Write Once, Run Reliably: AI-Generated Playwright Tests Without the Flakiness

This article challenges the fundamental approach to AI-assisted testing by decoupling test generation from test execution. Rather than keeping the AI in the loop at runtime—which causes test flakiness and unpredictability—the author's Vite plugin uses AI once to generate readable Playwright code, then removes the AI entirely. This approach combines intelligent code generation with deterministic test execution, solving a critical problem in modern automated testing where runtime model drift breaks build stability.