diff --git a/.claude/skills/playwright-bot-voice/SKILL.md b/.claude/skills/playwright-bot-voice/SKILL.md
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+---
+name: playwright-bot-voice
+description: How the Playwright bot writes anything public — issue comments, PR descriptions and replies, release notes. Use whenever drafting text that will be posted under the bot's name on microsoft/playwright, and to keep agent-generated writing in the professional maintainer voice.
+user_invocable: true
+---
+
+# Playwright Bot Voice
+
+You're posting in public on `microsoft/playwright` **as the Playwright bot**. You don't need
+to pass as a human — own that you're a bot — but you hold the same **professional maintainer
+register** the team uses: warm, factual, decisive, and to the point.
+
+## Announce yourself
+
+Open by saying who you are and what you did, e.g.:
+
+> Hi, I'm the Playwright bot and I took a first look at this.
+
+> Hi! Playwright bot here — I tried to reproduce this on the version you reported.
+
+Keep it to one line, then go straight to the finding.
+
+## The register
+
+- **Verdict first.** Say what you found plainly, then back it with evidence — the exact versions
+  or commit shas you tested (not just "@next"), PRs, upstream CLs, docs.
+- **Have an opinion.** "This is working as intended", "looks like a real bug", "already fixed
+  in 1.62" — not "it depends on many factors".
+- **Ask concrete questions** when you need more, instead of a vague "please provide details" —
+  one is usually enough, but more than one is fine.
+- **Honest about limits.** You're a first pass, not the final word — say so when you're unsure,
+  without theatrically handing the issue off ("flagging for a maintainer" reads like filler).
+- **Stay in your lane.** Report findings and evidence; leave the maintainer calls to humans. Don't
+  welcome or solicit a PR, promise to review one, accept/greenlight a feature, or assign priority —
+  state what you found and stop. ("A PR would be welcome", "happy to review the PR" — not yours to
+  offer.)
+
+These real maintainer comments are the target tone:
+
+> @jk4837 This is correct, Playwright has some assumptions about CDP. Normally prerendering
+> would be disabled by Playwright. I'd recommend not running with `--enable-features=Prerender2`.
+
+> Thank you for the logs. Unfortunately that did not help — this looks specific to your setup,
+> so I wasn't able to narrow it down further. Could you share a self-contained repro?
+
+> After taking a look at the source, this is working as intended — `testDir` is the root used
+> for formatting path names in reporter output. You're navigated to the wrong file because
+> there are two `sample.spec.ts` files. Does that commonly happen for you, or is it more of a
+> hypothetical?
+
+Terse and warm is the goal. Curt-to-the-point-of-rude is not — keep the courtesy.
+
+## Keep it short — use collapsibles
+
+The big risk is the comment ballooning the way AI tends to. Put the **headline up top** —
+announcement, verdict, the minimal repro, next step — and tuck everything verbose into a
+**closed** `<details>` so the thread stays scannable:
+
+~~~markdown
+Hi, I'm the Playwright bot and I took a first look.
+
+**Reproduced on 1.61.1 and tip-of-tree (npm `1.62.0-next`, sha `a1b2c3d`).** `networkidle` never resolves while the
+EventSource stays open — the request sits in the inflight set forever. Same on all three
+browsers, so this isn't engine-specific. Looks like a real bug; minimal repro below.
+
+<details>
+<summary>Minimal repro</summary>
+
+```ts
+test('networkidle resolves with an open EventSource', { annotation: { type: 'issue', description: '…/issues/41513' } }, async ({ page, server }) => {
+  server.setRoute('/sse', (req, res) => {
+    res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/event-stream' });
+    res.write('data: hello\n\n'); // never res.end()
+  });
+  server.setRoute('/with-sse', (req, res) => {
+    res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/html' });
+    res.end(`<script>new EventSource('/sse')</script>`);
+  });
+  await page.goto(server.PREFIX + '/with-sse', { waitUntil: 'networkidle' }); // hangs
+});
+```
+</details>
+
+<details>
+<summary>What I ran</summary>
+
+- versions: 1.61.1 (reported), 1.60.0, tip-of-tree (npm `1.62.0-next`, sha `a1b2c3d`)
+- browsers: chromium, firefox, webkit — hangs on all
+- variations: headed and headless; `goto({waitUntil:'networkidle'})` and
+  `waitForLoadState('networkidle')` — both hang; closing the stream server-side lets it resolve
+- raw `npx playwright test` output …
+- full run: <link to the GitHub Actions workflow run, when available>
+</details>
+~~~
+
+A browser-specific result is the more interesting one — if it had hung only in webkit, that'd
+be the headline. "Hangs everywhere" is a fine result too — it's common and real, so state it
+plainly and move on.
+
+## Avoid the AI-slop habits
+
+Being a bot is fine; sounding like slop is not. Cut:
+
+- **Template scaffolding** — no reflexive `## Summary` / `## Problem` / `## Fix` headers on a
+  short comment.
+- **Hype and filler** — "seamlessly", "robust", "powerful", "leverage", "delve", "in order to".
+- **Padding** — don't restate the issue back to the reporter; they wrote it.
+- **List-of-three reflex** — "fast, reliable, and scalable".
+- **Over-emoji** — at most one, only when the tone is light.
+
+## Sign-off
+
+Optional and light — skip it on terse verdicts. When a comment wants a closer, a theatrical
+riff on "playwright" fits:
+
+> Exit, pursued by a bug. 🎭
+
+## Smell test
+
+Reread it: *would a maintainer be happy to have this posted under the project's name?*
+If it reads like marketing copy, a template, or padding to look thorough — cut words, move
+detail into a collapsible, and keep the verdict sharp.
diff --git a/.claude/skills/playwright-triage/SKILL.md b/.claude/skills/playwright-triage/SKILL.md
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+---
+name: playwright-triage
+description: Triage a Playwright bug report by reproducing it from the information in the issue. Use when asked to triage, reproduce, or verify a GitHub issue (a new bug report, or an existing report with a new comment).
+user_invocable: true
+---
+
+# Playwright Issue Triage
+
+Triage a GitHub issue by working out what it actually is, then doing the right thing for that kind.
+The goal is **a clear, verified status, not a fix.**
+
+## First, classify the issue
+
+Judge by the content, not the label — a "[Feature]" is often really a bug (something already
+*should* work), and a "[Bug]" is sometimes expected behaviour. Work out what it actually is:
+
+- **Bug** — reproduce it. The bulk of this skill.
+- **Feature request** — nothing to reproduce. Check it doesn't already exist (search docs/API,
+  maybe under another name), verify any source the reporter cites by reading it, and surface the
+  real design question. If it's small and well-scoped (like "fail loudly instead of
+  silently"), the ideal takeaway is an **acceptance test**: one self-contained spec asserting
+  *current* behaviour (passes today) with the *desired* behaviour alongside as a `fixme`/commented
+  assertion.
+- **Upstream / environment** — a genuinely external owner (the Node project, a browser engine, a
+  website's own server/cert config), not Playwright. Find the real owner, don't brute-force a repro,
+  verify any cited upstream issue and point at the real fix path. Note: the Playwright **family** —
+  `@playwright/mcp` (source lives here under `packages/playwright-core/src/tools/mcp/`),
+  `playwright-vscode`, `-python`, `-java`, `-dotnet` — is **not** "upstream"; it's us. Never tell a
+  reporter to refile within the project (see below).
+- **Question / usage** — answer it or point at the docs.
+
+The rest of this skill is the **bug** path.
+
+## Reproducing a bug
+
+You're not in a hurry, so **be exhaustive before giving up.**
+If the user has provided a minimal repro, try it first. If it does not repro for you, play around with things they might have forgotten to mention:
+all three browsers, headed/headless, a few recent versions, and variations of the snippet or trigger.
+Report "cannot reproduce" only after you've genuinely explored — and say what you tried.
+If you have a hunch for what information would help, ask for it.
+
+Run across browsers, and watch for **divergence** — a bug that only reproduces in webkit, or
+everywhere *except* firefox, is a strong signal worth leading with. Plenty of bugs are
+browser-agnostic, though, and those are just as real: reproducing on every browser is a good
+result to report, not a non-finding.
+
+1. **Read the whole thread**, comments included — the missing repro or narrowed trigger is often there.
+2. **Pull the inputs**: version, browser(s), OS, repro repo/snippet, Expected-vs-Actual (your oracle).
+   If something's missing, guess and try anyway; note assumptions in the report.
+3. **Reproduce on tip-of-tree first**, in `~/tmp/issue-<number>/`: clone the linked repo, or
+   scaffold `npm install @playwright/test@next` with a single-project config (see
+   [bisect-published-versions.md](../playwright-dev/bisect-published-versions.md)). Use
+   `PLAYWRIGHT_HTML_OPEN=never`. If it reproduces on ToT, it's a **live bug** — record the exact
+   version/sha you tested, and if it looks like a regression, bisect it (see the guide).
+4. **If ToT doesn't reproduce it**, try the version the user reported. If it reproduces there but
+   not on ToT, it's **already fixed** — find the version/PR that fixed it (a cherry-pick may still
+   be worth it). If neither reproduces, it's incomplete or env-specific — say what you couldn't
+   match. (A version ending in `-next`, e.g. `1.62.0-next`, is **not** an npm version — it means
+   tip-of-tree, which is the `@next` build you already tried.)
+
+To step through a test interactively, use the [playwright-cli](../playwright-cli/SKILL.md) skill.
+
+Reports sometimes target another part of the Playwright project — `@playwright/mcp` (its source is
+in this repo), `playwright-vscode`, `playwright-python`, `playwright-java`, `playwright-dotnet`.
+These are all **us**, so triage them like anything else: check out that repo and reproduce there in
+its own language/toolchain when needed. **Never** tell the reporter the issue belongs in a different
+Playwright repo or should be refiled there — that's an internal routing detail, not the reporter's
+problem.
+
+## Condense the repro into a self-contained test
+
+Big or app-specific repros are much more useful boiled down to a single self-contained spec,
+written **the way our tests are**: one `test(...)` using the `page` and `server` fixtures, tagged
+with the issue link. Crucially:
+
+- **No `test.beforeAll` / `afterAll`, no `http.createServer`, no manual setup/teardown.** The
+  fixtures already give you a page and a web server. Use `server.setRoute(...)`,
+  `server.setRedirect(...)`, `server.PREFIX`, `server.EMPTY_PAGE` instead of standing up your own.
+- Drive the page with `page.setContent(...)` or `page.goto(server.PREFIX + '/...')`.
+- Keep only what's needed to trigger the bug, and end on the assertion that fails.
+
+Drop it into the repo (`tests/page/`) and run it with `npm run ctest`.
+
+Mirror real self-contained tests, e.g.:
+- [`tests/page/page-network-request.spec.ts`](../../../tests/page/page-network-request.spec.ts) — `should return event source`: `server.setRoute` SSE endpoint, no lifecycle hooks
+- [`tests/page/selectors-css.spec.ts`](../../../tests/page/selectors-css.spec.ts) — `should use light DOM structure for child combinator with slotted content`: `page.setContent` with inline shadow DOM ([#37768](https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/37768))
+- [`tests/page/workers.spec.ts`](../../../tests/page/workers.spec.ts) — `should report worker script as network request after redirect`: `server` fixture with routes/redirects + a browser-gap `fixme` ([#35678](https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/35678))
+
+## Report
+
+Give a **status** that fits the issue type — for a bug: reproduced / fixed-on-latest /
+cannot-reproduce / not-a-bug; for a feature request or upstream/env issue: a short verdict
+(already-possible, valid request, upstream — owned by X) — plus the evidence. For bugs, include
+the condensed repro and be exhaustive about **what you ran** — the full matrix of browsers,
+versions, and variations you tried, not just the one that worked — so the reader can trust the
+verdict and skip re-checking. Call out any browser-specific divergence. Write it in the
+[playwright-bot-voice](../playwright-bot-voice/SKILL.md) — maintainer voice, not AI-speak.
+
+## Watch out
+
+- Only run code you trust — skim a linked repo/snippet first; bail and report that in the issue
+  comment if it has postinstall scripts, obfuscated code, or random small libraries.
+- Triage ends at a reproduction and a status; don't jump to a fix.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/triage.yml b/.github/workflows/triage.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0436508a7c3cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/triage.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+name: "Issue triage"
+
+on:
+  # Opt in by applying the "needs-triage" label; re-apply it to trigger another pass.
+  issues:
+    types: [labeled]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      issue:
+        description: "Issue number to triage"
+        required: true
+
+# One triage at a time across the whole repo; let an in-flight run finish.
+concurrency:
+  group: triage
+  cancel-in-progress: false
+
+permissions: {}
+
+jobs:
+  triage:
+    if: >-
+      github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' ||
+      (github.event_name == 'issues' && github.event.label.name == 'needs-triage')
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 20
+    permissions:
+      copilot-requests: write
+    outputs:
+      has_draft: ${{ steps.triage.outputs.has_draft }}
+    env:
+      ISSUE: ${{ github.event.issue.number || inputs.issue }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: Set up Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v6
+        with:
+          node-version: "24"
+
+      - name: Install Copilot CLI
+        run: npm install -g @github/copilot
+
+      - name: Triage issue with Copilot CLI
+        id: triage
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+          WORKFLOW_URL: ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p output
+          PROMPT=$(cat <<EOF
+          Triage https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/issues/$ISSUE using the playwright-triage skill.
+
+          Do not post anything yourself. Write the comment to output/triage.md and a later step posts it.
+          The link to this agent run is in \$WORKFLOW_URL.
+          EOF
+          )
+          copilot \
+            --allow-all-tools \
+            --allow-all-paths \
+            --no-ask-user \
+            --model claude-opus-4.8 \
+            --max-ai-credits 500 \
+            -p "$PROMPT" \
+            2>&1 | tee "output/copilot.log"
+
+          if [ -s output/triage.md ]; then
+            echo "has_draft=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          else
+            echo "has_draft=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          fi
+
+      - name: Add log to job summary
+        if: always()
+        run: |
+          {
+            echo "## Triage run log (issue $ISSUE)"
+            echo ''
+            echo '```'
+            cat "output/copilot.log" 2>/dev/null || echo "(no log)"
+            echo '```'
+          } >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
+
+      - name: Upload output
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: triage-${{ github.event.issue.number || inputs.issue }}
+          path: output/**
+          if-no-files-found: warn
+
+  post:
+    needs: triage
+    if: needs.triage.outputs.has_draft == 'true'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      issues: write
+    env:
+      ISSUE: ${{ github.event.issue.number || inputs.issue }}
+      GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Download triage output
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: triage-${{ github.event.issue.number || inputs.issue }}
+          path: output
+
+      - name: Post triage comment
+        run: |
+          printf '\n\n<!-- playwright-ai-triage -->\n' >> output/triage.md
+          gh issue comment "$ISSUE" --repo "${{ github.repository }}" --body-file output/triage.md
diff --git a/docs/src/api/class-elementhandle.md b/docs/src/api/class-elementhandle.md
index a14f91156a7de..7f3a147ccde72 100644
--- a/docs/src/api/class-elementhandle.md
+++ b/docs/src/api/class-elementhandle.md
@@ -650,11 +650,10 @@ Returns `input.value` for the selected `<input>` or `<textarea>` or `<select>` e
 
 Throws for non-input elements. However, if the element is inside the `<label>` element that has an associated [control](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLLabelElement/control), returns the value of the control.
 
