How to Run Playwright and Cucumber UI Tests on LambdaTest via Azure DevOps

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Developers can integrate Playwright and Cucumber test suites with LambdaTest Cloud by configuring an Azure DevOps pipeline connected to a GitHub repository. The setup requires an active Azure DevOps account, a LambdaTest account with credentials, and a GitHub repo containing the automation code. LambdaTest credentials are stored securely as a variable group in Azure DevOps Pipelines Library and injected into the pipeline at runtime. An azure-pipelines.yml file placed at the repository root defines the build stages, installs Node.js dependencies, and triggers UI smoke tests on LambdaTest's remote browser infrastructure. Once configured, every push to the main branch automatically runs the pipeline, with JUnit test results published in Azure DevOps and video logs available on the LambdaTest dashboard.

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