diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/client/tracing.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/client/tracing.ts
index 0770cf3a27..4d007051ab 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/client/tracing.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/client/tracing.ts
@@ -99,10 +99,14 @@ export class Tracing implements api.Tracing {
 
     // Add sources.
     if (sources) {
-      for (const source of sources)
-        zipFile.addFile(source, 'resources/src@' + calculateSha1(source) + '.txt');
+      for (const source of sources) {
+        try {
+          if (fs.statSync(source).isFile())
+            zipFile.addFile(source, 'resources/src@' + calculateSha1(source) + '.txt');
+        } catch (e) {
+        }
+      }
     }
-
     await fs.promises.mkdir(path.dirname(filePath), { recursive: true });
     if (skipCompress) {
       // Local scenario, compress the entries.
@@ -120,7 +124,7 @@ export class Tracing implements api.Tracing {
     await artifact.saveAs(tmpPath);
     await artifact.delete();
 
-    yauzl.open(filePath!, (err, inZipFile) => {
+    yauzl.open(tmpPath!, (err, inZipFile) => {
       if (err) {
         promise.reject(err);
         return;
@@ -135,10 +139,11 @@ export class Tracing implements api.Tracing {
           }
           zipFile.addReadStream(readStream!, entry.fileName);
           if (--pendingEntries === 0) {
-            zipFile.end();
-            zipFile.outputStream.pipe(fs.createWriteStream(filePath)).on('close', () => {
-              fs.promises.unlink(tmpPath).then(() => {
-                promise.resolve();
+            zipFile.end(undefined, () => {
+              zipFile.outputStream.pipe(fs.createWriteStream(filePath)).on('close', () => {
+                fs.promises.unlink(tmpPath).then(() => {
+                  promise.resolve();
+                });
               });
             });
           }
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/utils/stackTrace.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/utils/stackTrace.ts
index 3dcba129cc..346b5cf08d 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/utils/stackTrace.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/utils/stackTrace.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ const CLIENT_LIB = path.join(CORE_DIR, 'lib', 'client');
 const CLIENT_SRC = path.join(CORE_DIR, 'src', 'client');
 const TEST_DIR_SRC = path.resolve(CORE_DIR, '..', 'playwright-test');
 const TEST_DIR_LIB = path.resolve(CORE_DIR, '..', '@playwright', 'test');
+const WS_LIB = path.relative(process.cwd(), path.dirname(require.resolve('ws')));
 
 export type ParsedStackTrace = {
   allFrames: StackFrame[];
@@ -66,6 +67,11 @@ export function captureStackTrace(): ParsedStackTrace {
     // EventEmitter.emit has 'events.js' file.
     if (frame.file === 'events.js' && frame.function?.endsWith('.emit'))
       return null;
+    // Node 12
+    if (frame.file === '_stream_readable.js' || frame.file === '_stream_writable.js')
+      return null;
+    if (frame.file.startsWith(WS_LIB))
+      return null;
     const fileName = path.resolve(process.cwd(), frame.file);
     if (isTesting && fileName.includes(path.join('playwright', 'tests', 'config', 'coverage.js')))
       return null;
diff --git a/packages/playwright-test/src/index.ts b/packages/playwright-test/src/index.ts
index fc2b61c77c..bd5c20295a 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-test/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-test/src/index.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ type TestFixtures = PlaywrightTestArgs & PlaywrightTestOptions & {
 };
 type WorkerAndFileFixtures = PlaywrightWorkerArgs & PlaywrightWorkerOptions & {
   _browserType: BrowserType;
+  _browserOptions: LaunchOptions;
   _artifactsDir: () => string,
   _reuseBrowserContext: ReuseBrowserContextStorage,
 };
@@ -150,31 +151,9 @@ export const test = _baseTest.extend<TestFixtures, WorkerAndFileFixtures>({
       await removeFolders([dir]);
   }, { scope: 'worker' }],
 