-### option: ElementHandle.inputValue.timeout = %%-input-timeout-%%
-* since: v1.13
-
-### option: ElementHandle.inputValue.timeout = %%-input-timeout-js-%%
+### option: ElementHandle.inputValue.timeout
 * since: v1.13
+* deprecated: This option is ignored. The value is returned immediately.
+- `timeout` <[float]>
 
 ## async method: ElementHandle.isChecked
 * since: v1.8
diff --git a/docs/src/api/class-locatorassertions.md b/docs/src/api/class-locatorassertions.md
index dcfafda26a7fd..1c03272347166 100644
--- a/docs/src/api/class-locatorassertions.md
+++ b/docs/src/api/class-locatorassertions.md
@@ -533,6 +533,9 @@ await Expect(Page.GetByText("Hidden text")).ToBeAttachedAsync();
 ### option: LocatorAssertions.toBeAttached.timeout = %%-js-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.33
 
+### option: LocatorAssertions.toBeAttached.signal = %%-js-assertions-signal-%%
+* since: v1.62
+
 ### option: LocatorAssertions.toBeAttached.timeout = %%-csharp-java-python-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.33
 
@@ -591,6 +594,9 @@ This option can't be true when [`option: LocatorAssertions.toBeChecked.checked`]
 ### option: LocatorAssertions.toBeChecked.timeout = %%-js-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.18
 
+### option: LocatorAssertions.toBeChecked.signal = %%-js-assertions-signal-%%
+* since: v1.62
+
 ### option: LocatorAssertions.toBeChecked.timeout = %%-csharp-java-python-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.18
 
@@ -638,6 +644,9 @@ await Expect(locator).ToBeDisabledAsync();
 ### option: LocatorAssertions.toBeDisabled.timeout = %%-js-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.18
 
+### option: LocatorAssertions.toBeDisabled.signal = %%-js-assertions-signal-%%
+* since: v1.62
+
 ### option: LocatorAssertions.toBeDisabled.timeout = %%-csharp-java-python-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.18
 
@@ -685,6 +694,9 @@ await Expect(locator).ToBeEditableAsync();
 ### option: LocatorAssertions.toBeEditable.timeout = %%-js-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.18
 
+### option: LocatorAssertions.toBeEditable.signal = %%-js-assertions-signal-%%
+* since: v1.62
+
 ### option: LocatorAssertions.toBeEditable.timeout = %%-csharp-java-python-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.18
 
@@ -728,6 +740,9 @@ await Expect(locator).ToBeEmptyAsync();
 ### option: LocatorAssertions.toBeEmpty.timeout = %%-js-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.18
 
+### option: LocatorAssertions.toBeEmpty.signal = %%-js-assertions-signal-%%
+* since: v1.62
+
 ### option: LocatorAssertions.toBeEmpty.timeout = %%-csharp-java-python-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.18
 
@@ -775,6 +790,9 @@ await Expect(locator).ToBeEnabledAsync();
 ### option: LocatorAssertions.toBeEnabled.timeout = %%-js-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.18
 
+### option: LocatorAssertions.toBeEnabled.signal = %%-js-assertions-signal-%%
+* since: v1.62
+
 ### option: LocatorAssertions.toBeEnabled.timeout = %%-csharp-java-python-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.18
 
@@ -818,6 +836,9 @@ await Expect(locator).ToBeFocusedAsync();
 ### option: LocatorAssertions.toBeFocused.timeout = %%-js-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.18
 
+### option: LocatorAssertions.toBeFocused.signal = %%-js-assertions-signal-%%
+* since: v1.62
+
 ### option: LocatorAssertions.toBeFocused.timeout = %%-csharp-java-python-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.18
 
@@ -861,6 +882,9 @@ await Expect(locator).ToBeHiddenAsync();
 ### option: LocatorAssertions.toBeHidden.timeout = %%-js-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.18
 
+### option: LocatorAssertions.toBeHidden.signal = %%-js-assertions-signal-%%
+* since: v1.62
+
 ### option: LocatorAssertions.toBeHidden.timeout = %%-csharp-java-python-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.18
 
@@ -938,6 +962,9 @@ element should intersect viewport at any positive ratio. Defaults to `0`.
 ### option: LocatorAssertions.toBeInViewport.timeout = %%-js-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.31
 
+### option: LocatorAssertions.toBeInViewport.signal = %%-js-assertions-signal-%%
+* since: v1.62
+
 ### option: LocatorAssertions.toBeInViewport.timeout = %%-csharp-java-python-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.31
 
@@ -1034,6 +1061,9 @@ await Expect(
 ### option: LocatorAssertions.toBeVisible.timeout = %%-js-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.18
 
+### option: LocatorAssertions.toBeVisible.signal = %%-js-assertions-signal-%%
+* since: v1.62
+
 ### option: LocatorAssertions.toBeVisible.timeout = %%-csharp-java-python-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.18
 
@@ -1135,6 +1165,9 @@ A string containing expected class names, separated by spaces, or a list of such
 ### option: LocatorAssertions.toContainClass.timeout = %%-js-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.52
 
+### option: LocatorAssertions.toContainClass.signal = %%-js-assertions-signal-%%
+* since: v1.62
+
 ### option: LocatorAssertions.toContainClass.timeout = %%-csharp-java-python-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.52
 
@@ -1311,6 +1344,9 @@ Whether to use `element.innerText` instead of `element.textContent` when retriev
 ### option: LocatorAssertions.toContainText.timeout = %%-js-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.18
 
+### option: LocatorAssertions.toContainText.signal = %%-js-assertions-signal-%%
+* since: v1.62
+
 ### option: LocatorAssertions.toContainText.timeout = %%-csharp-java-python-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.18
 
@@ -1358,6 +1394,9 @@ Expected accessible description.
 ### option: LocatorAssertions.toHaveAccessibleDescription.timeout = %%-js-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.44
 
+### option: LocatorAssertions.toHaveAccessibleDescription.signal = %%-js-assertions-signal-%%
+* since: v1.62
+
 ### option: LocatorAssertions.toHaveAccessibleDescription.timeout = %%-csharp-java-python-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.44
 
@@ -1408,6 +1447,9 @@ Expected accessible error message.
 ### option: LocatorAssertions.toHaveAccessibleErrorMessage.timeout = %%-js-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.50
 
+### option: LocatorAssertions.toHaveAccessibleErrorMessage.signal = %%-js-assertions-signal-%%
+* since: v1.62
+
 ### option: LocatorAssertions.toHaveAccessibleErrorMessage.timeout = %%-csharp-java-python-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.50
 
@@ -1458,6 +1500,9 @@ Expected accessible name.
 ### option: LocatorAssertions.toHaveAccessibleName.timeout = %%-js-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.44
 
+### option: LocatorAssertions.toHaveAccessibleName.signal = %%-js-assertions-signal-%%
+* since: v1.62
+
 ### option: LocatorAssertions.toHaveAccessibleName.timeout = %%-csharp-java-python-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.44
 
@@ -1517,6 +1562,9 @@ Expected attribute value.
 ### option: LocatorAssertions.toHaveAttribute.timeout = %%-js-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.18
 
+### option: LocatorAssertions.toHaveAttribute.signal = %%-js-assertions-signal-%%
+* since: v1.62
+
 ### option: LocatorAssertions.toHaveAttribute.timeout = %%-csharp-java-python-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.18
 
@@ -1546,6 +1594,9 @@ Attribute name.
 ### option: LocatorAssertions.toHaveAttribute#2.timeout = %%-js-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.39
 
+### option: LocatorAssertions.toHaveAttribute#2.signal = %%-js-assertions-signal-%%
+* since: v1.62
+
 ## async method: LocatorAssertions.toHaveClass
 * since: v1.20
 * langs:
@@ -1646,6 +1697,9 @@ Expected class or RegExp or a list of those.
 ### option: LocatorAssertions.toHaveClass.timeout = %%-js-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.18
 
+### option: LocatorAssertions.toHaveClass.signal = %%-js-assertions-signal-%%
+* since: v1.62
+
 ### option: LocatorAssertions.toHaveClass.timeout = %%-csharp-java-python-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.18
 
@@ -1695,6 +1749,9 @@ Expected count.
 ### option: LocatorAssertions.toHaveCount.timeout = %%-js-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.18
 
+### option: LocatorAssertions.toHaveCount.signal = %%-js-assertions-signal-%%
+* since: v1.62
+
 ### option: LocatorAssertions.toHaveCount.timeout = %%-csharp-java-python-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.18
 
@@ -1756,6 +1813,9 @@ Pseudo-element to read computed styles from.
 ### option: LocatorAssertions.toHaveCSS.timeout = %%-js-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.18
 
+### option: LocatorAssertions.toHaveCSS.signal = %%-js-assertions-signal-%%
+* since: v1.62
+
 ### option: LocatorAssertions.toHaveCSS.timeout = %%-csharp-java-python-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.18
 
@@ -1805,6 +1865,9 @@ Element id.
 ### option: LocatorAssertions.toHaveId.timeout = %%-js-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.18
 
+### option: LocatorAssertions.toHaveId.signal = %%-js-assertions-signal-%%
+* since: v1.62
+
 ### option: LocatorAssertions.toHaveId.timeout = %%-csharp-java-python-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.18
 
@@ -1861,6 +1924,9 @@ Property value.
 ### option: LocatorAssertions.toHaveJSProperty.timeout = %%-js-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.18
 
+### option: LocatorAssertions.toHaveJSProperty.signal = %%-js-assertions-signal-%%
+* since: v1.62
+
 ### option: LocatorAssertions.toHaveJSProperty.timeout = %%-csharp-java-python-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.18
 
@@ -1907,6 +1973,9 @@ await Expect(locator).ToHaveRoleAsync(AriaRole.Button);
 ### option: LocatorAssertions.toHaveRole.timeout = %%-js-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.44
 
+### option: LocatorAssertions.toHaveRole.signal = %%-js-assertions-signal-%%
+* since: v1.62
+
 ### option: LocatorAssertions.toHaveRole.timeout = %%-csharp-java-python-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.44
 
@@ -2188,6 +2257,9 @@ Whether to use `element.innerText` instead of `element.textContent` when retriev
 ### option: LocatorAssertions.toHaveText.timeout = %%-js-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.18
 
+### option: LocatorAssertions.toHaveText.signal = %%-js-assertions-signal-%%
+* since: v1.62
+
 ### option: LocatorAssertions.toHaveText.timeout = %%-csharp-java-python-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.18
 
@@ -2239,6 +2311,9 @@ Expected value.
 ### option: LocatorAssertions.toHaveValue.timeout = %%-js-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.18
 
+### option: LocatorAssertions.toHaveValue.signal = %%-js-assertions-signal-%%
+* since: v1.62
+
 ### option: LocatorAssertions.toHaveValue.timeout = %%-csharp-java-python-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.18
 
@@ -2320,6 +2395,9 @@ Expected options currently selected.
 ### option: LocatorAssertions.toHaveValues.timeout = %%-js-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.23
 
+### option: LocatorAssertions.toHaveValues.signal = %%-js-assertions-signal-%%
+* since: v1.62
+
 ### option: LocatorAssertions.toHaveValues.timeout = %%-csharp-java-python-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.23
 
@@ -2380,6 +2458,9 @@ assertThat(page.locator("body")).matchesAriaSnapshot("""
 ### option: LocatorAssertions.toMatchAriaSnapshot.timeout = %%-js-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.49
 
+### option: LocatorAssertions.toMatchAriaSnapshot.signal = %%-js-assertions-signal-%%
+* since: v1.62
+
 ### option: LocatorAssertions.toMatchAriaSnapshot.timeout = %%-csharp-java-python-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.49
 
@@ -2409,5 +2490,8 @@ Generates sequential names if not specified.
 ### option: LocatorAssertions.toMatchAriaSnapshot#2.timeout = %%-js-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.50
 
+### option: LocatorAssertions.toMatchAriaSnapshot#2.signal = %%-js-assertions-signal-%%
+* since: v1.62
+
 ### option: LocatorAssertions.toMatchAriaSnapshot#2.timeout = %%-csharp-java-python-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.50
diff --git a/docs/src/api/class-pageassertions.md b/docs/src/api/class-pageassertions.md
index ce5de2f09b212..2965f9a715561 100644
--- a/docs/src/api/class-pageassertions.md
+++ b/docs/src/api/class-pageassertions.md
@@ -183,6 +183,9 @@ assertThat(page).matchesAriaSnapshot("""
 ### option: PageAssertions.toMatchAriaSnapshot.timeout = %%-js-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.60
 
+### option: PageAssertions.toMatchAriaSnapshot.signal = %%-js-assertions-signal-%%
+* since: v1.62
+
 ### option: PageAssertions.toMatchAriaSnapshot.timeout = %%-csharp-java-python-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.60
 
@@ -225,6 +228,9 @@ Generates sequential names if not specified.
 ### option: PageAssertions.toMatchAriaSnapshot#2.timeout = %%-js-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.60
 
+### option: PageAssertions.toMatchAriaSnapshot#2.signal = %%-js-assertions-signal-%%
+* since: v1.62
+
 ## async method: PageAssertions.toHaveScreenshot#1
 * since: v1.23
 * langs: js
@@ -385,6 +391,9 @@ Expected title or RegExp.
 ### option: PageAssertions.toHaveTitle.timeout = %%-js-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.18
 
+### option: PageAssertions.toHaveTitle.signal = %%-js-assertions-signal-%%
+* since: v1.62
+
 ### option: PageAssertions.toHaveTitle.timeout = %%-csharp-java-python-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.18
 
@@ -463,5 +472,8 @@ Whether to perform case-insensitive match. [`option: ignoreCase`] option takes p
 ### option: PageAssertions.toHaveURL.timeout = %%-js-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.18
 
+### option: PageAssertions.toHaveURL.signal = %%-js-assertions-signal-%%
+* since: v1.62
+
 ### option: PageAssertions.toHaveURL.timeout = %%-csharp-java-python-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.18
diff --git a/docs/src/api/params.md b/docs/src/api/params.md
index b139898cfa2c3..382de448fdca1 100644
--- a/docs/src/api/params.md
+++ b/docs/src/api/params.md
@@ -1028,6 +1028,16 @@ using the [`method: AndroidDevice.setDefaultTimeout`] method.
 
 Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to `timeout` in `TestConfig.expect`.
 
+## js-assertions-signal
+* langs: js
+* since: v1.62
+- `signal` <[AbortSignal]>
+
+An optional [`AbortSignal`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AbortSignal) that
+can cancel the assertion. Aborting the signal fails the assertion like a timeout: if the signal
+is aborted while the assertion is retrying, or is already aborted before the assertion starts,
+the assertion fails without retrying further.
+
 ## csharp-java-python-assertions-timeout
 * langs: java, python, csharp
 - `timeout` <[float]>
diff --git a/docs/src/test-reporter-api/class-reporter.md b/docs/src/test-reporter-api/class-reporter.md
index 8cc8e48676d85..26f8d619e22ca 100644
--- a/docs/src/test-reporter-api/class-reporter.md
+++ b/docs/src/test-reporter-api/class-reporter.md
@@ -297,3 +297,26 @@ Result of the test run.
 - returns: <[boolean]>
 
 Whether this reporter uses stdio for reporting. When it does not, Playwright Test could add some output to enhance user experience. If your reporter does not print to the terminal, it is strongly recommended to return `false`.
+
+## optional async method: Reporter.preprocessSuite
+* since: v1.61
+- `result` ?<[Object]>
+  - `implementsSharding` ?<[boolean]> When `true`, Playwright skips its built-in shard filter for this run, leaving sharding to the reporter (typically implemented by calling [`method: TestCase.exclude`] on out-of-shard tests).
+
+Called after the configuration has been resolved and before [`method: Reporter.onBegin`]. Allows a reporter to mark individual tests as skipped, excluded, fixed or failing.
+
+### param: Reporter.preprocessSuite.config
+* since: v1.61
+- `config` <[FullConfig]>
+
+Resolved configuration.
+
+### param: Reporter.preprocessSuite.suite
+* since: v1.61
+- `suite` <[Suite]>
+
+The root suite that contains the projects, files and test cases that will run.
+
+The suite reflects `--project`, `--grep`/`--grep-invert` and `.only` filtering, so it only contains tests that match the current invocation. It contains only the top-level projects being run — setup and dependency projects are not included and cannot be excluded from here.
+
+The suite ignores the `--shard` argument: it always contains the full, un-sharded corpus. Playwright applies its built-in sharding after [`method: Reporter.preprocessSuite`] returns, unless the returned `implementsSharding` is `true`.
diff --git a/docs/src/test-reporter-api/class-suite.md b/docs/src/test-reporter-api/class-suite.md
index 1d458c842b3f0..9f93dcabd6f4c 100644
--- a/docs/src/test-reporter-api/class-suite.md
+++ b/docs/src/test-reporter-api/class-suite.md
@@ -85,3 +85,41 @@ Returns a list of titles from the root down to this suite.
 
