@nx/playwright - Migrations

For an overview of the plugin and setup instructions, see the @nx/playwright introduction.

The @nx/playwright plugin provides various migrations to help you migrate to newer versions of playwright projects within your Nx workspace. Below is a complete reference for all available migrations.

24.0.x

remove-deprecated-executors

Version: 24.0.0-beta.3

Converts targets using the removed @nx/playwright executors to inferred tasks; an AI prompt finishes the targets the converter cannot convert safely and validates the project graph.

Convert @nx/playwright:playwright targets to inferred tasks

Nx 24 removes the @nx/playwright:playwright executor and its @nrwl/playwright:playwright alias. The migration registers @nx/playwright/plugin in nx.json and converts the targets that use those executors to inferred tasks. Options the plugin does not infer stay on the target. A target with nothing left to override is removed from project configuration. When several projects share the same remaining options, those options move to a targetDefaults entry scoped to the plugin. targetDefaults entries keyed by a removed executor are removed once no target uses that executor.

The migration lists the targets the converter cannot convert safely. In agentic runs, an AI prompt finishes them and validates the project graph.

Sample code changes

Before

myapp-e2e/project.json

{
  "name": "myapp-e2e",
  "targets": {
    "e2e": {
      "executor": "@nx/playwright:playwright",
      "outputs": ["{workspaceRoot}/dist/.playwright/myapp-e2e"],
      "options": {
        "config": "myapp-e2e/playwright.config.ts"
      }
    }
  }
}

After

nx.json

{
  "plugins": [
    {
      "plugin": "@nx/playwright/plugin",
      "options": {
        "ciTargetName": "e2e-ci",
        "targetName": "e2e"
      }
    }
  ]
}

23.0.x

update-23-0-0-migrate-create-nodes-v2-import

Version: 23.0.0-beta.24

Rename imports of createNodesV2 from @nx/playwright/plugin to the canonical createNodes export.

Rename createNodesV2 imports to createNodes

@nx/playwright renamed its primary inferred-plugin export from createNodesV2 to createNodes. The createNodesV2 name is preserved as a deprecated alias for now, but new code should use createNodes.

This migration scans every .ts, .tsx, .cts, and .mts file in your workspace and rewrites named imports and re-exports of createNodesV2 from @nx/playwright/plugin to createNodes.

Sample Code Changes

Before

import { createNodesV2 } from '@nx/playwright/plugin';

After

import { createNodes } from '@nx/playwright/plugin';

Aliases are preserved (createNodesV2 as cn becomes createNodes as cn), and if a file already imports both names ({ createNodes, createNodesV2 }) the redundant binding is dropped.

What is not rewritten

Only static import/export named bindings from @nx/playwright/plugin are rewritten. Namespace imports, dynamic import(...), require(...) destructuring, and property access such as plugin.createNodesV2 are left untouched — they keep working through the createNodesV2 runtime alias. Update those by hand if you want to drop the deprecated name everywhere.