Rebrand "Playwright on Codespaces" to "Playwright Local Browser Server" (#5581)

* Initial plan

* Rebrand Playwright on Codespaces to Playwright Local Browser Server

- Renamed directory from playwright-on-codespaces-vscode-extension to playwright-local-browser-server-vscode-extension
- Updated rush.json with new package name and project folder
- Updated package.json: name, displayName, description, repository path, homepage, command categories
- Updated extension.ts: EXTENSION_DISPLAY_NAME and terminal names
- Updated utilities.ts: EXTENSION_INSTALLED_FILENAME and comments
- Updated README files in vscode extension and playwright-browser-tunnel
- Updated main README.md with new paths and descriptions

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* Update pnpm-lock.yaml after rebrand and verify build

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* Address code review feedback

- Fix autoStart default value documentation (false, not true)
- Update LICENSE file with new package name
- Update extension.ts marker file comment
- Fix remaining "Playwright on Codespaces" reference in README
- Fix typo: "check's" -> "checks" in utilities.ts

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* Complete documentation for commands and settings

- Add missing manageAllowlist command to README
- Add missing promptBeforeLaunch setting documentation

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* fix assets and comment

* rush change

* add publish configuration

* reset lockfile changes

* update command ids

* DROP: rush update

* update readme

* update extension command registration ids

* update default ports to 56767

* repo-toolbox

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Co-authored-by: TheLarkInn <3408176+TheLarkInn@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Sean Larkin <TheLarkInn@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: Copilot

.vscode/launch.json

@@ -119,16 +119,16 @@
 			]
 		},
 		{
-			"name": "Launch Playwright on Codespaces VS Code Extension",
+			"name": "Launch Playwright Local Browser Server VS Code Extension",
 			"type": "extensionHost",
 			"request": "launch",
-			"cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/vscode-extensions/playwright-on-codespaces-vscode-extension/dist/vsix/unpacked",
+			"cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/vscode-extensions/playwright-local-browser-server-vscode-extension/dist/vsix/unpacked",
 			"args": [
-				"--extensionDevelopmentPath=${workspaceFolder}/vscode-extensions/playwright-on-codespaces-vscode-extension/dist/vsix/unpacked"
+				"--extensionDevelopmentPath=${workspaceFolder}/vscode-extensions/playwright-local-browser-server-vscode-extension/dist/vsix/unpacked"
 			],
 			"sourceMaps": true,
 			"outFiles": [
-        "${workspaceFolder}/vscode-extensions/playwright-on-codespaces-vscode-extension/**/*.js"
+        "${workspaceFolder}/vscode-extensions/playwright-local-browser-server-vscode-extension/**/*.js"
 			]
 		}
 	]

README.md

@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ These GitHub repositories provide supplementary resources for Rush Stack:
 | [/rigs/local-web-rig](./rigs/local-web-rig/) | A rig package for Web projects that build using Heft inside the RushStack repository. |
 | [/rush-plugins/rush-litewatch-plugin](./rush-plugins/rush-litewatch-plugin/) | An experimental alternative approach for multi-project watch mode |
 | [/vscode-extensions/debug-certificate-manager-vscode-extension](./vscode-extensions/debug-certificate-manager-vscode-extension/) | VS Code extension to manage debug TLS certificates and sync them to the VS Code workspace. Works with VS Code remote development (Codespaces, SSH, Dev Containers, WSL, VS Code Tunnels). |
-| [/vscode-extensions/playwright-on-codespaces-vscode-extension](./vscode-extensions/playwright-on-codespaces-vscode-extension/) | VS Code extension to enable Playwright testing in GitHub Codespaces. |
+| [/vscode-extensions/playwright-local-browser-server-vscode-extension](./vscode-extensions/playwright-local-browser-server-vscode-extension/) | VS Code extension to enable Playwright testing in remote VS Code environments (such as Codespaces, Dev Containers, VS Code Tunnels) while launching and driving the actual browser process on your local machine. |
 | [/vscode-extensions/rush-vscode-command-webview](./vscode-extensions/rush-vscode-command-webview/) | Part of the Rush Stack VSCode extension, provides a UI for invoking Rush commands |
 | [/vscode-extensions/rush-vscode-extension](./vscode-extensions/rush-vscode-extension/) | Enhanced experience for monorepos that use the Rush Stack toolchain |
 | [/vscode-extensions/vscode-shared](./vscode-extensions/vscode-shared/) |  |

apps/playwright-browser-tunnel/README.md

@@ -5,33 +5,33 @@ Run a Playwright browser server in one environment and drive it from another env
 
