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title: browser.trace | Config
outline: deep
---
# browser.trace
- **Type:** `'on' | 'off' | 'on-first-retry' | 'on-all-retries' | 'retain-on-failure' | object`
- **CLI:** `--browser.trace=on`, `--browser.trace=retain-on-failure`
- **Default:** `'off'`
Capture a trace of your browser test runs. You can preview traces with [Playwright Trace Viewer](https://trace.playwright.dev/).
This options supports the following values:
- `'on'` - capture trace for all tests. (not recommended as it's performance heavy)
- `'off'` - do not capture traces.
- `'on-first-retry'` - capture trace only when retrying the test for the first time.
- `'on-all-retries'` - capture trace on every retry of the test.
- `'retain-on-failure'` - capture trace only for tests that fail. This will automatically delete traces for tests that pass.
- `object` - an object with the following shape:
```ts
interface TraceOptions {
mode: 'on' | 'off' | 'on-first-retry' | 'on-all-retries' | 'retain-on-failure'
/**
* The directory where all traces will be stored. By default, Vitest
* stores all traces in `__traces__` folder close to the test file.
*/
tracesDir?: string
/**
* Whether to capture screenshots during tracing. Screenshots are used to build a timeline preview.
* @default true
*/
screenshots?: boolean
/**
* If this option is true tracing will
* - capture DOM snapshot on every action
* - record network activity
* @default true
*/
snapshots?: boolean
}
```
::: danger WARNING
This option is supported only by the [**playwright**](/config/browser/playwright) provider.
:::