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[BUG] `playwright test` with `webkit` will only lead to `browserContext.newPage: Target closed` on macOS (M1, Apple Silicon)

See original GitHub issue

Context:

Playwright Version: 1.16.3
Operating System: macOS 12.0.1 (21A559)
Browser: WebKit
Extra: ARM64

System:

OS: macOS 11.6
Memory: 2.85 GB / 32.00 GB

Binaries:

Node: 16.3.0 - /usr/local/bin/node
Yarn: 1.22.10 - /usr/local/bin/yarn
npm: 7.7.6 - /usr/local/bin/npm

Languages:

Bash: 5.1.4 - /usr/local/bin/bash

Code Snippet

import { expect, test } from '@playwright/test';

async function delay(ms: number) {
  return new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
}
test('twitter', async ({page}) => {
  await page.goto('https://twitter.com/dan_abramov/status/1086215004808978434');

  await delay(5000);

  const title = await page.evaluate(() => document.title);
  const text = await page.evaluate(() => document.body.textContent);

  console.log('[trace] title:', title);
  expect(title.startsWith('Dan on Twitter')).toBeTruthy();
  console.log('[trace] text:', text);
});

Describe the bug

➜  demo_project yarn playwright test src/t.spec.ts --browser webkit
yarn run v1.22.11
$ /Users/username/Downloads/202111/temp/demo_project/node_modules/.bin/playwright test src/t.spec.ts --browser webkit

Running 1 test using 1 worker

  ✘  [webkit] › src/t.spec.ts:6:1 › twitter (5s)


  1) [webkit] › src/t.spec.ts:6:1 › twitter ========================================================

    browserContext.newPage: Target closed





  1 failed
    [webkit] › src/t.spec.ts:6:1 › twitter =========================================================
error Command failed with exit code 1.
info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/run for documentation about this command.
➜  demo_project

Also tested both headless / non-headless webkit on Ubuntu 20.04 (amd64), it worked well.