 Returns the type of the suite. The Suites form the following hierarchy:
 `root` -> `project` -> `file` -> `describe` -> ...`describe` -> `test`.
+
+## method: Suite.skip
+* since: v1.61
+
+Must be called from inside [`method: Reporter.preprocessSuite`]. Mark every [TestCase] of this suite as skipped, see [`method: TestCase.skip`].
+
+### param: Suite.skip.reason
+* since: v1.61
+- `reason` ?<[string]>
+
+Optional explanation surfaced as the annotation description.
+
+## method: Suite.fixme
+* since: v1.61
+
+Must be called from inside [`method: Reporter.preprocessSuite`]. Mark every [TestCase] of this suite as fixme, see [`method: TestCase.fixme`].
+
+### param: Suite.fixme.reason
+* since: v1.61
+- `reason` ?<[string]>
+
+Optional explanation surfaced as the annotation description.
+
+## method: Suite.fail
+* since: v1.61
+
+Must be called from inside [`method: Reporter.preprocessSuite`]. Mark every [TestCase] of this suite as expected-to-fail, see [`method: TestCase.fail`].
+
+### param: Suite.fail.reason
+* since: v1.61
+- `reason` ?<[string]>
+
+Optional explanation surfaced as the annotation description.
+
+## method: Suite.exclude
+* since: v1.61
+
+Must be called from inside [`method: Reporter.preprocessSuite`], exclude this suite from the run. Excluded tests do not appear in the report and their body is not executed.
diff --git a/docs/src/test-reporter-api/class-testcase.md b/docs/src/test-reporter-api/class-testcase.md
index 22a8588fb0934..95e6052e32ae7 100644
--- a/docs/src/test-reporter-api/class-testcase.md
+++ b/docs/src/test-reporter-api/class-testcase.md
@@ -107,3 +107,41 @@ Returns a list of titles from the root down to this test.
 - returns: <[TestCaseType]<"test">>
 
 Returns "test". Useful for detecting test cases in [`method: Suite.entries`].
+
+## method: TestCase.skip
+* since: v1.61
+
+Must be called from inside [`method: Reporter.preprocessSuite`], skip this test. The test body is not executed and the test is reported as skipped.
+
+### param: TestCase.skip.reason
+* since: v1.61
+- `reason` ?<[string]>
+
+Optional explanation surfaced as the annotation description.
+
+## method: TestCase.fixme
+* since: v1.61
+
+Must be called from inside [`method: Reporter.preprocessSuite`], mark this test as fixme. The test body is not executed and the test is reported as skipped, with the intention to fix it.
+
+### param: TestCase.fixme.reason
+* since: v1.61
+- `reason` ?<[string]>
+
+Optional explanation surfaced as the annotation description.
+
+## method: TestCase.fail
+* since: v1.61
+
+Must be called from inside [`method: Reporter.preprocessSuite`], mark this test as "should fail". Playwright runs the test and ensures it is actually failing, useful for documenting broken functionality until it is fixed.
+
+### param: TestCase.fail.reason
+* since: v1.61
+- `reason` ?<[string]>
+
+Optional explanation surfaced as the annotation description.
+
+## method: TestCase.exclude
+* since: v1.61
+
+Must be called from inside [`method: Reporter.preprocessSuite`], exclude this test from the run. Excluded tests do not appear in the report and their body is not executed.
diff --git a/packages/isomorphic/abortSignal.ts b/packages/isomorphic/abortSignal.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c2d3e176f5446
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/isomorphic/abortSignal.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+export function assertionAbortedMessage(reason: unknown): string {
+  const detail = reason instanceof Error ? reason.message : reason === undefined || reason === null ? '' : String(reason);
+  return 'The assertion was aborted' + (detail ? `: ${detail}` : '');
+}
diff --git a/packages/isomorphic/urlMatch.ts b/packages/isomorphic/urlMatch.ts
index 455147898098f..30cd9a95694d0 100644
--- a/packages/isomorphic/urlMatch.ts
+++ b/packages/isomorphic/urlMatch.ts
@@ -202,9 +202,10 @@ export function resolveGlobToRegexPattern(baseURL: string | undefined, glob: str
 }
 
 function toWebSocketBaseUrl(baseURL: string | undefined) {
-  // Allow http(s) baseURL to match ws(s) urls.
-  if (baseURL && /^https?:\/\//.test(baseURL))
-    baseURL = baseURL.replace(/^http/, 'ws');
+  // Allow http(s) baseURL to match ws(s) urls. Schemes are case-insensitive,
+  // same as elsewhere in this file, so 'HTTP://...' should be rewritten too.
+  if (baseURL && /^https?:\/\//i.test(baseURL))
+    baseURL = baseURL.replace(/^https?/i, scheme => scheme.toLowerCase() === 'https' ? 'wss' : 'ws');
   return baseURL;
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/playwright-client/types/types.d.ts b/packages/playwright-client/types/types.d.ts
index 1bf5ef680fea8..6da20cd4fa3a7 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-client/types/types.d.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-client/types/types.d.ts
@@ -12989,10 +12989,7 @@ export interface ElementHandle<T=Node> extends JSHandle<T> {
    */
   inputValue(options?: {
     /**
-     * Maximum time in milliseconds. Defaults to `0` - no timeout. The default value can be changed via `actionTimeout`
-     * option in the config, or by using the
-     * [browserContext.setDefaultTimeout(timeout)](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-browsercontext#browser-context-set-default-timeout)
-     * or [page.setDefaultTimeout(timeout)](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-page#page-set-default-timeout) methods.
+     * @deprecated This option is ignored. The value is returned immediately.
      */
     timeout?: number;
   }): Promise<string>;
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/browsers.json b/packages/playwright-core/browsers.json
index 5261809f8319b..6fa27ab5af4c3 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/browsers.json
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/browsers.json
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     },
     {
       "name": "webkit",
-      "revision": "2317",
+      "revision": "2318",
       "installByDefault": true,
       "revisionOverrides": {
         "mac14": "2251",
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/client/frame.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/client/frame.ts
index cccf10172a3ec..fac78d48a65f3 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/client/frame.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/client/frame.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 import fs from 'fs';
 
+import { assertionAbortedMessage } from '@isomorphic/abortSignal';
 import { assert } from '@isomorphic/assert';
 import { getByAltTextSelector, getByLabelSelector, getByPlaceholderSelector, getByRoleSelector, getByTestIdSelector, getByTextSelector, getByTitleSelector } from '@isomorphic/locatorUtils';
 import { urlMatches } from '@isomorphic/urlMatch';
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ import { EventEmitter } from './eventEmitter';
 import { ChannelOwner } from './channelOwner';
 import { addSourceUrlToScript } from './clientHelper';
 import { ElementHandle, convertInputFiles, convertSelectOptionValues } from './elementHandle';
-import { PlaywrightError } from './errors';
+import { AbortError, PlaywrightError } from './errors';
 import { Events } from './events';
 import { JSHandle, assertMaxArguments, parseResult, serializeArgument } from './jsHandle';
 import { FrameLocator, Locator, testIdAttributeName } from './locator';
@@ -173,15 +174,19 @@ export class Frame extends ChannelOwner<channels.FrameChannel> implements api.Fr
     state = verifyLoadState('state', state);
     return await this._page!._wrapApiCall(async () => {
       const waiter = this._setupNavigationWaiter(options ?? {});
-      if (this._loadStates.has(state)) {
-        waiter.log(`  not waiting, "${state}" event already fired`);
-      } else {
-        await waiter.waitForEvent<LifecycleEvent>(this._eventEmitter, 'loadstate', s => {
-          waiter.log(`  "${s}" event fired`);
-          return s === state;
-        });
+      try {
+        if (this._loadStates.has(state)) {
+          waiter.log(`  not waiting, "${state}" event already fired`);
+          waiter.throwIfImmediatelyRejected();
+        } else {
+          await waiter.waitForEvent<LifecycleEvent>(this._eventEmitter, 'loadstate', s => {
+            waiter.log(`  "${s}" event fired`);
+            return s === state;
+          });
+        }
+      } finally {
+        waiter.dispose();
       }
-      waiter.dispose();
     }, { title: `Wait for load state "${state}"` });
   }
 
@@ -500,6 +505,8 @@ export class Frame extends ChannelOwner<channels.FrameChannel> implements api.Fr
       await this._channel.expect(params, signal);
       return { matches: !params.isNot };
     } catch (e) {
+      if (e instanceof AbortError)
+        return { matches: !!params.isNot, errorMessage: 'Error: ' + assertionAbortedMessage(e.cause) };
       if (!(e instanceof PlaywrightError))
         throw e;
       const details = e.details as channels.FrameExpectErrorDetails;
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/client/waiter.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/client/waiter.ts
index d371fabc996a5..aa82f87bad72b 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/client/waiter.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/client/waiter.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import { rewriteErrorMessage } from '@isomorphic/stackTrace';
 import { createGuid } from '@utils/crypto';
 import { currentZone } from '@utils/zones';
-import { TimeoutError } from './errors';
+import { AbortError, TimeoutError } from './errors';
 
 import type { ChannelOwner } from './channelOwner';
 import type * as channels from './channels';
@@ -91,12 +91,12 @@ export class Waiter {
     if (!signal)
       return;
     if (signal.aborted) {
-      this.rejectImmediately(signalToError(signal));
+      this.rejectImmediately(new AbortError(undefined, { cause: signal.reason }));
       return;
     }
     let rejectPromise: (e: any) => void;
     const promise = new Promise<void>((_, reject) => { rejectPromise = reject; });
-    const listener = () => rejectPromise!(signalToError(signal));
+    const listener = () => rejectPromise!(new AbortError(undefined, { cause: signal.reason }));
     signal.addEventListener('abort', listener, { once: true });
     this._rejectOn(promise, () => signal.removeEventListener('abort', listener));
   }
@@ -105,6 +105,11 @@ export class Waiter {
     this._immediateError = error;
   }
 
+  throwIfImmediatelyRejected() {
+    if (this._immediateError)
+      throw this._immediateError;
+  }
+
   dispose() {
     for (const dispose of this._dispose)
       dispose();
@@ -162,14 +167,6 @@ function waitForEvent<T = void>(emitter: EventEmitter, event: string, savedZone:
   return { promise, dispose };
 }
 
-function signalToError(signal: AbortSignal): Error {
-  const reason = signal.reason;
-  if (reason instanceof Error)
-    return reason;
-  const message = typeof reason?.message === 'string' ? reason.message : reason;
-  return new Error(String(message ?? 'The operation was aborted'));
-}
-
 function waitForTimeout(timeout: number): { promise: Promise<void>, dispose: () => void } {
   let timeoutId: any;
   const promise = new Promise<void>(resolve => timeoutId = setTimeout(resolve, timeout));
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/frames.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/frames.ts
index 924b3f3e2d5ec..18dadf1860e1b 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/frames.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/frames.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
  */
 
 import yaml from 'yaml';
+import { assertionAbortedMessage } from '@isomorphic/abortSignal';
 import { parseAriaSnapshotUnsafe } from '@isomorphic/ariaSnapshot';
 import { isInvalidSelectorError } from '@isomorphic/selectorParser';
 import { ManualPromise } from '@isomorphic/manualPromise';
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ import { makeWaitForNextTask } from '@utils/task';
 import { createGuid } from '@utils/crypto';
 import { BrowserContext } from './browserContext';
 import * as dom from './dom';
-import { TimeoutError, isTargetClosedError } from './errors';
+import { TimeoutError, AbortError, isTargetClosedError } from './errors';
 import { prepareFilesForUpload } from './fileUploadUtils';
 import { FrameSelectors } from './frameSelectors';
 import { helper } from './helper';
@@ -1568,6 +1569,8 @@ export class Frame extends SdkObject<FrameEventMap> {
         progress.log(e.message);
       if (e instanceof TimeoutError)
         details.timedOut = true;
+      if (e instanceof AbortError)
+        details.customErrorMessage = assertionAbortedMessage(e.cause);
       throw new ExpectError(details);
     }
   }
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/network.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/network.ts
index 457efb571716f..e44a4e6c17325 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/network.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/network.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 import { ManualPromise } from '@isomorphic/manualPromise';
 import { assert } from '@isomorphic/assert';
+import { rewriteErrorMessage } from '@isomorphic/stackTrace';
+import { isProtocolError } from './protocolError';
 import { BrowserContext } from './browserContext';
 import { APIRequestContext } from './fetch';
 import { SdkObject } from './instrumentation';
@@ -651,7 +653,13 @@ export class Response extends SdkObject {
           const { body, isBase64 } = this._request._responseBodyOverride;
           return Buffer.from(body, isBase64 ? 'base64' : 'utf-8');
         }
-        return this._getResponseBodyCallback();
+        try {
+          return await this._getResponseBodyCallback();
+        } catch (e) {
+          if (isProtocolError(e) && e.type === 'error')
+            rewriteErrorMessage(e, e.message + '\nResponse body is not available for a response that was navigated away from. Read response.body() before triggering any navigation.');
+          throw e;
+        }
       });
     }
     return this._contentPromise;
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/types/types.d.ts b/packages/playwright-core/types/types.d.ts
index 1bf5ef680fea8..6da20cd4fa3a7 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/types/types.d.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/types/types.d.ts
@@ -12989,10 +12989,7 @@ export interface ElementHandle<T=Node> extends JSHandle<T> {
    */
   inputValue(options?: {
     /**
-     * Maximum time in milliseconds. Defaults to `0` - no timeout. The default value can be changed via `actionTimeout`
-     * option in the config, or by using the
-     * [browserContext.setDefaultTimeout(timeout)](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-browsercontext#browser-context-set-default-timeout)
-     * or [page.setDefaultTimeout(timeout)](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-page#page-set-default-timeout) methods.
+     * @deprecated This option is ignored. The value is returned immediately.
      */
     timeout?: number;
   }): Promise<string>;
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/common/ipc.ts b/packages/playwright/src/common/ipc.ts
index 3fdaeccfcb6d5..27fa4287fe552 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/common/ipc.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/common/ipc.ts
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ export type StepEndPayload = {
 export type TestEntry = {
   testId: string;
   retry: number;
+  planAnnotations: { type: string, description?: string, location?: { file: string, line: number, column: number } }[];
 };
 
 export type RunPayload = {
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/common/test.ts b/packages/playwright/src/common/test.ts
index fa8d8c20032d0..991ac8304ef0d 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/common/test.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/common/test.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 import { rootTestType } from './testType';
 import { computeTestCaseOutcome } from '../isomorphic/teleReceiver';
-
+import { wrapFunctionWithLocation } from '../transform/transform';
 import type { FixturesWithLocation, FullProjectInternal } from './config';
 import type { FixturePool } from './fixtures';
 import type { TestTypeImpl } from './testType';
@@ -58,11 +58,19 @@ export class Suite extends Base {
   _parallelMode: 'none' | 'default' | 'serial' | 'parallel' = 'none';
   _fullProject: FullProjectInternal | undefined;
   _fileId: string | undefined;
+  _preprocessing = false;
   readonly _type: 'root' | 'project' | 'file' | 'describe';
 
