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Error: page.goto: Page crashed!

The browser page crashed during execution. This is typically caused by out-of-memory conditions or browser bugs.

Common Causes

  1. 1Page consumes too much memory (large images, data sets, or memory leaks)
  2. 2Browser version incompatibility
  3. 3Running too many browser contexts in parallel
  4. 4Corrupted browser installation
  5. 5GPU-related crash in headless mode

How to Fix

Increase available memory and disable GPU

const browser = await chromium.launch({
  args: ['--disable-gpu', '--no-sandbox', '--disable-dev-shm-usage'],
});

Common fix for Docker/CI environments where /dev/shm is too small.

Reduce parallelism

// playwright.config.ts
export default defineConfig({
  workers: 2, // reduce from default
  fullyParallel: false,
});

Fewer parallel workers means less memory consumption.

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Related Errors

TimeoutError: Exceeded 30000ms

The default action timeout (30 seconds) was exceeded before the operation could complete. This commonly occurs during navigation, element waits, or network-dependent operations.

net::ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED

The browser could not connect to the target URL. The server is not running, the port is blocked, or the URL is incorrect.

TimeoutError: page.goto: Timeout 30000ms exceeded

Navigation to the target URL did not complete within the timeout period. The page either failed to respond or took too long to reach the 'load' event.

TimeoutError: waiting for selector

Playwright waited for an element matching the given selector but it did not appear within the timeout. The element may not exist, may be hidden, or may appear under a different selector.

Error: strict mode violation: locator resolved to N elements

A locator matched more than one element, but the action requires exactly one. Playwright's strict mode (enabled by default) prevents ambiguous interactions.