fix

Author: nunomaduro

composer.json

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
             "rector --dry-run",
             "pint --test"
         ],
-        "test:unit": "pest --parallel --coverage --exactly=83.6",
+        "test:unit": "pest --parallel --coverage --exactly=77.0",
         "test:types": "phpstan",
         "test": [
             "@test:lint",

playground/tests/Feature/ExampleTest.php

@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 
 declare(strict_types=1);
 
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\RefreshDatabase;
 use Tests\TestCase;
 
-pest()->uses(TestCase::class);
+pest()
+    ->uses(TestCase::class, RefreshDatabase::class);
 
 it('returns a successful response', function () {
     $page = page()->goto(route('database'));

src/Autoload.php

@@ -3,10 +3,8 @@
 declare(strict_types=1);
 
 use Pest\Browser\Browser;
-use Pest\Browser\Playwright\Client;
 use Pest\Browser\Playwright\Page;
 use Pest\Browser\Playwright\Playwright;
-use Pest\Browser\ServerManager;
 use Pest\Plugin;
 
 Plugin::uses(Browser::class);
@@ -20,12 +18,6 @@
      */
     function page(?string $url = null, array $options = []): Page
     {
-        ServerManager::instance()->http()->start();
-
-        Client::instance()->connectTo(
-            ServerManager::instance()->playwright()->url().'?browser=chromium',
-        );
-
         $browser = Playwright::chromium()->launch();
         $page = $browser->newContext($options)->newPage();
 

src/Plugin.php

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 namespace Pest\Browser;
 
+use Pest\Browser\Playwright\Client;
 use Pest\Browser\Support\Screenshot;
 use Pest\Contracts\Plugins\Bootable;
 use Pest\Contracts\Plugins\Terminable;
@@ -12,29 +13,64 @@
 /**
  * @internal
  */
-final readonly class Plugin implements Bootable, Terminable // @pest-arch-ignore-line
+final class Plugin implements Bootable, Terminable // @pest-arch-ignore-line
 {
+    /**
+     * Indicates whether the plugin is used in the current test suite.
+     */
+    private bool $usesPlugin = false;
+
     /**
      * Boots the plugin.
      */
     public function boot(): void
     {
+        if (($this->usesPlugin = $this->usesPlugin()) === false) {
+            return;
+        }
+
         if (Parallel::isWorker() === false) {
             ServerManager::instance()->playwright()->start();
 
             Screenshot::cleanup();
         }
+
+        Client::instance()->connectTo(
+            ServerManager::instance()->playwright()->url().'?browser=chromium',
+        );
+
+        if (Parallel::isEnabled() === false || Parallel::isWorker()) {
+            $http = ServerManager::instance()->http();
+
+            $http->start();
+
+            $_ENV['APP_URL'] = "http://{$http->url()}";
+        }
     }
 
     /**
      * Terminates the plugin.
      */
     public function terminate(): void
     {
+        if ($this->usesPlugin === false) {
+            return;
+        }
+
         if (Parallel::isWorker() === false) {
             ServerManager::instance()->playwright()->stop();
         }
 
         ServerManager::instance()->http()->stop();
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks if the plugin is used in the current test suite.
+     */
+    private function usesPlugin(): bool
+    {
+        // check if any of the tests uses the page() function...
+
+        return true;
+    }
 }