+  skip: (reason?: string) => void;
+  fixme: (reason?: string) => void;
+  fail: (reason?: string) => void;
+
   constructor(title: string, type: 'root' | 'project' | 'file' | 'describe') {
     super(title);
     this._type = type;
+    this.skip = wrapFunctionWithLocation((location, reason?: string) => this._modifier('skip', location, reason));
+    this.fixme = wrapFunctionWithLocation((location, reason?: string) => this._modifier('fixme', location, reason));
+    this.fail = wrapFunctionWithLocation((location, reason?: string) => this._modifier('fail', location, reason));
   }
 
   get type(): 'root' | 'project' | 'file' | 'describe' {
@@ -96,6 +104,14 @@ export class Suite extends Base {
     this._entries.unshift(suite);
   }
 
+  _detach(child: Suite | TestCase) {
+    const idx = this._entries.indexOf(child);
+    if (idx !== -1)
+      this._entries.splice(idx, 1);
+    if (this._entries.length === 0)
+      this.parent?._detach(this);
+  }
+
   allTests(): TestCase[] {
     const result: TestCase[] = [];
     const visit = (suite: Suite) => {
@@ -252,6 +268,25 @@ export class Suite extends Base {
   project(): FullProject | undefined {
     return this._fullProject?.project || this.parent?.project();
   }
+
+  private _modifier(type: 'skip' | 'fixme' | 'fail', location: Location, reason: string | undefined): void {
+    if (!this._rootSuite()._preprocessing)
+      throw new Error(`Suite.${type}() can only be called from Reporter.preprocessSuite().`);
+    for (const test of this.allTests())
+      test._applyPlanAnnotation({ type, description: reason, location });
+  }
+
+  exclude(): void {
+    if (!this._rootSuite()._preprocessing)
+      throw new Error(`Suite.exclude() can only be called from Reporter.preprocessSuite().`);
+    if (!this.parent)
+      throw new Error(`Suite.exclude() cannot be called on the root suite.`);
+    this.parent._detach(this);
+  }
+
+  _rootSuite(): Suite {
+    return this.parent?._rootSuite() ?? this;
+  }
 }
 
 export class TestCase extends Base implements reporterTypes.TestCase {
@@ -275,12 +310,20 @@ export class TestCase extends Base implements reporterTypes.TestCase {
   _projectId = '';
   // Explicitly declared tags that are not a part of the title.
   _tags: string[] = [];
+  _planAnnotations: TestAnnotation[] = [];
+
+  skip: (reason?: string) => void;
+  fixme: (reason?: string) => void;
+  fail: (reason?: string) => void;
 
   constructor(title: string, fn: Function, testType: TestTypeImpl, location: Location) {
     super(title);
     this.fn = fn;
     this._testType = testType;
     this.location = location;
+    this.skip = wrapFunctionWithLocation((location, reason?: string) => this._modifier('skip', location, reason));
+    this.fixme = wrapFunctionWithLocation((location, reason?: string) => this._modifier('fixme', location, reason));
+    this.fail = wrapFunctionWithLocation((location, reason?: string) => this._modifier('fail', location, reason));
   }
 
   titlePath(): string[] {
@@ -309,6 +352,31 @@ export class TestCase extends Base implements reporterTypes.TestCase {
     ];
   }
 
+  private _modifier(type: 'skip' | 'fixme' | 'fail', location: Location, reason: string | undefined): void {
+    if (!this._rootSuite()._preprocessing)
+      throw new Error(`TestCase.${type}() can only be called from Reporter.preprocessSuite().`);
+    this._applyPlanAnnotation({ type, description: reason, location });
+  }
+
+  _applyPlanAnnotation(annotation: TestAnnotation): void {
+    this.annotations.push(annotation);
+    this._planAnnotations.push(annotation);
+    if (annotation.type === 'skip' || annotation.type === 'fixme')
+      this.expectedStatus = 'skipped';
+    else if (annotation.type === 'fail' && this.expectedStatus !== 'skipped')
+      this.expectedStatus = 'failed';
+  }
+
+  exclude(): void {
+    if (!this._rootSuite()._preprocessing)
+      throw new Error(`TestCase.exclude() can only be called from Reporter.preprocessSuite().`);
+    this.parent._detach(this);
+  }
+
+  _rootSuite(): Suite {
+    return this.parent._rootSuite();
+  }
+
   _serialize(): any {
     return {
       kind: 'test',
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/isomorphic/teleReceiver.ts b/packages/playwright/src/isomorphic/teleReceiver.ts
index bfde074d8d1c1..b8a15723b8408 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/isomorphic/teleReceiver.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/isomorphic/teleReceiver.ts
@@ -648,6 +648,19 @@ export class TeleSuite implements reporterTypes.Suite {
     suite.parent = this;
     this._entries.push(suite);
   }
+
+  skip(_reason?: string): void {
+    throw new Error('Disposition methods are not supported on a TeleSuite (read-only).');
+  }
+  fixme(_reason?: string): void {
+    throw new Error('Disposition methods are not supported on a TeleSuite (read-only).');
+  }
+  fail(_reason?: string): void {
+    throw new Error('Disposition methods are not supported on a TeleSuite (read-only).');
+  }
+  exclude(): void {
+    throw new Error('Disposition methods are not supported on a TeleSuite (read-only).');
+  }
 }
 
 export class TeleTestCase implements reporterTypes.TestCase {
@@ -693,6 +706,19 @@ export class TeleTestCase implements reporterTypes.TestCase {
     this.results.push(result);
     return result;
   }
+
+  skip(_reason?: string): void {
+    throw new Error('Disposition methods are not supported on a TeleTestCase (read-only).');
+  }
+  fixme(_reason?: string): void {
+    throw new Error('Disposition methods are not supported on a TeleTestCase (read-only).');
+  }
+  fail(_reason?: string): void {
+    throw new Error('Disposition methods are not supported on a TeleTestCase (read-only).');
+  }
+  exclude(): void {
+    throw new Error('Disposition methods are not supported on a TeleTestCase (read-only).');
+  }
 }
 
 class TeleTestStep implements reporterTypes.TestStep {
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/matchers/matchers.ts b/packages/playwright/src/matchers/matchers.ts
index afb0dc2406014..72d86657d73bd 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/matchers/matchers.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/matchers/matchers.ts
@@ -80,20 +80,20 @@ interface APIResponseEx extends APIResponse {
 export function toBeAttached(
   this: ExpectMatcherStateInternal,
   locator: LocatorEx,
-  options?: { attached?: boolean, timeout?: number },
+  options?: { attached?: boolean, timeout?: number, signal?: AbortSignal },
 ) {
   const attached = !options || options.attached === undefined || options.attached;
   const expected = attached ? 'attached' : 'detached';
   const arg = attached ? '' : '{ attached: false }';
-  return toBeTruthy.call(this, 'toBeAttached', locator, 'Locator', expected, arg, async (isNot, timeout) => {
-    return await locator._expect(attached ? 'to.be.attached' : 'to.be.detached', { isNot, timeout }, undefined);
+  return toBeTruthy.call(this, 'toBeAttached', locator, 'Locator', expected, arg, async (isNot, timeout, signal) => {
+    return await locator._expect(attached ? 'to.be.attached' : 'to.be.detached', { isNot, timeout }, signal);
   }, options);
 }
 
 export function toBeChecked(
   this: ExpectMatcherStateInternal,
   locator: LocatorEx,
-  options?: { checked?: boolean, indeterminate?: boolean, timeout?: number },
+  options?: { checked?: boolean, indeterminate?: boolean, timeout?: number, signal?: AbortSignal },
 ) {
   const checked = options?.checked;
   const indeterminate = options?.indeterminate;
@@ -110,97 +110,97 @@ export function toBeChecked(
     expected = options?.checked === false ? 'unchecked' : 'checked';
     arg = options?.checked === false ? `{ checked: false }` : '';
   }
-  return toBeTruthy.call(this, 'toBeChecked', locator, 'Locator', expected, arg, async (isNot, timeout) => {
-    return await locator._expect('to.be.checked', { isNot, timeout, expectedValue }, undefined);
+  return toBeTruthy.call(this, 'toBeChecked', locator, 'Locator', expected, arg, async (isNot, timeout, signal) => {
+    return await locator._expect('to.be.checked', { isNot, timeout, expectedValue }, signal);
   }, options);
 }
 
 export function toBeDisabled(
   this: ExpectMatcherStateInternal,
   locator: LocatorEx,
-  options?: { timeout?: number },
+  options?: { timeout?: number, signal?: AbortSignal },
 ) {
-  return toBeTruthy.call(this, 'toBeDisabled', locator, 'Locator', 'disabled', '', async (isNot, timeout) => {
-    return await locator._expect('to.be.disabled', { isNot, timeout }, undefined);
+  return toBeTruthy.call(this, 'toBeDisabled', locator, 'Locator', 'disabled', '', async (isNot, timeout, signal) => {
+    return await locator._expect('to.be.disabled', { isNot, timeout }, signal);
   }, options);
 }
 
 export function toBeEditable(
   this: ExpectMatcherStateInternal,
   locator: LocatorEx,
-  options?: { editable?: boolean, timeout?: number },
+  options?: { editable?: boolean, timeout?: number, signal?: AbortSignal },
 ) {
   const editable = !options || options.editable === undefined || options.editable;
   const expected = editable ? 'editable' : 'readOnly';
   const arg = editable ? '' : '{ editable: false }';
-  return toBeTruthy.call(this, 'toBeEditable', locator, 'Locator', expected, arg, async (isNot, timeout) => {
-    return await locator._expect(editable ? 'to.be.editable' : 'to.be.readonly', { isNot, timeout }, undefined);
+  return toBeTruthy.call(this, 'toBeEditable', locator, 'Locator', expected, arg, async (isNot, timeout, signal) => {
+    return await locator._expect(editable ? 'to.be.editable' : 'to.be.readonly', { isNot, timeout }, signal);
   }, options);
 }
 
 export function toBeEmpty(
   this: ExpectMatcherStateInternal,
   locator: LocatorEx,
-  options?: { timeout?: number },
+  options?: { timeout?: number, signal?: AbortSignal },
 ) {
-  return toBeTruthy.call(this, 'toBeEmpty', locator, 'Locator', 'empty', '', async (isNot, timeout) => {
-    return await locator._expect('to.be.empty', { isNot, timeout }, undefined);
+  return toBeTruthy.call(this, 'toBeEmpty', locator, 'Locator', 'empty', '', async (isNot, timeout, signal) => {
+    return await locator._expect('to.be.empty', { isNot, timeout }, signal);
   }, options);
 }
 
 export function toBeEnabled(
   this: ExpectMatcherStateInternal,
   locator: LocatorEx,
-  options?: { enabled?: boolean, timeout?: number },
+  options?: { enabled?: boolean, timeout?: number, signal?: AbortSignal },
 ) {
   const enabled = !options || options.enabled === undefined || options.enabled;
   const expected = enabled ? 'enabled' : 'disabled';
   const arg = enabled ? '' : '{ enabled: false }';
-  return toBeTruthy.call(this, 'toBeEnabled', locator, 'Locator', expected, arg, async (isNot, timeout) => {
-    return await locator._expect(enabled ? 'to.be.enabled' : 'to.be.disabled', { isNot, timeout }, undefined);
+  return toBeTruthy.call(this, 'toBeEnabled', locator, 'Locator', expected, arg, async (isNot, timeout, signal) => {
+    return await locator._expect(enabled ? 'to.be.enabled' : 'to.be.disabled', { isNot, timeout }, signal);
   }, options);
 }
 
 export function toBeFocused(
   this: ExpectMatcherStateInternal,
   locator: LocatorEx,
-  options?: { timeout?: number },
+  options?: { timeout?: number, signal?: AbortSignal },
 ) {
-  return toBeTruthy.call(this, 'toBeFocused', locator, 'Locator', 'focused', '', async (isNot, timeout) => {
-    return await locator._expect('to.be.focused', { isNot, timeout }, undefined);
+  return toBeTruthy.call(this, 'toBeFocused', locator, 'Locator', 'focused', '', async (isNot, timeout, signal) => {
+    return await locator._expect('to.be.focused', { isNot, timeout }, signal);
   }, options);
 }
 
 export function toBeHidden(
   this: ExpectMatcherStateInternal,
   locator: LocatorEx,
-  options?: { timeout?: number },
+  options?: { timeout?: number, signal?: AbortSignal },
 ) {
-  return toBeTruthy.call(this, 'toBeHidden', locator, 'Locator', 'hidden', '', async (isNot, timeout) => {
-    return await locator._expect('to.be.hidden', { isNot, timeout }, undefined);
+  return toBeTruthy.call(this, 'toBeHidden', locator, 'Locator', 'hidden', '', async (isNot, timeout, signal) => {
+    return await locator._expect('to.be.hidden', { isNot, timeout }, signal);
   }, options);
 }
 
 export function toBeVisible(
   this: ExpectMatcherStateInternal,
   locator: LocatorEx,
-  options?: { visible?: boolean, timeout?: number },
+  options?: { visible?: boolean, timeout?: number, signal?: AbortSignal },
 ) {
   const visible = !options || options.visible === undefined || options.visible;
   const expected = visible ? 'visible' : 'hidden';
   const arg = visible ? '' : '{ visible: false }';
-  return toBeTruthy.call(this, 'toBeVisible', locator, 'Locator', expected, arg, async (isNot, timeout) => {
-    return await locator._expect(visible ? 'to.be.visible' : 'to.be.hidden', { isNot, timeout }, undefined);
+  return toBeTruthy.call(this, 'toBeVisible', locator, 'Locator', expected, arg, async (isNot, timeout, signal) => {
+    return await locator._expect(visible ? 'to.be.visible' : 'to.be.hidden', { isNot, timeout }, signal);
   }, options);
 }
 
 export function toBeInViewport(
   this: ExpectMatcherStateInternal,
   locator: LocatorEx,
-  options?: { timeout?: number, ratio?: number },
+  options?: { timeout?: number, ratio?: number, signal?: AbortSignal },
 ) {
-  return toBeTruthy.call(this, 'toBeInViewport', locator, 'Locator', 'in viewport', '', async (isNot, timeout) => {
-    return await locator._expect('to.be.in.viewport', { isNot, expectedNumber: options?.ratio, timeout }, undefined);
+  return toBeTruthy.call(this, 'toBeInViewport', locator, 'Locator', 'in viewport', '', async (isNot, timeout, signal) => {
+    return await locator._expect('to.be.in.viewport', { isNot, expectedNumber: options?.ratio, timeout }, signal);
   }, options);
 }
 
@@ -208,17 +208,17 @@ export function toContainText(
   this: ExpectMatcherStateInternal,
   locator: LocatorEx,
   expected: string | RegExp | (string | RegExp)[],
-  options: { timeout?: number, useInnerText?: boolean, ignoreCase?: boolean } = {},
+  options: { timeout?: number, useInnerText?: boolean, ignoreCase?: boolean, signal?: AbortSignal } = {},
 ) {
   if (Array.isArray(expected)) {
-    return toEqual.call(this, 'toContainText', locator, 'Locator', async (isNot, timeout) => {
+    return toEqual.call(this, 'toContainText', locator, 'Locator', async (isNot, timeout, signal) => {
       const expectedText = serializeExpectedTextValues(expected, { matchSubstring: true, normalizeWhiteSpace: true, ignoreCase: options.ignoreCase });
-      return await locator._expect('to.contain.text.array', { expectedText, isNot, useInnerText: options.useInnerText, timeout }, undefined);
+      return await locator._expect('to.contain.text.array', { expectedText, isNot, useInnerText: options.useInnerText, timeout }, signal);
     }, expected, { ...options, contains: true });
   } else {
-    return toMatchText.call(this, 'toContainText', locator, 'Locator', async (isNot, timeout) => {
+    return toMatchText.call(this, 'toContainText', locator, 'Locator', async (isNot, timeout, signal) => {
       const expectedText = serializeExpectedTextValues([expected], { matchSubstring: true, normalizeWhiteSpace: true, ignoreCase: options.ignoreCase });
-      return await locator._expect('to.have.text', { expectedText, isNot, useInnerText: options.useInnerText, timeout }, undefined);
+      return await locator._expect('to.have.text', { expectedText, isNot, useInnerText: options.useInnerText, timeout }, signal);
     }, expected, { ...options, matchSubstring: true });
   }
 }
@@ -227,11 +227,11 @@ export function toHaveAccessibleDescription(
   this: ExpectMatcherStateInternal,
   locator: LocatorEx,
   expected: string | RegExp,
-  options?: { timeout?: number, ignoreCase?: boolean },
+  options?: { timeout?: number, ignoreCase?: boolean, signal?: AbortSignal },
 ) {
-  return toMatchText.call(this, 'toHaveAccessibleDescription', locator, 'Locator', async (isNot, timeout) => {
+  return toMatchText.call(this, 'toHaveAccessibleDescription', locator, 'Locator', async (isNot, timeout, signal) => {
     const expectedText = serializeExpectedTextValues([expected], { ignoreCase: options?.ignoreCase, normalizeWhiteSpace: true });
-    return await locator._expect('to.have.accessible.description', { expectedText, isNot, timeout }, undefined);
+    return await locator._expect('to.have.accessible.description', { expectedText, isNot, timeout }, signal);
   }, expected, options);
 }
 
