playwright/docs/src/test-reporter-api/class-teststep.md

class: TestStep

• langs: js

Represents a step in the [TestRun].

property: TestStep.category

• type: <[string]>

Step category to differentiate steps with different origin and verbosity. Built-in categories are:

• hook for fixtures and hooks initialization and teardown
• expect for expect calls
• pw:api for Playwright API calls.
• test.step for test.step API calls.

property: TestStep.duration

• type: <[float]>

Running time in milliseconds.

property: TestStep.error

• type: <[void]|[TestError]>

An error thrown during the step execution, if any.

property: TestStep.parent

• type: <[void]|[TestStep]>

Parent step, if any.

property: TestStep.startTime

• type: <[Date]>

Start time of this particular test step.

property: TestStep.steps

• type: <[Array]<[TestStep]>>

List of steps inside this step.

property: TestStep.title

• type: <[string]>

User-friendly test step title.

method: TestStep.titlePath

• returns: <[Array]<[string]>>

Returns a list of step titles from the root step down to this step.