-  _browserType: [async ({ playwright, browserName, headless, channel, launchOptions }, use) => {
-    if (!['chromium', 'firefox', 'webkit'].includes(browserName))
-      throw new Error(`Unexpected browserName "${browserName}", must be one of "chromium", "firefox" or "webkit"`);
-    const browserType = playwright[browserName];
-
-    const options: LaunchOptions = {
-      handleSIGINT: false,
-      timeout: 0,
-      ...launchOptions,
-    };
-    if (headless !== undefined)
-      options.headless = headless;
-    if (channel !== undefined)
-      options.channel = channel;
-
-    (browserType as any)._defaultLaunchOptions = options;
-    await use(browserType);
-    (browserType as any)._defaultLaunchOptions = undefined;
-  }, { scope: 'worker' }],
-
-  browser: [ async ({ _browserType }, use) => {
-    const browser = await _browserType.launch();
-    await use(browser);
-    await browser.close();
-  }, { scope: 'worker' } ],
+  _browserOptions: [browserOptionsWorkerFixture, { scope: 'worker' }],
+  _browserType: [browserTypeWorkerFixture, { scope: 'worker' }],
+  browser: [browserWorkerFixture, { scope: 'worker' } ],
 
   acceptDownloads: undefined,
   bypassCSP: undefined,
@@ -480,7 +459,54 @@ export const test = _baseTest.extend<TestFixtures, WorkerAndFileFixtures>({
 
 });
 
-export default test;
+export async function browserOptionsWorkerFixture(
+  {
+    headless,
+    channel,
+    launchOptions
+  }: {
+    headless: boolean | undefined,
+    channel: string | undefined,
+    launchOptions: LaunchOptions
+  }, use: (options: LaunchOptions) => Promise<void>) {
+  const options: LaunchOptions = {
+    handleSIGINT: false,
+    timeout: 0,
+    ...launchOptions,
+  };
+  if (headless !== undefined)
+    options.headless = headless;
+  if (channel !== undefined)
+    options.channel = channel;
+  await use(options);
+}
+
+export async function browserTypeWorkerFixture(
+  {
+    playwright,
+    browserName,
+    _browserOptions
+  }: {
+    playwright: any,
+    browserName: string,
+    _browserOptions: LaunchOptions
+  }, use: (browserType: BrowserType) => Promise<void>) {
+  if (!['chromium', 'firefox', 'webkit'].includes(browserName))
+    throw new Error(`Unexpected browserName "${browserName}", must be one of "chromium", "firefox" or "webkit"`);
+  const browserType = playwright[browserName];
+  (browserType as any)._defaultLaunchOptions = _browserOptions;
+  await use(browserType);
+  (browserType as any)._defaultLaunchOptions = undefined;
+}
+
+export async function browserWorkerFixture(
+  { _browserType }: { _browserType: BrowserType },
+  use: (browser: Browser) => Promise<void>) {
+  const browser = await _browserType.launch();
+  await use(browser);
+  await browser.close();
+}
+
 
 function formatPendingCalls(calls: ParsedStackTrace[]) {
   if (!calls.length)
@@ -517,3 +543,5 @@ type ParsedStackTrace = {
 };
 
 const kTracingStarted = Symbol('kTracingStarted');
+
+export default test;
diff --git a/tests/browsercontext-proxy.spec.ts b/tests/browsercontext-proxy.spec.ts
index 36fa02246c..067d85e2b6 100644
--- a/tests/browsercontext-proxy.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/browsercontext-proxy.spec.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,15 @@
 
 import { browserTest as it, expect } from './config/browserTest';
 
-it.use({ proxy: { server: 'per-context' } });
+it.use({
+  launchOptions: async ({ launchOptions }, use) => {
+    await use({
+      ...launchOptions,
+      proxy: { server: 'per-context' }
+    });
+  }
+});
+
 
 it.beforeEach(({ server }) => {
   server.setRoute('/target.html', async (req, res) => {
diff --git a/tests/channels.spec.ts b/tests/channels.spec.ts
index 41c958274f..0293e164db 100644
--- a/tests/channels.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/channels.spec.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@ import { playwrightTest as it, expect } from './config/browserTest';
 
