Why is Playwright getByTestId not locating my element while `locator()` works?

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This sounds familiar, I’ve hit a similar wall with getByTestId in Playwright before.

If you’re using getByTestId directly on this.page, make sure your project is actually using the @playwright/test library, which includes those built-in role/query helpers.

If you’re using raw Playwright (no test runner), getByTestId won’t be available out of the box.

In that case, the method will silently fail or never resolve , leading to the timeout you’re seeing.

Fix: Ensure you’re importing from @playwright/test and using the test context like so:

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

test('input should be filled', async ({ page }) => {
  await page.getByTestId('createTitle').fill('My Title');
});

If you’re outside this context (like a custom helper class), consider injecting the test’s page object.

This should help you @sakshikuchroo