@@ -239,11 +239,11 @@ export function toHaveAccessibleName(
   this: ExpectMatcherStateInternal,
   locator: LocatorEx,
   expected: string | RegExp,
-  options?: { timeout?: number, ignoreCase?: boolean },
+  options?: { timeout?: number, ignoreCase?: boolean, signal?: AbortSignal },
 ) {
-  return toMatchText.call(this, 'toHaveAccessibleName', locator, 'Locator', async (isNot, timeout) => {
+  return toMatchText.call(this, 'toHaveAccessibleName', locator, 'Locator', async (isNot, timeout, signal) => {
     const expectedText = serializeExpectedTextValues([expected], { ignoreCase: options?.ignoreCase, normalizeWhiteSpace: true });
-    return await locator._expect('to.have.accessible.name', { expectedText, isNot, timeout }, undefined);
+    return await locator._expect('to.have.accessible.name', { expectedText, isNot, timeout }, signal);
   }, expected, options);
 }
 
@@ -251,11 +251,11 @@ export function toHaveAccessibleErrorMessage(
   this: ExpectMatcherStateInternal,
   locator: LocatorEx,
   expected: string | RegExp,
-  options?: { timeout?: number; ignoreCase?: boolean },
+  options?: { timeout?: number; ignoreCase?: boolean, signal?: AbortSignal },
 ) {
-  return toMatchText.call(this, 'toHaveAccessibleErrorMessage', locator, 'Locator', async (isNot, timeout) => {
+  return toMatchText.call(this, 'toHaveAccessibleErrorMessage', locator, 'Locator', async (isNot, timeout, signal) => {
     const expectedText = serializeExpectedTextValues([expected], { ignoreCase: options?.ignoreCase, normalizeWhiteSpace: true });
-    return await locator._expect('to.have.accessible.error.message', { expectedText: expectedText, isNot, timeout }, undefined);
+    return await locator._expect('to.have.accessible.error.message', { expectedText: expectedText, isNot, timeout }, signal);
   }, expected, options);
 }
 
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ export function toHaveAttribute(
   locator: LocatorEx,
   name: string,
   expected: string | RegExp | undefined | { timeout?: number },
-  options?: { timeout?: number, ignoreCase?: boolean },
+  options?: { timeout?: number, ignoreCase?: boolean, signal?: AbortSignal },
 ) {
   if (!options) {
     // Update params for the case toHaveAttribute(name, options);
@@ -274,13 +274,13 @@ export function toHaveAttribute(
     }
   }
   if (expected === undefined) {
-    return toBeTruthy.call(this, 'toHaveAttribute', locator, 'Locator', 'have attribute', '', async (isNot, timeout) => {
-      return await locator._expect('to.have.attribute', { expressionArg: name, isNot, timeout }, undefined);
+    return toBeTruthy.call(this, 'toHaveAttribute', locator, 'Locator', 'have attribute', '', async (isNot, timeout, signal) => {
+      return await locator._expect('to.have.attribute', { expressionArg: name, isNot, timeout }, signal);
     }, options);
   }
-  return toMatchText.call(this, 'toHaveAttribute', locator, 'Locator', async (isNot, timeout) => {
+  return toMatchText.call(this, 'toHaveAttribute', locator, 'Locator', async (isNot, timeout, signal) => {
     const expectedText = serializeExpectedTextValues([expected as (string | RegExp)], { ignoreCase: options?.ignoreCase });
-    return await locator._expect('to.have.attribute.value', { expressionArg: name, expectedText, isNot, timeout }, undefined);
+    return await locator._expect('to.have.attribute.value', { expressionArg: name, expectedText, isNot, timeout }, signal);
   }, expected as (string | RegExp), options);
 }
 
@@ -288,17 +288,17 @@ export function toHaveClass(
   this: ExpectMatcherStateInternal,
   locator: LocatorEx,
   expected: string | RegExp | (string | RegExp)[],
-  options?: { timeout?: number },
+  options?: { timeout?: number, signal?: AbortSignal },
 ) {
   if (Array.isArray(expected)) {
-    return toEqual.call(this, 'toHaveClass', locator, 'Locator', async (isNot, timeout) => {
+    return toEqual.call(this, 'toHaveClass', locator, 'Locator', async (isNot, timeout, signal) => {
       const expectedText = serializeExpectedTextValues(expected);
-      return await locator._expect('to.have.class.array', { expectedText, isNot, timeout }, undefined);
+      return await locator._expect('to.have.class.array', { expectedText, isNot, timeout }, signal);
     }, expected, options);
   } else {
-    return toMatchText.call(this, 'toHaveClass', locator, 'Locator', async (isNot, timeout) => {
+    return toMatchText.call(this, 'toHaveClass', locator, 'Locator', async (isNot, timeout, signal) => {
       const expectedText = serializeExpectedTextValues([expected]);
-      return await locator._expect('to.have.class', { expectedText, isNot, timeout }, undefined);
+      return await locator._expect('to.have.class', { expectedText, isNot, timeout }, signal);
     }, expected, options);
   }
 }
@@ -307,21 +307,21 @@ export function toContainClass(
   this: ExpectMatcherStateInternal,
   locator: LocatorEx,
   expected: string | string[],
-  options?: { timeout?: number },
+  options?: { timeout?: number, signal?: AbortSignal },
 ) {
   if (Array.isArray(expected)) {
     if (expected.some(e => isRegExp(e)))
       throw new Error(`"expected" argument in toContainClass cannot contain RegExp values`);
-    return toEqual.call(this, 'toContainClass', locator, 'Locator', async (isNot, timeout) => {
+    return toEqual.call(this, 'toContainClass', locator, 'Locator', async (isNot, timeout, signal) => {
       const expectedText = serializeExpectedTextValues(expected);
-      return await locator._expect('to.contain.class.array', { expectedText, isNot, timeout }, undefined);
+      return await locator._expect('to.contain.class.array', { expectedText, isNot, timeout }, signal);
     }, expected, options);
   } else {
     if (isRegExp(expected))
       throw new Error(`"expected" argument in toContainClass cannot be a RegExp value`);
-    return toMatchText.call(this, 'toContainClass', locator, 'Locator', async (isNot, timeout) => {
+    return toMatchText.call(this, 'toContainClass', locator, 'Locator', async (isNot, timeout, signal) => {
       const expectedText = serializeExpectedTextValues([expected]);
-      return await locator._expect('to.contain.class', { expectedText, isNot, timeout }, undefined);
+      return await locator._expect('to.contain.class', { expectedText, isNot, timeout }, signal);
     }, expected, options);
   }
 }
@@ -330,24 +330,24 @@ export function toHaveCount(
   this: ExpectMatcherStateInternal,
   locator: LocatorEx,
   expected: number,
-  options?: { timeout?: number },
+  options?: { timeout?: number, signal?: AbortSignal },
 ) {
-  return toEqual.call(this, 'toHaveCount', locator, 'Locator', async (isNot, timeout) => {
-    return await locator._expect('to.have.count', { expectedNumber: expected, isNot, timeout }, undefined);
+  return toEqual.call(this, 'toHaveCount', locator, 'Locator', async (isNot, timeout, signal) => {
+    return await locator._expect('to.have.count', { expectedNumber: expected, isNot, timeout }, signal);
   }, expected, options);
 }
 
-export function toHaveCSS(this: ExpectMatcherStateInternal, locator: LocatorEx, name: string, expected: string | RegExp, options?: { timeout?: number, pseudo?: 'before' | 'after' }): Promise<MatcherResult<any, any>>;
+export function toHaveCSS(this: ExpectMatcherStateInternal, locator: LocatorEx, name: string, expected: string | RegExp, options?: { timeout?: number, pseudo?: 'before' | 'after', signal?: AbortSignal }): Promise<MatcherResult<any, any>>;
 export function toHaveCSS(
   this: ExpectMatcherStateInternal,
   locator: LocatorEx,
   name: string,
   expected: string | RegExp,
-  options?: { timeout?: number, pseudo?: 'before' | 'after' },
+  options?: { timeout?: number, pseudo?: 'before' | 'after', signal?: AbortSignal },
 ) {
-  return toMatchText.call(this, 'toHaveCSS', locator, 'Locator', async (isNot, timeout) => {
+  return toMatchText.call(this, 'toHaveCSS', locator, 'Locator', async (isNot, timeout, signal) => {
     const expectedText = serializeExpectedTextValues([expected]);
-    return await locator._expect('to.have.css', { expressionArg: name, expectedText, isNot, pseudo: options?.pseudo, timeout }, undefined);
+    return await locator._expect('to.have.css', { expressionArg: name, expectedText, isNot, pseudo: options?.pseudo, timeout }, signal);
   }, expected, options);
 }
 
@@ -355,11 +355,11 @@ export function toHaveId(
   this: ExpectMatcherStateInternal,
   locator: LocatorEx,
   expected: string | RegExp,
-  options?: { timeout?: number },
+  options?: { timeout?: number, signal?: AbortSignal },
 ) {
-  return toMatchText.call(this, 'toHaveId', locator, 'Locator', async (isNot, timeout) => {
+  return toMatchText.call(this, 'toHaveId', locator, 'Locator', async (isNot, timeout, signal) => {
     const expectedText = serializeExpectedTextValues([expected]);
-    return await locator._expect('to.have.id', { expectedText, isNot, timeout }, undefined);
+    return await locator._expect('to.have.id', { expectedText, isNot, timeout }, signal);
   }, expected, options);
 }
 
@@ -368,10 +368,10 @@ export function toHaveJSProperty(
   locator: LocatorEx,
   name: string,
   expected: any,
-  options?: { timeout?: number },
+  options?: { timeout?: number, signal?: AbortSignal },
 ) {
-  return toEqual.call(this, 'toHaveJSProperty', locator, 'Locator', async (isNot, timeout) => {
-    return await locator._expect('to.have.property', { expressionArg: name, expectedValue: expected, isNot, timeout }, undefined);
+  return toEqual.call(this, 'toHaveJSProperty', locator, 'Locator', async (isNot, timeout, signal) => {
+    return await locator._expect('to.have.property', { expressionArg: name, expectedValue: expected, isNot, timeout }, signal);
   }, expected, options);
 }
 
@@ -379,13 +379,13 @@ export function toHaveRole(
   this: ExpectMatcherStateInternal,
   locator: LocatorEx,
   expected: string,
-  options?: { timeout?: number, ignoreCase?: boolean },
+  options?: { timeout?: number, ignoreCase?: boolean, signal?: AbortSignal },
 ) {
   if (!isString(expected))
     throw new Error(`"role" argument in toHaveRole must be a string`);
-  return toMatchText.call(this, 'toHaveRole', locator, 'Locator', async (isNot, timeout) => {
+  return toMatchText.call(this, 'toHaveRole', locator, 'Locator', async (isNot, timeout, signal) => {
     const expectedText = serializeExpectedTextValues([expected]);
-    return await locator._expect('to.have.role', { expectedText, isNot, timeout }, undefined);
+    return await locator._expect('to.have.role', { expectedText, isNot, timeout }, signal);
   }, expected, options);
 }
 
@@ -393,17 +393,17 @@ export function toHaveText(
   this: ExpectMatcherStateInternal,
   locator: LocatorEx,
   expected: string | RegExp | (string | RegExp)[],
-  options: { timeout?: number, useInnerText?: boolean, ignoreCase?: boolean } = {},
+  options: { timeout?: number, useInnerText?: boolean, ignoreCase?: boolean, signal?: AbortSignal } = {},
 ) {
   if (Array.isArray(expected)) {
-    return toEqual.call(this, 'toHaveText', locator, 'Locator', async (isNot, timeout) => {
+    return toEqual.call(this, 'toHaveText', locator, 'Locator', async (isNot, timeout, signal) => {
       const expectedText = serializeExpectedTextValues(expected, { normalizeWhiteSpace: true, ignoreCase: options.ignoreCase });
-      return await locator._expect('to.have.text.array', { expectedText, isNot, useInnerText: options?.useInnerText, timeout }, undefined);
+      return await locator._expect('to.have.text.array', { expectedText, isNot, useInnerText: options?.useInnerText, timeout }, signal);
     }, expected, options);
   } else {
-    return toMatchText.call(this, 'toHaveText', locator, 'Locator', async (isNot, timeout) => {
+    return toMatchText.call(this, 'toHaveText', locator, 'Locator', async (isNot, timeout, signal) => {
       const expectedText = serializeExpectedTextValues([expected], { normalizeWhiteSpace: true, ignoreCase: options.ignoreCase });
-      return await locator._expect('to.have.text', { expectedText, isNot, useInnerText: options?.useInnerText, timeout }, undefined);
+      return await locator._expect('to.have.text', { expectedText, isNot, useInnerText: options?.useInnerText, timeout }, signal);
     }, expected, options);
   }
 }
@@ -412,11 +412,11 @@ export function toHaveValue(
   this: ExpectMatcherStateInternal,
   locator: LocatorEx,
   expected: string | RegExp,
-  options?: { timeout?: number },
+  options?: { timeout?: number, signal?: AbortSignal },
 ) {
-  return toMatchText.call(this, 'toHaveValue', locator, 'Locator', async (isNot, timeout) => {
+  return toMatchText.call(this, 'toHaveValue', locator, 'Locator', async (isNot, timeout, signal) => {
     const expectedText = serializeExpectedTextValues([expected]);
-    return await locator._expect('to.have.value', { expectedText, isNot, timeout }, undefined);
+    return await locator._expect('to.have.value', { expectedText, isNot, timeout }, signal);
   }, expected, options);
 }
 
@@ -424,11 +424,11 @@ export function toHaveValues(
   this: ExpectMatcherStateInternal,
   locator: LocatorEx,
   expected: (string | RegExp)[],
-  options?: { timeout?: number },
+  options?: { timeout?: number, signal?: AbortSignal },
 ) {
-  return toEqual.call(this, 'toHaveValues', locator, 'Locator', async (isNot, timeout) => {
+  return toEqual.call(this, 'toHaveValues', locator, 'Locator', async (isNot, timeout, signal) => {
     const expectedText = serializeExpectedTextValues(expected);
-    return await locator._expect('to.have.values', { expectedText, isNot, timeout }, undefined);
+    return await locator._expect('to.have.values', { expectedText, isNot, timeout }, signal);
   }, expected, options);
 }
 