 This package is intended for remote development / CI scenarios (for example: Codespaces, devcontainers, or a separate “browser host” machine) where you want tests to run “here” but the actual browser process to run “there”.
 
-## Relationship to the Playwright on Codespaces VS Code extension
+## Relationship to the Playwright Local Browser Server VS Code extension
 
-This package is the core tunneling/runtime layer used by the **Playwright on Codespaces** VS Code extension (located at [vscode-extensions/playwright-on-codespaces-vscode-extension](../../vscode-extensions/playwright-on-codespaces-vscode-extension)).
+This package is the core tunneling/runtime layer used by the **Playwright Local Browser Server** VS Code extension (located at [vscode-extensions/playwright-local-browser-server-vscode-extension](../../vscode-extensions/playwright-local-browser-server-vscode-extension)).
 
 In a typical Codespaces workflow:
 
 - Your **tests** run inside the Codespace and call `tunneledBrowserConnection()`.
-- `tunneledBrowserConnection()` starts a WebSocket server (by default on port `3000`) that a browser host can attach to.
-- The VS Code extension runs on the **UI side** and starts a `PlaywrightTunnel` which connects to `ws://127.0.0.1:3000`.
-	- In Codespaces, this works when port `3000` is forwarded to your local machine (VS Code port forwarding makes the remote port reachable as `localhost:3000`).
+- `tunneledBrowserConnection()` starts a WebSocket server (by default on port `56767`) that a browser host can attach to.
+- The VS Code extension runs on the **UI side** and starts a `PlaywrightTunnel` which connects to `ws://127.0.0.1:56767`.
+	- In Codespaces, this works when port `56767` is forwarded to your local machine (VS Code port forwarding makes the remote port reachable as `localhost:56767`).
 - Once connected, the extension hosts the actual Playwright browser process locally, while your tests continue to run remotely.
 
 The extension provides a UI wrapper around this library (start/stop commands, status bar state, and logs), while `@rushstack/playwright-browser-tunnel` provides the underlying protocol forwarding and browser lifecycle management.
 
 ### Detecting whether the VS Code extension is present
 
-Some remote test fixtures want to detect whether the **Playwright on Codespaces** extension is installed/active (for example, to skip local-browser-only scenarios when the extension isn’t available).
+Some remote test fixtures want to detect whether the **Playwright Local Browser Server** extension is installed/active (for example, to skip local-browser-only scenarios when the extension isn’t available).
 
-The extension writes a marker file named `.playwright-codespaces-extension-installed.txt` into the remote environment’s `os.tmpdir()` using VS Code’s remote filesystem APIs.
+The extension writes a marker file named `.playwright-local-browser-server-extension-installed.txt` into the remote environment’s `os.tmpdir()` using VS Code’s remote filesystem APIs.
 
 On the remote side, `isExtensionInstalledAsync()` checks for that marker file and returns `true` if it exists:
 
 ```ts
 import { isExtensionInstalledAsync } from '@rushstack/playwright-browser-tunnel';
 
 if (!(await isExtensionInstalledAsync())) {
-	throw new Error('Playwright on Codespaces extension is not installed/active in this environment');
+	throw new Error('Playwright Local Browser Server extension is not installed/active in this environment');
 }
 ```
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ const terminal = new Terminal(terminalProvider);
 
 const tunnel = new PlaywrightTunnel({
 	mode: 'wait-for-incoming-connection',
-	listenPort: 3000,
+	listenPort: 56767,
 	tmpPath: path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'playwright-browser-tunnel'),
 	terminal,
 	onStatusChange: (status) => terminal.writeLine(`status: ${status}`)
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ Use `tunneledBrowserConnection()` in the environment where your tests run.
 
