise((f, r) => {
+      this.waitForCallback = f;
+      if (timeout) {
+        setTimeout(() => {
+          r(new Error('Timed out waiting for text:\n' + text + '\n\nRecieved:\n' + this.text()));
+        }, timeout);
+      }
+    });
   }
 
   text() {