 // Use something worker-scoped (e.g. launch args) to force a new worker for this file.
 // Otherwise, a browser launched for other tests in this worker will affect the expectations.
-it.use({ args: [] });
+it.use({
+  launchOptions: async ({ launchOptions }, use) => {
+    await use({ ...launchOptions, args: [] });
+  }
+});
 
 it('should scope context handles', async ({ browserType, browserOptions, server }) => {
   const browser = await browserType.launch(browserOptions);
diff --git a/tests/chromium/js-coverage.spec.ts b/tests/chromium/js-coverage.spec.ts
index 38dd9d5da1..b08dd6d603 100644
--- a/tests/chromium/js-coverage.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/chromium/js-coverage.spec.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 import { contextTest as it, expect } from '../config/browserTest';
 
-it.skip(({ trace }) => !!trace);
+it.skip(({ trace }) => trace === 'on');
 
 it('should work', async function({ page, server }) {
   await page.coverage.startJSCoverage();
diff --git a/tests/chromium/oopif.spec.ts b/tests/chromium/oopif.spec.ts
index f8d74385ee..86974d6291 100644
--- a/tests/chromium/oopif.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/chromium/oopif.spec.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@
 
 import { contextTest as it, expect } from '../config/browserTest';
 
-it.use({ args: ['--site-per-process'] });
+it.use({
+  launchOptions: async ({ launchOptions }, use) => {
+    await use({ ...launchOptions, args: ['--site-per-process'] });
+  }
+});
 
 it('should report oopif frames', async function({ page, browser, server }) {
   await page.goto(server.PREFIX + '/dynamic-oopif.html');
diff --git a/tests/config/android.config.ts b/tests/config/android.config.ts
index 00cffa0aeb..ec20d19735 100644
--- a/tests/config/android.config.ts
+++ b/tests/config/android.config.ts
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ import type { Config } from '@playwright/test';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import { test as pageTest } from '../page/pageTest';
 import { androidFixtures } from '../android/androidTest';
-import { PlaywrightOptions } from './browserTest';
+import { PlaywrightOptionsEx } from './browserTest';
 import { CommonOptions } from './baseTest';
 
 const outputDir = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'test-results');
 const testDir = path.join(__dirname, '..');
-const config: Config<CommonOptions & PlaywrightOptions> = {
+const config: Config<CommonOptions & PlaywrightOptionsEx> = {
   testDir,
   outputDir,
   timeout: 120000,
diff --git a/tests/config/baseTest.ts b/tests/config/baseTest.ts
index 5ffe658dce..7a61a8f8b0 100644
--- a/tests/config/baseTest.ts
+++ b/tests/config/baseTest.ts
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { Fixtures, _baseTest } from '@playwright/test';
+import { Fixtures, VideoMode, _baseTest } from '@playwright/test';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import { installCoverageHooks } from './coverage';
 import { start } from '../../packages/playwright-core/lib/outofprocess';
 import { GridClient } from 'playwright-core/lib/grid/gridClient';
-import type { LaunchOptions } from 'playwright-core';
+import type { LaunchOptions, ViewportSize } from 'playwright-core';
 import { commonFixtures, CommonFixtures, serverFixtures, ServerFixtures, ServerOptions } from './commonFixtures';
 
 export type BrowserName = 'chromium' | 'firefox' | 'webkit';
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ type BaseOptions = {
   mode: Mode;
   browserName: BrowserName;
   channel: LaunchOptions['channel'];
-  video: boolean | undefined;
-  trace: boolean | undefined;
+  video: VideoMode | { mode: VideoMode, size: ViewportSize };
+  trace: 'off' | 'on' | 'retain-on-failure' | 'on-first-retry' | /** deprecated */ 'retry-with-trace';
   headless: boolean | undefined;
 };
 type BaseFixtures = {
diff --git a/tests/config/browserTest.ts b/tests/config/browserTest.ts
index 14dbf8bcfa..ee7c1120a1 100644
--- a/tests/config/browserTest.ts
+++ b/tests/config/browserTest.ts
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import type { Fixtures } from '@playwright/test';
+import type { Fixtures, PlaywrightTestOptions, PlaywrightWorkerOptions } from '@playwright/test';
 import type { Browser, BrowserContext, BrowserContextOptions, BrowserType, LaunchOptions, Page } from 'playwright-core';
 import { removeFolders } from 'playwright-core/lib/utils/utils';
-import { ReuseBrowserContextStorage } from '@playwright/test/src/index';
+import { browserOptionsWorkerFixture, browserTypeWorkerFixture, browserWorkerFixture, ReuseBrowserContextStorage } from '@playwright/test/src/index';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as os from 'os';
@@ -26,21 +26,16 @@ import { baseTest, CommonWorkerFixtures } from './baseTest';
 import { CommonFixtures } from './commonFixtures';
 import type { ParsedStackTrace } from 'playwright-core/lib/utils/stackTrace';
 