 It starts:
 
-- a **remote** WebSocket server (port `3000`) that the browser host connects to
+- a **remote** WebSocket server (port `56767`) that the browser host connects to
 - a **local** WebSocket endpoint (random port) that your Playwright client connects to
 
 ```ts

apps/playwright-browser-tunnel/playwright.config.ts

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
   /* Shared settings for all the projects below. See https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-testoptions. */
   use: {
     /* Base URL to use in actions like `await page.goto('/')`. */
-    // baseURL: 'http://localhost:3000',
+    // baseURL: 'http://localhost:56767',
 
     /* Collect trace when retrying the failed test. See https://playwright.dev/docs/trace-viewer */
     trace: 'on'

apps/playwright-browser-tunnel/src/tunneledBrowserConnection.ts

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ interface IHandshakeAck {
   action: 'handshakeAck';
 }
 
-const DEFAULT_LISTEN_PORT: number = 3000;
+const DEFAULT_LISTEN_PORT: number = 56767;
 
 /**
  * Disposable handle returned by {@link tunneledBrowserConnection}.

apps/playwright-browser-tunnel/src/utilities.ts

@@ -6,18 +6,19 @@ import { tmpdir } from 'node:os';
 import { FileSystem } from '@rushstack/node-core-library';
 
 /**
- * The filename used to indicate that the Playwright on Codespaces extension is installed.
+ * The filename used to indicate that the Playwright Local Browser Server extension is installed.
  * @beta
  */
-export const EXTENSION_INSTALLED_FILENAME: string = '.playwright-codespaces-extension-installed.txt';
+export const EXTENSION_INSTALLED_FILENAME: string =
+  '.playwright-local-browser-server-extension-installed.txt';
 
 /**
- * Helper to determine if the Playwright on Codespaces extension is installed. This check's for the
+ * Helper to determine if the Playwright Local Browser Server extension is installed. This checks for the
  * existence of a well-known file in the OS temp directory.
  * @beta
  */
 export async function isExtensionInstalledAsync(): Promise<boolean> {
-  // Read file from os.tempdir() + '/.playwright-codespaces-extension-installed'
+  // Read file from os.tempdir() + '/.playwright-local-browser-server-extension-installed'
   const tempDir: string = tmpdir();
 
   const extensionInstalledFilePath: string = `${tempDir}/${EXTENSION_INSTALLED_FILENAME}`;

common/changes/@rushstack/playwright-browser-tunnel/copilot-rebrand-playwright-codespaces_2026-01-30-20-19.json

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "changes": [
+    {
+      "packageName": "@rushstack/playwright-browser-tunnel",
+      "comment": "Update marker file names to reflect Copilot rebranding",
+      "type": "minor"
+    }
+  ],
+  "packageName": "@rushstack/playwright-browser-tunnel"
+}

common/config/azure-pipelines/vscode-extension-publish.yaml

@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ parameters:
         vsixPath: 'extension.vsix'
         manifestPath: 'extension.signature.manifest'
         projectPath: '$(Build.SourcesDirectory)/vscode-extensions/debug-certificate-manager-vscode-extension'
+      - key: 'playwright-local-browser-server-vscode-extension'
+        projectRelativeAssetsDir: dist/vsix
+        vsixPath: 'extension.vsix'
+        manifestPath: 'extension.signature.manifest'
+        projectPath: '$(Build.SourcesDirectory)/vscode-extensions/playwright-local-browser-server-vscode-extension'
       - key: 'rush-vscode-extension'
         projectRelativeAssetsDir: dist/vsix
         vsixPath: 'extension.vsix'

common/config/subspaces/default/pnpm-lock.yaml

@@ -1478,8 +1478,8 @@
       "tags": ["vsix"]
     },
     {
-      "packageName": "playwright-on-codespaces",
-      "projectFolder": "vscode-extensions/playwright-on-codespaces-vscode-extension",
+      "packageName": "playwright-local-browser-server",
+      "projectFolder": "vscode-extensions/playwright-local-browser-server-vscode-extension",
       "reviewCategory": "vscode-extensions",
       "tags": ["vsix"]
     },