From 685fcab605db7d0a22272afffb81e0a8c3b2d5e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Amruth Pillai <im.amruth@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2026 08:41:29 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(e2e): launch server directly so Playwright can stop it

pnpm 12.6 moves script children into their own process group. Playwright
stops its webServer with a process-group kill, so the server spawned via
`pnpm start` survived teardown and every E2E job hung until the 30 minute
timeout after all tests had passed.
---
 playwright.config.ts | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/playwright.config.ts b/playwright.config.ts
index 14b4781e0..72398137c 100644
--- a/playwright.config.ts
+++ b/playwright.config.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ export default defineConfig({
 		},
 	],
 	webServer: {
-		command: "pnpm start",
+		// Run node directly: pnpm >=12.6 moves script children into their own process group,
+		// so Playwright's group kill misses the server and the job hangs after the tests finish.
+		command: "node apps/server/dist/index.mjs",
 		url: `${baseURL}/api/health`,
 		reuseExistingServer: !isCI,
 		timeout: 120_000,