-type PlaywrightWorkerOptions = {
-  executablePath: LaunchOptions['executablePath'];
-  proxy: LaunchOptions['proxy'];
-  args: LaunchOptions['args'];
-};
 export type PlaywrightWorkerFixtures = {
+  _browserType: BrowserType;
+  _browserOptions: LaunchOptions;
   browserType: BrowserType;
   browserOptions: LaunchOptions;
   browser: Browser;
   browserVersion: string;
-  _reuseBrowserContext: ReuseBrowserContextStorage,
-};
-type PlaywrightTestOptions = {
-  hasTouch: BrowserContextOptions['hasTouch'];
+  _reuseBrowserContext: ReuseBrowserContextStorage;
 };
+
 type PlaywrightTestFixtures = {
   createUserDataDir: () => Promise<string>;
   launchPersistent: (options?: Parameters<BrowserType['launchPersistentContext']>[1]) => Promise<{ context: BrowserContext, page: Page }>;
@@ -50,35 +45,18 @@ type PlaywrightTestFixtures = {
   context: BrowserContext;
   page: Page;
 };
-export type PlaywrightOptions = PlaywrightWorkerOptions & PlaywrightTestOptions;
+export type PlaywrightOptionsEx = PlaywrightWorkerOptions & PlaywrightTestOptions;
 
 export const playwrightFixtures: Fixtures<PlaywrightTestOptions & PlaywrightTestFixtures, PlaywrightWorkerOptions & PlaywrightWorkerFixtures, CommonFixtures, CommonWorkerFixtures> = {
-  executablePath: [ undefined, { scope: 'worker' } ],
-  proxy: [ undefined, { scope: 'worker' } ],
-  args: [ undefined, { scope: 'worker' } ],
   hasTouch: undefined,
 
-  browserType: [async ({ playwright, browserName }, run) => {
-    await run(playwright[browserName]);
-  }, { scope: 'worker' } ],
+  _browserType: [browserTypeWorkerFixture, { scope: 'worker' } ],
+  _browserOptions: [browserOptionsWorkerFixture, { scope: 'worker' } ],
 
-  browserOptions: [async ({ headless, channel, executablePath, proxy, args }, run) => {
-    await run({
-      headless,
-      channel,
-      executablePath,
-      proxy,
-      args,
-      handleSIGINT: false,
-      devtools: process.env.DEVTOOLS === '1',
-    });
-  }, { scope: 'worker' } ],
-
-  browser: [async ({ browserType, browserOptions }, run) => {
-    const browser = await browserType.launch(browserOptions);
-    await run(browser);
-    await browser.close();
-  }, { scope: 'worker' } ],
+  launchOptions: [ {}, { scope: 'worker' } ],
+  browserType: [async ({ _browserType }, use) => use(_browserType), { scope: 'worker' } ],
+  browserOptions: [async ({ _browserOptions }, use) => use(_browserOptions), { scope: 'worker' } ],
+  browser: [browserWorkerFixture, { scope: 'worker' } ],
 