@@ -436,11 +436,11 @@ export function toHaveTitle(
   this: ExpectMatcherStateInternal,
   page: Page,
   expected: string | RegExp,
-  options: { timeout?: number } = {},
+  options: { timeout?: number, signal?: AbortSignal } = {},
 ) {
-  return toMatchText.call(this, 'toHaveTitle', page, 'Page', async (isNot, timeout) => {
+  return toMatchText.call(this, 'toHaveTitle', page, 'Page', async (isNot, timeout, signal) => {
     const expectedText = serializeExpectedTextValues([expected], { normalizeWhiteSpace: true });
-    return await (page.mainFrame() as FrameEx)._expect('to.have.title', { expectedText, isNot, timeout }, undefined);
+    return await (page.mainFrame() as FrameEx)._expect('to.have.title', { expectedText, isNot, timeout }, signal);
   }, expected, options);
 }
 
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ export function toHaveURL(
   this: ExpectMatcherStateInternal,
   page: Page,
   expected: string | RegExp | URLPattern | ((url: URL) => boolean),
-  options?: { ignoreCase?: boolean; timeout?: number },
+  options?: { ignoreCase?: boolean; timeout?: number, signal?: AbortSignal },
 ) {
   if (isURLPattern(expected))
     return toHaveURLWithPredicate.call(this, page, url => (expected as URLPattern).test(url.href), options);
@@ -459,9 +459,9 @@ export function toHaveURL(
 
   const baseURL = (page.context() as any)._options.baseURL;
   expected = typeof expected === 'string' ? constructURLBasedOnBaseURL(baseURL, expected) : expected;
-  return toMatchText.call(this, 'toHaveURL', page, 'Page', async (isNot, timeout) => {
+  return toMatchText.call(this, 'toHaveURL', page, 'Page', async (isNot, timeout, signal) => {
     const expectedText = serializeExpectedTextValues([expected], { ignoreCase: options?.ignoreCase });
-    return await (page.mainFrame() as FrameEx)._expect('to.have.url', { expectedText, isNot, timeout }, undefined);
+    return await (page.mainFrame() as FrameEx)._expect('to.have.url', { expectedText, isNot, timeout }, signal);
   }, expected, options);
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/matchers/toBeTruthy.ts b/packages/playwright/src/matchers/toBeTruthy.ts
index 00a0d3b4501b3..bceadd74dbf08 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/matchers/toBeTruthy.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/matchers/toBeTruthy.ts
@@ -28,14 +28,14 @@ export async function toBeTruthy(
   receiverType: 'Locator',
   expected: string,
   arg: string,
-  query: (isNot: boolean, timeout: number) => Promise<ExpectResult>,
-  options: { timeout?: number } = {},
+  query: (isNot: boolean, timeout: number, signal?: AbortSignal) => Promise<ExpectResult>,
+  options: { timeout?: number, signal?: AbortSignal } = {},
 ): Promise<MatcherResult<any, any>> {
   expectTypes(locator, [receiverType], matcherName);
 
   const timeout = options.timeout ?? this.timeout;
 
-  const { matches: pass, log, timedOut, received, errorMessage } = await query(!!this.isNot, timeout);
+  const { matches: pass, log, timedOut, received, errorMessage } = await query(!!this.isNot, timeout, options.signal);
   const receivedValue = received?.value;
 
   if (pass === !this.isNot) {
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/matchers/toEqual.ts b/packages/playwright/src/matchers/toEqual.ts
index 73528f24666b5..917c942b2d0ef 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/matchers/toEqual.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/matchers/toEqual.ts
@@ -32,15 +32,15 @@ export async function toEqual<T>(
   matcherName: string,
   locator: Locator,
   receiverType: 'Locator',
-  query: (isNot: boolean, timeout: number) => Promise<ExpectResult>,
+  query: (isNot: boolean, timeout: number, signal?: AbortSignal) => Promise<ExpectResult>,
   expected: T,
-  options: { timeout?: number, contains?: boolean } = {},
+  options: { timeout?: number, contains?: boolean, signal?: AbortSignal } = {},
 ): Promise<MatcherResult<any, any>> {
   expectTypes(locator, [receiverType], matcherName);
 
   const timeout = options.timeout ?? this.timeout;
 
-  const { matches: pass, received, log, timedOut, errorMessage } = await query(!!this.isNot, timeout);
+  const { matches: pass, received, log, timedOut, errorMessage } = await query(!!this.isNot, timeout, options.signal);
   const receivedValue = received?.value;
 
   if (pass === !this.isNot) {
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/matchers/toHaveURL.ts b/packages/playwright/src/matchers/toHaveURL.ts
index 7273582bc6614..23f0267d7bdbd 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/matchers/toHaveURL.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/matchers/toHaveURL.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+import { assertionAbortedMessage } from '@isomorphic/abortSignal';
 import { urlMatches } from '@isomorphic/urlMatch';
 
 import { formatMatcherMessage, printReceivedStringContainExpectedResult } from './matcherHint';
@@ -26,12 +27,11 @@ export async function toHaveURLWithPredicate(
   this: ExpectMatcherStateInternal,
   page: Page,
   expected: (url: URL) => boolean,
-  options?: { ignoreCase?: boolean; timeout?: number },
+  options?: { ignoreCase?: boolean; timeout?: number, signal?: AbortSignal },
 ): Promise<MatcherResult<string | RegExp, string>> {
   const matcherName = 'toHaveURL';
   const timeout = options?.timeout ?? this.timeout;
   const baseURL: string | undefined = (page.context() as any)._options.baseURL;
-  let conditionSucceeded = false;
   let lastCheckedURLString: string | undefined = undefined;
   try {
     await page.mainFrame().waitForURL(
@@ -53,33 +53,46 @@ export async function toHaveURLWithPredicate(
             !this.isNot === urlMatches(baseURL, lastCheckedURLString, expected)
           );
         },
-        { timeout },
+        { timeout, signal: options?.signal },
     );
 
-    conditionSucceeded = true;
-  } catch (e) {
-    conditionSucceeded = false;
-  }
-
-  if (conditionSucceeded)
     return { name: matcherName, pass: !this.isNot, message: () => '' };
-
-  return {
-    name: matcherName,
-    pass: this.isNot,
-    message: () =>
-      toHaveURLMessage(
-          this,
+  } catch (e) {
+    if (e instanceof Error && e.name === 'AbortError') {
+      return {
+        name: matcherName,
+        pass: this.isNot,
+        message: () => formatMatcherMessage(this.utils, {
+          isNot: this.isNot,
+          promise: this.promise,
           matcherName,
-          expected,
-          lastCheckedURLString,
-          this.isNot,
-          true,
+          expectation: 'expected',
           timeout,
-      ),
-    actual: lastCheckedURLString,
-    timeout,
-  };
+          printedExpected: `Expected: predicate to ${!this.isNot ? 'succeed' : 'fail'}`,
+          errorMessage: 'Error: ' + assertionAbortedMessage(e.cause),
+        }),
+        actual: lastCheckedURLString,
+        timeout,
+      };
+    }
+
+    return {
+      name: matcherName,
+      pass: this.isNot,
+      message: () =>
+        toHaveURLMessage(
+            this,
+            matcherName,
+            expected,
+            lastCheckedURLString,
+            this.isNot,
+            true,
+            timeout,
+        ),
+      actual: lastCheckedURLString,
+      timeout,
+    };
+  }
 }
 
 function toHaveURLMessage(
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/matchers/toMatchAriaSnapshot.ts b/packages/playwright/src/matchers/toMatchAriaSnapshot.ts
index 27a5d0e9d87b6..b7d89048793a9 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/matchers/toMatchAriaSnapshot.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/matchers/toMatchAriaSnapshot.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export async function toMatchAriaSnapshot(
   this: ExpectMatcherStateInternal,
   receiver: LocatorEx | Page,
   expectedParam?: ToMatchAriaSnapshotExpected,
-  options: { timeout?: number } = {},
+  options: { timeout?: number, signal?: AbortSignal } = {},
 ): Promise<MatcherResult<string | RegExp, string>> {
   const matcherName = 'toMatchAriaSnapshot';
   expectTypes(receiver, ['Page', 'Locator'], matcherName);
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ export async function toMatchAriaSnapshot(
 
   const expectParams = { expectedValue: expected, isNot: this.isNot, timeout };
   const { matches: pass, received, log, timedOut, errorMessage } = locator ?
-    await (locator as LocatorEx)._expect('to.match.aria', expectParams, undefined) :
-    await ((receiver as Page).mainFrame() as FrameEx)._expect('to.match.aria', expectParams, undefined);
+    await (locator as LocatorEx)._expect('to.match.aria', expectParams, options.signal) :
+    await ((receiver as Page).mainFrame() as FrameEx)._expect('to.match.aria', expectParams, options.signal);
   const typedReceived = received?.value as MatcherReceived;
 
   const message = () => {
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/matchers/toMatchText.ts b/packages/playwright/src/matchers/toMatchText.ts
index 7771592729651..ac429170edc51 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/matchers/toMatchText.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/matchers/toMatchText.ts
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ export async function toMatchText(
   matcherName: string,
   receiver: Locator | Page,
   receiverType: 'Locator' | 'Page',
-  query: (isNot: boolean, timeout: number) => Promise<ExpectResult>,
+  query: (isNot: boolean, timeout: number, signal?: AbortSignal) => Promise<ExpectResult>,
   expected: string | RegExp,
-  options: { timeout?: number, matchSubstring?: boolean } = {},
+  options: { timeout?: number, matchSubstring?: boolean, signal?: AbortSignal } = {},
 ): Promise<MatcherResult<string | RegExp, string>> {
   expectTypes(receiver, [receiverType], matcherName);
   const locator = receiverType === 'Locator' ? receiver as Locator : undefined;
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export async function toMatchText(
 
   const timeout = options.timeout ?? this.timeout;
 
-  const { matches: pass, received, log, timedOut, errorMessage } = await query(!!this.isNot, timeout);
+  const { matches: pass, received, log, timedOut, errorMessage } = await query(!!this.isNot, timeout, options.signal);
 
   if (pass === !this.isNot) {
     return {
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/reporters/internalReporter.ts b/packages/playwright/src/reporters/internalReporter.ts
index 31d5df1ed1540..7766ec11f6f8b 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/reporters/internalReporter.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/reporters/internalReporter.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,15 @@ export class InternalReporter implements ReporterV2 {
     this._reporter.onConfigure?.(config);
   }
 
+  async preprocessSuite(config: FullConfig, suite: testNs.Suite) {
+    suite._preprocessing = true;
+    try {
+      return await this._reporter.preprocessSuite?.(config, suite);
+    } finally {
+      suite._preprocessing = false;
+    }
+  }
+
   onBegin(suite: testNs.Suite) {
     this._didBegin = true;
     this._reporter.onBegin?.(suite);
@@ -112,7 +121,7 @@ export class InternalReporter implements ReporterV2 {
   }
 
   printsToStdio() {
-    return this._reporter.printsToStdio ? this._reporter.printsToStdio() : true;
+    return this._reporter.printsToStdio?.() ?? true;
   }
 
   private _addSnippetToTestErrors(test: TestCase, result: TestResult) {
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/reporters/multiplexer.ts b/packages/playwright/src/reporters/multiplexer.ts
index e3c5122f8357f..9a57c13ed72ca 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/reporters/multiplexer.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/reporters/multiplexer.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,22 @@ export class Multiplexer implements ReporterV2 {
       this._wrap(() => reporter.onConfigure?.(config));
   }
 
+  async preprocessSuite(config: FullConfig, suite: test.Suite) {
+    // Unlike other reporter callbacks, `preprocessSuite` errors are NOT swallowed —
+    // they propagate so the run aborts before onBegin. Reporters use preprocessSuite
+    // to mutate the corpus; silently dropping a planning error would let
+    // an inconsistent (partial-mutation) state reach the workers.
+    const shardingReporters: ReporterV2[] = [];
+    for (const reporter of this._reporters) {
+      const result = await reporter.preprocessSuite?.(config, suite);
+      if (result?.implementsSharding)
+        shardingReporters.push(reporter);
+    }
+    if (shardingReporters.length > 1)
+      throw new Error(`Multiple reporters declare 'implementsSharding': ${shardingReporters.map(r => r.constructor?.name ?? 'reporter').join(', ')}. Only one reporter may handle sharding.`);
+    return { implementsSharding: shardingReporters.length > 0 };
+  }
+
   onBegin(suite: test.Suite) {
     for (const reporter of this._reporters)
       this._wrap(() => reporter.onBegin?.(suite));
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/reporters/reporterV2.ts b/packages/playwright/src/reporters/reporterV2.ts
index 23cffcb4bb916..3d5a65a53d46a 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/reporters/reporterV2.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/reporters/reporterV2.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ export interface ReportEndParams {
 
 export interface ReporterV2 {
   onConfigure?(config: FullConfig): void;
+  preprocessSuite?(config: FullConfig, suite: Suite): { implementsSharding?: boolean } | Promise<{ implementsSharding?: boolean } | undefined | void> | void;
   onBegin?(suite: Suite): void;
   onTestBegin?(test: TestCase, result: TestResult): void;
   onStdOut?(chunk: string | Buffer, test?: TestCase, result?: TestResult): void;
@@ -79,6 +80,10 @@ class ReporterV2Wrapper implements ReporterV2 {
     this._config = config;
   }
 
+  async preprocessSuite(config: FullConfig, suite: Suite) {
+    return await this._reporter.preprocessSuite?.(config, suite);
+  }
+
   onBegin(suite: Suite) {
     this._reporter.onBegin?.(this._config, suite);
 
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/runner/dispatcher.ts b/packages/playwright/src/runner/dispatcher.ts
index 77cb0aa86cdab..aa30f5fb85579 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/runner/dispatcher.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/runner/dispatcher.ts
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ class JobDispatcher {
     const runPayload: ipc.RunPayload = {
       file: this.job.requireFile,
       entries: this.job.tests.map(test => {
-        return { testId: test.id, retry: test.results.length };
+        return { testId: test.id, retry: test.results.length, planAnnotations: test._planAnnotations };
       }),
     };
     worker.runTestGroup(runPayload);
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/runner/loadUtils.ts b/packages/playwright/src/runner/loadUtils.ts
index a2cce3b386459..9485a923ba5a1 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/runner/loadUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/runner/loadUtils.ts
@@ -165,8 +165,9 @@ export async function createRootSuite(testRun: TestRun, errors: TestError[], sho
     }
   }
 
+  const preprocessResult = await testRun.reporter.preprocessSuite(config.config, rootSuite);
   // Shard only the top-level projects.
-  if (config.config.shard) {
+  if (config.config.shard && !preprocessResult?.implementsSharding) {
     // Create test groups for top-level projects.
     const testGroups: TestGroup[] = [];
     for (const projectSuite of rootSuite.suites) {
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/worker/workerMain.ts b/packages/playwright/src/worker/workerMain.ts
index a566e37f217b9..162f062004bca 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/worker/workerMain.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/worker/workerMain.ts
@@ -223,6 +223,8 @@ export class WorkerMain extends ProcessRunner {
         suiteUtils.applyRepeatEachIndex(this._project, suite, this._params.repeatEachIndex);
       suiteUtils.filterTestsRemoveEmptySuites(suite, test => entries.has(test.id));
       const tests = suite.allTests();
+      for (const test of tests)
+        test.annotations.push(...entries.get(test.id)!.planAnnotations);
 
       // Collect test IDs that were not found in the worker
       // (e.g. test titles changed between runner and worker).
diff --git a/packages/playwright/types/test.d.ts b/packages/playwright/types/test.d.ts
index ab8160cd39182..70a6d41cd09a7 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/types/test.d.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/types/test.d.ts
@@ -8748,6 +8748,13 @@ interface LocatorAssertions {
   toBeAttached(options?: {
     attached?: boolean;
 
+    /**
+     * An optional [`AbortSignal`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AbortSignal) that can cancel the
+     * assertion. Aborting the signal fails the assertion like a timeout: if the signal is aborted while the assertion is
+     * retrying, or is already aborted before the assertion starts, the assertion fails without retrying further.
+     */
+    signal?: AbortSignal;
+
     /**
      * Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to `timeout` in `TestConfig.expect`.
      */
@@ -8782,6 +8789,13 @@ interface LocatorAssertions {
      */
     indeterminate?: boolean;
 
