Playwright is currently the undisputed king of test automation. But switching to it blindly won't fix your flaky, unstable test suite. In this essay, we’re taking a hard look at the current industry hype surrounding framework migrations. While Playwright offers incredible features like auto-waiting, parallel execution, and a powerful trace viewer, it cannot rescue a broken test automation strategy. We’ll break down why 90% of flakiness is caused by unmanaged state and poor data isolation rather than tool limitations, why teams waste months falling into the "migration trap," and what separates a junior tool-worshipper from a truly tool-agnostic senior test architect.

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