   browserVersion: [async ({ browser }, run) => {
     await run(browser.version());
@@ -132,7 +110,7 @@ export const playwrightFixtures: Fixtures<PlaywrightTestOptions & PlaywrightTest
   contextOptions: async ({ video, hasTouch }, run, testInfo) => {
     const debugName = path.relative(testInfo.project.outputDir, testInfo.outputDir).replace(/[\/\\]/g, '-');
     const contextOptions = {
-      recordVideo: video ? { dir: testInfo.outputPath('') } : undefined,
+      recordVideo: video === 'on' ? { dir: testInfo.outputPath('') } : undefined,
       _debugName: debugName,
       hasTouch,
     } as BrowserContextOptions;
@@ -145,7 +123,7 @@ export const playwrightFixtures: Fixtures<PlaywrightTestOptions & PlaywrightTest
       const context = await browser.newContext({ ...contextOptions, ...options });
       contexts.set(context, { closed: false });
       context.on('close', () => contexts.get(context).closed = true);
-      if (trace)
+      if (trace === 'on')
         await context.tracing.start({ screenshots: true, snapshots: true, sources: true } as any);
       (context as any)._instrumentation.addListener({
         onApiCallBegin: (apiCall: string, stackTrace: ParsedStackTrace | null, userData: any) => {
diff --git a/tests/config/default.config.ts b/tests/config/default.config.ts
index 32eab840c3..e21a89161b 100644
--- a/tests/config/default.config.ts
+++ b/tests/config/default.config.ts
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import type { Config } from '@playwright/test';
+import type { Config, PlaywrightTestOptions, PlaywrightWorkerOptions } from '@playwright/test';
 import * as path from 'path';
-import { PlaywrightOptions, playwrightFixtures } from './browserTest';
+import { playwrightFixtures } from './browserTest';
 import { test as pageTest } from '../page/pageTest';
 import { BrowserName, CommonOptions } from './baseTest';
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ const trace = !!process.env.PWTEST_TRACE;
 
 const outputDir = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'test-results');
 const testDir = path.join(__dirname, '..');
-const config: Config<CommonOptions & PlaywrightOptions> = {
+const config: Config<CommonOptions & PlaywrightWorkerOptions & PlaywrightTestOptions > = {
   testDir,
   outputDir,
   timeout: video ? 60000 : 30000,
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ for (const browserName of browserNames) {
   const executablePath = getExecutablePath(browserName);
   if (executablePath && !process.env.TEST_WORKER_INDEX)
     console.error(`Using executable at ${executablePath}`);
+  const devtools = process.env.DEVTOOLS === '1';
   const testIgnore: RegExp[] = browserNames.filter(b => b !== browserName).map(b => new RegExp(b));
   testIgnore.push(/android/, /electron/, /playwright-test/);
   config.projects.push({
@@ -83,9 +84,12 @@ for (const browserName of browserNames) {
       browserName,
       headless: !headed,
       channel,
-      video,
-      executablePath,
-      trace,
+      video: video ? 'on' : undefined,
+      launchOptions: {
+        executablePath,
+        devtools
+      },
+      trace: trace ? 'on' : undefined,
       coverageName: browserName,
     },
     define: { test: pageTest, fixtures: pageFixtures },
diff --git a/tests/config/electron.config.ts b/tests/config/electron.config.ts
index 79d2c6abd0..5c2cace8e7 100644
--- a/tests/config/electron.config.ts
+++ b/tests/config/electron.config.ts
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ import type { Config } from '@playwright/test';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import { electronFixtures } from '../electron/electronTest';
 import { test as pageTest } from '../page/pageTest';
-import { PlaywrightOptions } from './browserTest';
+import { PlaywrightOptionsEx } from './browserTest';
 import { CommonOptions } from './baseTest';
 
 const outputDir = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'test-results');
 const testDir = path.join(__dirname, '..');
-const config: Config<CommonOptions & PlaywrightOptions> = {
+const config: Config<CommonOptions & PlaywrightOptionsEx> = {
   testDir,
   outputDir,
   timeout: 30000,
diff --git a/tests/inspector/inspectorTest.ts b/tests/inspector/inspectorTest.ts
index 81466e0727..4de20d9019 100644
--- a/tests/inspector/inspectorTest.ts
+++ b/tests/inspector/inspectorTest.ts
@@ -50,13 +50,13 @@ export const test = contextTest.extend<CLITestArgs>({
     });
   },
 