+    /**
+     * An optional [`AbortSignal`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AbortSignal) that can cancel the
+     * assertion. Aborting the signal fails the assertion like a timeout: if the signal is aborted while the assertion is
+     * retrying, or is already aborted before the assertion starts, the assertion fails without retrying further.
+     */
+    signal?: AbortSignal;
+
     /**
      * Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to `timeout` in `TestConfig.expect`.
      */
@@ -8805,6 +8819,13 @@ interface LocatorAssertions {
    * @param options
    */
   toBeDisabled(options?: {
+    /**
+     * An optional [`AbortSignal`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AbortSignal) that can cancel the
+     * assertion. Aborting the signal fails the assertion like a timeout: if the signal is aborted while the assertion is
+     * retrying, or is already aborted before the assertion starts, the assertion fails without retrying further.
+     */
+    signal?: AbortSignal;
+
     /**
      * Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to `timeout` in `TestConfig.expect`.
      */
@@ -8826,6 +8847,13 @@ interface LocatorAssertions {
   toBeEditable(options?: {
     editable?: boolean;
 
+    /**
+     * An optional [`AbortSignal`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AbortSignal) that can cancel the
+     * assertion. Aborting the signal fails the assertion like a timeout: if the signal is aborted while the assertion is
+     * retrying, or is already aborted before the assertion starts, the assertion fails without retrying further.
+     */
+    signal?: AbortSignal;
+
     /**
      * Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to `timeout` in `TestConfig.expect`.
      */
@@ -8846,6 +8874,13 @@ interface LocatorAssertions {
    * @param options
    */
   toBeEmpty(options?: {
+    /**
+     * An optional [`AbortSignal`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AbortSignal) that can cancel the
+     * assertion. Aborting the signal fails the assertion like a timeout: if the signal is aborted while the assertion is
+     * retrying, or is already aborted before the assertion starts, the assertion fails without retrying further.
+     */
+    signal?: AbortSignal;
+
     /**
      * Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to `timeout` in `TestConfig.expect`.
      */
@@ -8867,6 +8902,13 @@ interface LocatorAssertions {
   toBeEnabled(options?: {
     enabled?: boolean;
 
+    /**
+     * An optional [`AbortSignal`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AbortSignal) that can cancel the
+     * assertion. Aborting the signal fails the assertion like a timeout: if the signal is aborted while the assertion is
+     * retrying, or is already aborted before the assertion starts, the assertion fails without retrying further.
+     */
+    signal?: AbortSignal;
+
     /**
      * Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to `timeout` in `TestConfig.expect`.
      */
@@ -8886,6 +8928,13 @@ interface LocatorAssertions {
    * @param options
    */
   toBeFocused(options?: {
+    /**
+     * An optional [`AbortSignal`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AbortSignal) that can cancel the
+     * assertion. Aborting the signal fails the assertion like a timeout: if the signal is aborted while the assertion is
+     * retrying, or is already aborted before the assertion starts, the assertion fails without retrying further.
+     */
+    signal?: AbortSignal;
+
     /**
      * Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to `timeout` in `TestConfig.expect`.
      */
@@ -8906,6 +8955,13 @@ interface LocatorAssertions {
    * @param options
    */
   toBeHidden(options?: {
+    /**
+     * An optional [`AbortSignal`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AbortSignal) that can cancel the
+     * assertion. Aborting the signal fails the assertion like a timeout: if the signal is aborted while the assertion is
+     * retrying, or is already aborted before the assertion starts, the assertion fails without retrying further.
+     */
+    signal?: AbortSignal;
+
     /**
      * Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to `timeout` in `TestConfig.expect`.
      */
@@ -8938,6 +8994,13 @@ interface LocatorAssertions {
      */
     ratio?: number;
 
+    /**
+     * An optional [`AbortSignal`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AbortSignal) that can cancel the
+     * assertion. Aborting the signal fails the assertion like a timeout: if the signal is aborted while the assertion is
+     * retrying, or is already aborted before the assertion starts, the assertion fails without retrying further.
+     */
+    signal?: AbortSignal;
+
     /**
      * Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to `timeout` in `TestConfig.expect`.
      */
@@ -8971,6 +9034,13 @@ interface LocatorAssertions {
    * @param options
    */
   toBeVisible(options?: {
+    /**
+     * An optional [`AbortSignal`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AbortSignal) that can cancel the
+     * assertion. Aborting the signal fails the assertion like a timeout: if the signal is aborted while the assertion is
+     * retrying, or is already aborted before the assertion starts, the assertion fails without retrying further.
+     */
+    signal?: AbortSignal;
+
     /**
      * Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to `timeout` in `TestConfig.expect`.
      */
@@ -9018,6 +9088,13 @@ interface LocatorAssertions {
    * @param options
    */
   toContainClass(expected: string|ReadonlyArray<string>, options?: {
+    /**
+     * An optional [`AbortSignal`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AbortSignal) that can cancel the
+     * assertion. Aborting the signal fails the assertion like a timeout: if the signal is aborted while the assertion is
+     * retrying, or is already aborted before the assertion starts, the assertion fails without retrying further.
+     */
+    signal?: AbortSignal;
+
     /**
      * Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to `timeout` in `TestConfig.expect`.
      */
@@ -9085,6 +9162,13 @@ interface LocatorAssertions {
      */
     ignoreCase?: boolean;
 
+    /**
+     * An optional [`AbortSignal`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AbortSignal) that can cancel the
+     * assertion. Aborting the signal fails the assertion like a timeout: if the signal is aborted while the assertion is
+     * retrying, or is already aborted before the assertion starts, the assertion fails without retrying further.
+     */
+    signal?: AbortSignal;
+
     /**
      * Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to `timeout` in `TestConfig.expect`.
      */
@@ -9118,6 +9202,13 @@ interface LocatorAssertions {
      */
     ignoreCase?: boolean;
 
+    /**
+     * An optional [`AbortSignal`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AbortSignal) that can cancel the
+     * assertion. Aborting the signal fails the assertion like a timeout: if the signal is aborted while the assertion is
+     * retrying, or is already aborted before the assertion starts, the assertion fails without retrying further.
+     */
+    signal?: AbortSignal;
+
     /**
      * Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to `timeout` in `TestConfig.expect`.
      */
@@ -9146,6 +9237,13 @@ interface LocatorAssertions {
      */
     ignoreCase?: boolean;
 
+    /**
+     * An optional [`AbortSignal`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AbortSignal) that can cancel the
+     * assertion. Aborting the signal fails the assertion like a timeout: if the signal is aborted while the assertion is
+     * retrying, or is already aborted before the assertion starts, the assertion fails without retrying further.
+     */
+    signal?: AbortSignal;
+
     /**
      * Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to `timeout` in `TestConfig.expect`.
      */
@@ -9174,6 +9272,13 @@ interface LocatorAssertions {
      */
     ignoreCase?: boolean;
 
+    /**
+     * An optional [`AbortSignal`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AbortSignal) that can cancel the
+     * assertion. Aborting the signal fails the assertion like a timeout: if the signal is aborted while the assertion is
+     * retrying, or is already aborted before the assertion starts, the assertion fails without retrying further.
+     */
+    signal?: AbortSignal;
+
     /**
      * Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to `timeout` in `TestConfig.expect`.
      */
@@ -9202,6 +9307,13 @@ interface LocatorAssertions {
      */
     ignoreCase?: boolean;
 
+    /**
+     * An optional [`AbortSignal`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AbortSignal) that can cancel the
+     * assertion. Aborting the signal fails the assertion like a timeout: if the signal is aborted while the assertion is
+     * retrying, or is already aborted before the assertion starts, the assertion fails without retrying further.
+     */
+    signal?: AbortSignal;
+
     /**
      * Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to `timeout` in `TestConfig.expect`.
      */
@@ -9223,6 +9335,13 @@ interface LocatorAssertions {
    * @param options
    */
   toHaveAttribute(name: string, options?: {
+    /**
+     * An optional [`AbortSignal`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AbortSignal) that can cancel the
+     * assertion. Aborting the signal fails the assertion like a timeout: if the signal is aborted while the assertion is
+     * retrying, or is already aborted before the assertion starts, the assertion fails without retrying further.
+     */
+    signal?: AbortSignal;
+
     /**
      * Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to `timeout` in `TestConfig.expect`.
      */
@@ -9259,6 +9378,13 @@ interface LocatorAssertions {
    * @param options
    */
   toHaveClass(expected: string|RegExp|ReadonlyArray<string|RegExp>, options?: {
+    /**
+     * An optional [`AbortSignal`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AbortSignal) that can cancel the
+     * assertion. Aborting the signal fails the assertion like a timeout: if the signal is aborted while the assertion is
+     * retrying, or is already aborted before the assertion starts, the assertion fails without retrying further.
+     */
+    signal?: AbortSignal;
+
     /**
      * Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to `timeout` in `TestConfig.expect`.
      */
@@ -9279,6 +9405,13 @@ interface LocatorAssertions {
    * @param options
    */
   toHaveCount(count: number, options?: {
+    /**
+     * An optional [`AbortSignal`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AbortSignal) that can cancel the
+     * assertion. Aborting the signal fails the assertion like a timeout: if the signal is aborted while the assertion is
+     * retrying, or is already aborted before the assertion starts, the assertion fails without retrying further.
+     */
+    signal?: AbortSignal;
+
     /**
      * Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to `timeout` in `TestConfig.expect`.
      */
@@ -9306,6 +9439,13 @@ interface LocatorAssertions {
      */
     pseudo?: "before"|"after";
 
+    /**
+     * An optional [`AbortSignal`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AbortSignal) that can cancel the
+     * assertion. Aborting the signal fails the assertion like a timeout: if the signal is aborted while the assertion is
+     * retrying, or is already aborted before the assertion starts, the assertion fails without retrying further.
+     */
+    signal?: AbortSignal;
+
     /**
      * Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to `timeout` in `TestConfig.expect`.
      */
@@ -9327,6 +9467,13 @@ interface LocatorAssertions {
    * @param options
    */
   toHaveId(id: string|RegExp, options?: {
+    /**
+     * An optional [`AbortSignal`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AbortSignal) that can cancel the
+     * assertion. Aborting the signal fails the assertion like a timeout: if the signal is aborted while the assertion is
+     * retrying, or is already aborted before the assertion starts, the assertion fails without retrying further.
+     */
+    signal?: AbortSignal;
+
     /**
      * Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to `timeout` in `TestConfig.expect`.
      */
@@ -9349,6 +9496,13 @@ interface LocatorAssertions {
    * @param options
    */
   toHaveJSProperty(name: string, value: any, options?: {
+    /**
+     * An optional [`AbortSignal`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AbortSignal) that can cancel the
+     * assertion. Aborting the signal fails the assertion like a timeout: if the signal is aborted while the assertion is
+     * retrying, or is already aborted before the assertion starts, the assertion fails without retrying further.
+     */
+    signal?: AbortSignal;
+
     /**
      * Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to `timeout` in `TestConfig.expect`.
      */
@@ -9373,6 +9527,13 @@ interface LocatorAssertions {
    * @param options
    */
   toHaveRole(role: "alert"|"alertdialog"|"application"|"article"|"banner"|"blockquote"|"button"|"caption"|"cell"|"checkbox"|"code"|"columnheader"|"combobox"|"complementary"|"contentinfo"|"definition"|"deletion"|"dialog"|"directory"|"document"|"emphasis"|"feed"|"figure"|"form"|"generic"|"grid"|"gridcell"|"group"|"heading"|"img"|"insertion"|"link"|"list"|"listbox"|"listitem"|"log"|"main"|"marquee"|"math"|"meter"|"menu"|"menubar"|"menuitem"|"menuitemcheckbox"|"menuitemradio"|"navigation"|"none"|"note"|"option"|"paragraph"|"presentation"|"progressbar"|"radio"|"radiogroup"|"region"|"row"|"rowgroup"|"rowheader"|"scrollbar"|"search"|"searchbox"|"separator"|"slider"|"spinbutton"|"status"|"strong"|"subscript"|"superscript"|"switch"|"tab"|"table"|"tablist"|"tabpanel"|"term"|"textbox"|"time"|"timer"|"toolbar"|"tooltip"|"tree"|"treegrid"|"treeitem", options?: {
+    /**
+     * An optional [`AbortSignal`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AbortSignal) that can cancel the
+     * assertion. Aborting the signal fails the assertion like a timeout: if the signal is aborted while the assertion is
+     * retrying, or is already aborted before the assertion starts, the assertion fails without retrying further.
+     */
+    signal?: AbortSignal;
+
     /**
      * Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to `timeout` in `TestConfig.expect`.
      */
@@ -9626,6 +9787,13 @@ interface LocatorAssertions {
      */
     ignoreCase?: boolean;
 
+    /**
+     * An optional [`AbortSignal`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AbortSignal) that can cancel the
+     * assertion. Aborting the signal fails the assertion like a timeout: if the signal is aborted while the assertion is
+     * retrying, or is already aborted before the assertion starts, the assertion fails without retrying further.
+     */
+    signal?: AbortSignal;
+
     /**
      * Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to `timeout` in `TestConfig.expect`.
      */
@@ -9652,6 +9820,13 @@ interface LocatorAssertions {
    * @param options
    */
   toHaveValue(value: string|RegExp, options?: {
+    /**
+     * An optional [`AbortSignal`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AbortSignal) that can cancel the
+     * assertion. Aborting the signal fails the assertion like a timeout: if the signal is aborted while the assertion is
+     * retrying, or is already aborted before the assertion starts, the assertion fails without retrying further.
+     */
+    signal?: AbortSignal;
+
     /**
      * Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to `timeout` in `TestConfig.expect`.
      */
@@ -9684,6 +9859,13 @@ interface LocatorAssertions {
    * @param options
    */
   toHaveValues(values: ReadonlyArray<string|RegExp>, options?: {
+    /**
+     * An optional [`AbortSignal`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AbortSignal) that can cancel the
+     * assertion. Aborting the signal fails the assertion like a timeout: if the signal is aborted while the assertion is
+     * retrying, or is already aborted before the assertion starts, the assertion fails without retrying further.
+     */
+    signal?: AbortSignal;
+
     /**
      * Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to `timeout` in `TestConfig.expect`.
      */
@@ -9707,6 +9889,13 @@ interface LocatorAssertions {
    * @param options
    */
   toMatchAriaSnapshot(expected: string, options?: {
+    /**
+     * An optional [`AbortSignal`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AbortSignal) that can cancel the
+     * assertion. Aborting the signal fails the assertion like a timeout: if the signal is aborted while the assertion is
+     * retrying, or is already aborted before the assertion starts, the assertion fails without retrying further.
+     */
+    signal?: AbortSignal;
+
     /**
      * Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to `timeout` in `TestConfig.expect`.
      */
@@ -9735,6 +9924,13 @@ interface LocatorAssertions {
      */
     name?: string;
 
+    /**
+     * An optional [`AbortSignal`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AbortSignal) that can cancel the
+     * assertion. Aborting the signal fails the assertion like a timeout: if the signal is aborted while the assertion is
+     * retrying, or is already aborted before the assertion starts, the assertion fails without retrying further.
+     */
+    signal?: AbortSignal;
+
     /**
      * Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to `timeout` in `TestConfig.expect`.
      */
@@ -9816,6 +10012,13 @@ interface PageAssertions {
    * @param options
    */
   toHaveTitle(titleOrRegExp: string|RegExp, options?: {
+    /**
+     * An optional [`AbortSignal`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AbortSignal) that can cancel the
+     * assertion. Aborting the signal fails the assertion like a timeout: if the signal is aborted while the assertion is
+     * retrying, or is already aborted before the assertion starts, the assertion fails without retrying further.
+     */
+    signal?: AbortSignal;
+
     /**
      * Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to `timeout` in `TestConfig.expect`.
      */
@@ -9861,6 +10064,13 @@ interface PageAssertions {
      */
     ignoreCase?: boolean;
 
