[BUG] After upgrade to version - I'm getting the error with async functions: An async function or method in ES5/ES3 requires the 'Promise' constructor

Context:

• Playwright Version: 1.22.1
• Operating System: Windows
• Node.js version: 16.15.0
• Browser: AlL
• Extra: Tested with Webstorm IDE and with VSCode

Code Snippet

import test from "@playwright/test";

test.describe('Describe', async() => {

    test.beforeEach(async ({page}) => {
        await page.goto('');
    });

    test('Test', async({page}) => {
        await page.locator('').click();
    })
})

Describe the bug

The error started to appear after an upgrade to version 1.22. It requires the ‘Promise’ constructor. I didn’t see this error before an upgrade.

The error occurs in the VSCode:

And also in the Webstorm IDE:

I use the Playwright with typescript - should I need to take the advice of IDEs? Or maybe is it a bug? Because as I mentioned, I didn’t see these errors before an upgrade.

[rwoll]

@AlexKomanov You shouldn’t need lib. On 1.22, I used your code from https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/14221#issue-1238645155 and your config https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/14221#issuecomment-1128960207 but deleted the lib section. VSCode at first complained in the same way as your screenshot when I added the tsconfig, but I closed VSCode and re-opened and it was all good again. Can you check if closing and re-opening clears the errors?

NB: Aside: if you then go and add a process.env call, the VSCode typing might complain, but this is related to https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/pull/14230 which will be fixed shortly in a patch release.

Please re-open if I missed something or if restarting VSCode does not resolve the issue. Thanks!

[dhiegomaga]

I’m having the same issue, tsc: Version 4.8.4, and tsconfig.json:

{
  "compilerOptions":{
    "target": "ES3"
  }
}