-  runCLI: async ({ childProcess, browserName, channel, headless, mode, executablePath }, run, testInfo) => {
+  runCLI: async ({ childProcess, browserName, channel, headless, mode, launchOptions }, run, testInfo) => {
     process.env.PWTEST_RECORDER_PORT = String(10907 + testInfo.workerIndex);
     testInfo.skip(mode === 'service');
 
     let cli: CLIMock | undefined;
     await run(cliArgs => {
-      cli = new CLIMock(childProcess, browserName, channel, headless, cliArgs, executablePath);
+      cli = new CLIMock(childProcess, browserName, channel, headless, cliArgs, launchOptions.executablePath);
       return cli;
     });
     if (cli)
diff --git a/tests/page/page-dialog.spec.ts b/tests/page/page-dialog.spec.ts
index 66a802808a..0a391a07ca 100644
--- a/tests/page/page-dialog.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/page/page-dialog.spec.ts
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ it('should dismiss the confirm prompt', async ({ page }) => {
   expect(result).toBe(false);
 });
 
-it('should be able to close context with open alert', async ({ page, trace }) => {
+it('should be able to close context with open alert', async ({ page }) => {
   const alertPromise = page.waitForEvent('dialog');
   await page.evaluate(() => {
     setTimeout(() => alert('hello'), 0);
diff --git a/tests/page/page-drag.spec.ts b/tests/page/page-drag.spec.ts
index e3a6a98987..88e0d3e4ab 100644
--- a/tests/page/page-drag.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/page/page-drag.spec.ts
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ it.describe('Drag and drop', () => {
   it('should respect the drop effect', async ({ page, browserName, platform, trace }) => {
     it.fixme(browserName === 'webkit' && platform !== 'linux', 'WebKit doesn\'t handle the drop effect correctly outside of linux.');
     it.fixme(browserName === 'firefox');
-    it.slow(!!trace);
+    it.slow(trace === 'on');
 
     expect(await testIfDropped('copy', 'copy')).toBe(true);
     expect(await testIfDropped('copy', 'move')).toBe(false);
diff --git a/tests/page/page-event-popup.spec.ts b/tests/page/page-event-popup.spec.ts
index adc16fd7c3..e9fb242f71 100644
--- a/tests/page/page-event-popup.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/page/page-event-popup.spec.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ it('should emit for immediately closed popups', async ({ page }) => {
 });
 
 it('should emit for immediately closed popups 2', async ({ page, server, browserName, video }) => {
-  it.fixme(browserName === 'firefox' && video);
+  it.fixme(browserName === 'firefox' && video === 'on');
 
   await page.goto(server.EMPTY_PAGE);
   const [popup] = await Promise.all([
diff --git a/tests/trace-viewer/trace-viewer.spec.ts b/tests/trace-viewer/trace-viewer.spec.ts
index 7b60dba25a..bbea6b45d2 100644
--- a/tests/trace-viewer/trace-viewer.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/trace-viewer/trace-viewer.spec.ts
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ const test = playwrightTest.extend<{ showTraceViewer: (trace: string) => Promise
   }
 });
 
-test.skip(({ trace }) => trace);
+test.skip(({ trace }) => trace === 'on');
 
 let traceFile: string;
 
diff --git a/tests/tracing.spec.ts b/tests/tracing.spec.ts
index 2816c70aff..c7192ffcdb 100644
--- a/tests/tracing.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/tracing.spec.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import { ZipFileSystem } from '../packages/playwright-core/lib/utils/vfs';
 import jpeg from 'jpeg-js';
 import path from 'path';
 
-test.skip(({ trace }) => !!trace);
+test.skip(({ trace }) => trace === 'on');
 
 test('should collect trace with resources, but no js', async ({ context, page, server }, testInfo) => {
   await context.tracing.start({ screenshots: true, snapshots: true });
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ for (const params of [
   }
 ]) {
   browserTest(`should produce screencast frames ${params.id}`, async ({ video, contextFactory, browserName, platform, headless }, testInfo) => {
-    browserTest.fixme(browserName === 'chromium' && video, 'Same screencast resolution conflicts');
+    browserTest.fixme(browserName === 'chromium' && video === 'on', 'Same screencast resolution conflicts');
     browserTest.fixme(browserName === 'chromium' && !headless, 'Chromium screencast on headed has a min width issue');
     browserTest.fixme(params.id === 'fit' && browserName === 'chromium' && platform === 'darwin', 'High DPI maxes image at 600x600');
     browserTest.fixme(params.id === 'fit' && browserName === 'webkit' && platform === 'linux', 'Image size is flaky');