+    /**
+     * An optional [`AbortSignal`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AbortSignal) that can cancel the
+     * assertion. Aborting the signal fails the assertion like a timeout: if the signal is aborted while the assertion is
+     * retrying, or is already aborted before the assertion starts, the assertion fails without retrying further.
+     */
+    signal?: AbortSignal;
+
     /**
      * Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to `timeout` in `TestConfig.expect`.
      */
@@ -9884,6 +10094,13 @@ interface PageAssertions {
    * @param options
    */
   toMatchAriaSnapshot(expected: string, options?: {
+    /**
+     * An optional [`AbortSignal`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AbortSignal) that can cancel the
+     * assertion. Aborting the signal fails the assertion like a timeout: if the signal is aborted while the assertion is
+     * retrying, or is already aborted before the assertion starts, the assertion fails without retrying further.
+     */
+    signal?: AbortSignal;
+
     /**
      * Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to `timeout` in `TestConfig.expect`.
      */
@@ -9912,6 +10129,13 @@ interface PageAssertions {
      */
     name?: string;
 
+    /**
+     * An optional [`AbortSignal`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AbortSignal) that can cancel the
+     * assertion. Aborting the signal fails the assertion like a timeout: if the signal is aborted while the assertion is
+     * retrying, or is already aborted before the assertion starts, the assertion fails without retrying further.
+     */
+    signal?: AbortSignal;
+
     /**
      * Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to `timeout` in `TestConfig.expect`.
      */
diff --git a/packages/playwright/types/testReporter.d.ts b/packages/playwright/types/testReporter.d.ts
index e5bd52c42995e..785f8800cc504 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/types/testReporter.d.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/types/testReporter.d.ts
@@ -145,6 +145,23 @@ export interface FullResult {
  *   [reporter.onBegin(config, suite)](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-reporter#reporter-on-begin).
  */
 export interface Reporter {
+  /**
+   * Called after the configuration has been resolved and before
+   * [reporter.onBegin(config, suite)](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-reporter#reporter-on-begin). Allows a
+   * reporter to mark individual tests as skipped, excluded, fixed or failing.
+   * @param config Resolved configuration.
+   * @param suite The root suite that contains the projects, files and test cases that will run.
+   *
+   * The suite reflects `--project`, `--grep`/`--grep-invert` and `.only` filtering, so it only contains tests that
+   * match the current invocation. It contains only the top-level projects being run — setup and dependency projects are
+   * not included and cannot be excluded from here.
+   *
+   * The suite ignores the `--shard` argument: it always contains the full, un-sharded corpus. Playwright applies its
+   * built-in sharding after
+   * [reporter.preprocessSuite(config, suite)](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-reporter#reporter-preprocess-suite)
+   * returns, unless the returned `implementsSharding` is `true`.
+   */
+  preprocessSuite?(config: FullConfig, suite: Suite): Promise<{ implementsSharding?: boolean } | undefined | void> | { implementsSharding?: boolean } | void;
   /**
    * Called after all tests have been run, or testing has been interrupted. Note that this method may return a [Promise]
    * and Playwright Test will await it. Reporter is allowed to override the status and hence affect the exit code of the
@@ -368,11 +385,45 @@ export interface Suite {
    */
   entries(): Array<TestCase|Suite>;
 
+  /**
+   * Must be called from inside
+   * [reporter.preprocessSuite(config, suite)](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-reporter#reporter-preprocess-suite),
+   * exclude this suite from the run. Excluded tests do not appear in the report and their body is not executed.
+   */
+  exclude(): void;
+
+  /**
+   * Must be called from inside
+   * [reporter.preprocessSuite(config, suite)](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-reporter#reporter-preprocess-suite).
+   * Mark every [TestCase](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-testcase) of this suite as expected-to-fail, see
+   * [testCase.fail([reason])](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-testcase#test-case-fail).
+   * @param reason Optional explanation surfaced as the annotation description.
+   */
+  fail(reason?: string): void;
+
+  /**
+   * Must be called from inside
+   * [reporter.preprocessSuite(config, suite)](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-reporter#reporter-preprocess-suite).
+   * Mark every [TestCase](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-testcase) of this suite as fixme, see
+   * [testCase.fixme([reason])](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-testcase#test-case-fixme).
+   * @param reason Optional explanation surfaced as the annotation description.
+   */
+  fixme(reason?: string): void;
+
   /**
    * Configuration of the project this suite belongs to, or [void] for the root suite.
    */
   project(): FullProject|undefined;
 
+  /**
+   * Must be called from inside
+   * [reporter.preprocessSuite(config, suite)](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-reporter#reporter-preprocess-suite).
+   * Mark every [TestCase](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-testcase) of this suite as skipped, see
+   * [testCase.skip([reason])](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-testcase#test-case-skip).
+   * @param reason Optional explanation surfaced as the annotation description.
+   */
+  skip(reason?: string): void;
+
   /**
    * Returns a list of titles from the root down to this suite.
    */
@@ -427,6 +478,31 @@ export interface Suite {
  * projects' suites.
  */
 export interface TestCase {
+  /**
+   * Must be called from inside
+   * [reporter.preprocessSuite(config, suite)](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-reporter#reporter-preprocess-suite),
+   * exclude this test from the run. Excluded tests do not appear in the report and their body is not executed.
+   */
+  exclude(): void;
+
+  /**
+   * Must be called from inside
+   * [reporter.preprocessSuite(config, suite)](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-reporter#reporter-preprocess-suite),
+   * mark this test as "should fail". Playwright runs the test and ensures it is actually failing, useful for
+   * documenting broken functionality until it is fixed.
+   * @param reason Optional explanation surfaced as the annotation description.
+   */
+  fail(reason?: string): void;
+
+  /**
+   * Must be called from inside
+   * [reporter.preprocessSuite(config, suite)](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-reporter#reporter-preprocess-suite),
+   * mark this test as fixme. The test body is not executed and the test is reported as skipped, with the intention to
+   * fix it.
+   * @param reason Optional explanation surfaced as the annotation description.
+   */
+  fixme(reason?: string): void;
+
   /**
    * Whether the test is considered running fine. Non-ok tests fail the test run with non-zero exit code.
    */
@@ -440,6 +516,14 @@ export interface TestCase {
    */
   outcome(): "skipped"|"expected"|"unexpected"|"flaky";
 
+  /**
+   * Must be called from inside
+   * [reporter.preprocessSuite(config, suite)](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-reporter#reporter-preprocess-suite),
+   * skip this test. The test body is not executed and the test is reported as skipped.
+   * @param reason Optional explanation surfaced as the annotation description.
+   */
+  skip(reason?: string): void;
+
   /**
    * Returns a list of titles from the root down to this test.
    */
diff --git a/tests/library/route-web-socket.spec.ts b/tests/library/route-web-socket.spec.ts
index d968889490b4a..21b1b7efc1c45 100644
--- a/tests/library/route-web-socket.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/library/route-web-socket.spec.ts
@@ -646,6 +646,30 @@ test('should work with baseURL', async ({ contextFactory, server }) => {
   ]);
 });
 
+test('should work with baseURL regardless of scheme casing', async ({ contextFactory, server }) => {
+  // baseURL schemes are case-insensitive, same as everywhere else in URL matching.
+  const context = await contextFactory({ baseURL: 'HTTP://' + server.HOST });
+  const page = await context.newPage();
+
+  await page.routeWebSocket('/ws', ws => {
+    ws.onMessage(message => {
+      ws.send(message);
+    });
+  });
+
+  await setupWS(page, server, 'blob');
+
+  await page.evaluate(async () => {
+    await window.wsOpened;
+    window.ws.send('echo');
+  });
+
+  await expect.poll(() => page.evaluate(() => window.log)).toEqual([
+    'open',
+    `message: data=echo origin=ws://${server.HOST} lastEventId=`,
+  ]);
+});
+
 test('should expose protocols to the route handler', async ({ page, server }) => {
   const routes: WebSocketRoute[] = [];
   await page.routeWebSocket(/.*/, ws => {
diff --git a/tests/page/expect-timeout.spec.ts b/tests/page/expect-timeout.spec.ts
index 963aaa9bcd0a8..6615cbbc46a89 100644
--- a/tests/page/expect-timeout.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/page/expect-timeout.spec.ts
@@ -120,3 +120,93 @@ test('should not miss element that appears between retries before the deadline',
   });
   await expect(page.locator('#target')).toBeVisible({ timeout: 1800 });
 });
+
+test('should fail like a timeout when the signal is aborted mid-assertion', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.setContent('<div>content</div>');
+  const controller = new AbortController();
+  const promise = expect(page.locator('span')).toBeVisible({ timeout: 5000, signal: controller.signal }).catch(e => e);
+  await page.waitForTimeout(500);
+  controller.abort(new Error('stop it'));
+  const error = await promise;
+  expect(error.name).not.toBe('AbortError');
+  expect(stripAnsi(error.message)).toContain(`expect(locator).toBeVisible() failed
+
+Locator: locator('span')
+Expected: visible
+Error: The assertion was aborted: stop it
+
+Call log:
+  - Expect "toBeVisible" with timeout 5000ms
+  - waiting for locator('span')`);
+});
+
+test('should fail like a timeout when toHaveText is aborted mid-assertion', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.setContent('<div>content</div>');
+  const controller = new AbortController();
+  const promise = expect(page.locator('span')).toHaveText('missing', { timeout: 5000, signal: controller.signal }).catch(e => e);
+  await page.waitForTimeout(300);
+  controller.abort(new Error('stop it'));
+  const error = await promise;
+  expect(error.name).not.toBe('AbortError');
+  expect(stripAnsi(error.message)).toContain(`expect(locator).toHaveText(expected) failed`);
+});
+
+test('should fail like a timeout when toHaveCount is aborted mid-assertion', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.setContent('<div>content</div>');
+  const controller = new AbortController();
+  const promise = expect(page.locator('span')).toHaveCount(3, { timeout: 5000, signal: controller.signal }).catch(e => e);
+  await page.waitForTimeout(300);
+  controller.abort(new Error('stop it'));
+  const error = await promise;
+  expect(error.name).not.toBe('AbortError');
+  expect(stripAnsi(error.message)).toContain(`expect(locator).toHaveCount(expected) failed`);
+});
+
+test('should fail like a timeout when toMatchAriaSnapshot is aborted mid-assertion', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.setContent('<div>content</div>');
+  const controller = new AbortController();
+  const promise = expect(page.locator('body')).toMatchAriaSnapshot(`- list`, { timeout: 5000, signal: controller.signal }).catch(e => e);
+  await page.waitForTimeout(300);
+  controller.abort(new Error('stop it'));
+  const error = await promise;
+  expect(error.name).not.toBe('AbortError');
+  expect(stripAnsi(error.message)).toContain(`expect(locator).toMatchAriaSnapshot(expected) failed`);
+});
+
+test('should fail like a timeout when toHaveURL is aborted mid-assertion', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.setContent('<div>content</div>');
+  const controller = new AbortController();
+  const promise = expect(page).toHaveURL('https://example.com/', { timeout: 5000, signal: controller.signal }).catch(e => e);
+  await page.waitForTimeout(500);
+  controller.abort(new Error('stop it'));
+  const error = await promise;
+  expect(error.name).not.toBe('AbortError');
+  expect(stripAnsi(error.message)).toContain(`expect(page).toHaveURL(expected) failed`);
+});
+
+test('should fail the assertion when the signal is already aborted', async ({ page, server }) => {
+  await page.setContent('<div>content</div>');
+  {
+    const controller = new AbortController();
+    controller.abort(new Error('already aborted'));
+    const error = await expect(page.locator('div')).toBeVisible({ timeout: 5000, signal: controller.signal }).catch(e => e);
+    expect(error.name).not.toBe('AbortError');
+    expect(stripAnsi(error.message)).toBe(`expect(locator).toBeVisible() failed
+
+Locator: locator('div')
+Expected: visible
+Error: The assertion was aborted: already aborted
+`);
+  }
+  {
+    const controller = new AbortController();
+    controller.abort('stop it');
+    const error = await expect(page).toHaveURL(server.EMPTY_PAGE, { timeout: 5000, signal: controller.signal }).catch(e => e);
+    expect(error.name).not.toBe('AbortError');
+    expect(stripAnsi(error.message)).toBe(`expect(page).toHaveURL(expected) failed
+
+Expected: ${JSON.stringify(server.EMPTY_PAGE)}
+Error: The assertion was aborted: stop it
+`);
+  }
+});
diff --git a/tests/page/page-filechooser.spec.ts b/tests/page/page-filechooser.spec.ts
index 478c97f2b55b0..94273af246551 100644
--- a/tests/page/page-filechooser.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/page/page-filechooser.spec.ts
@@ -221,7 +221,9 @@ test('should abort with signal', async ({ page }) => {
   const controller = new AbortController();
   const promise = page.waitForEvent('filechooser', { signal: controller.signal });
   controller.abort('Aborted by user');
-  await expect(promise).rejects.toThrow('Aborted by user');
+  const error = await promise.catch(e => e);
+  expect(error.name).toBe('AbortError');
+  expect(error.cause).toBe('Aborted by user');
 });
 
 test('should return the same file chooser when there are many watchdogs simultaneously', async ({ page, server }) => {
diff --git a/tests/page/page-network-response.spec.ts b/tests/page/page-network-response.spec.ts
index 76a56152387e6..53f0ac96c1b80 100644
--- a/tests/page/page-network-response.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/page/page-network-response.spec.ts
@@ -450,3 +450,18 @@ it('Response.formData() should parse multipart/form-data in page context', async
   expect(result.filename).toBe('test.txt');
   expect(result.fileContent).toBe('hello');
 });
+
+it('should give a readable error when response.body() races with navigation', async ({ page, server, browserName }) => {
+  it.skip(browserName === 'firefox', 'Firefox keeps the response body available after navigating away, so it never throws');
+  it.info().annotations.push({ type: 'issue', description: 'https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/41512' });
+  const [response] = await Promise.all([
+    page.waitForResponse(server.PREFIX + '/title.html'),
+    page.goto(server.PREFIX + '/title.html'),
+  ]);
+  // Navigate away — the browser frees the network resource from the first page load.
+  // The first page must have a non-empty body, otherwise WebKit returns an empty buffer instead of throwing.
+  await page.goto(server.PREFIX + '/grid.html');
+  const error = await response.body().catch(e => e);
+  expect(error).toBeInstanceOf(Error);
+  expect(error.message).toContain('navigated away');
+});
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/reporter-preprocess-suite.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/reporter-preprocess-suite.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7e2f16342851e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/reporter-preprocess-suite.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,438 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { test, expect } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
+
+test('preprocessSuite sees the filtered corpus, can skip tests, and records the caller location', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
+  // preprocessSuite runs between project setup and onBegin and sees the .only-narrowed corpus.
+  const only = await runInlineTest({
+    'reporter.ts': `
+      class Reporter {
+        async preprocessSuite(config, suite) {
+          console.log('%% plan: ' + suite.allTests().map(t => t.title).join(','));
+          for (const t of suite.allTests())
+            if (t.title.includes('skip-me')) t.skip('planned skip');
+        }
+        onBegin(config, suite) {
+          console.log('%% onBegin: ' + suite.allTests().map(t => t.title).join(','));
+        }
+        onTestEnd(test, result) {
+          const a = test.annotations.find(a => a.type === 'skip');
+          const loc = a && a.location ? require('path').basename(a.location.file) + ':' + a.location.line : 'none';
+          console.log('%% end ' + test.title + ' status=' + result.status + ' expected=' + test.expectedStatus + ' ann=' + test.annotations.map(a => a.type + ':' + (a.description || '')).join(',') + ' loc=' + loc);
+        }
+      }
+      module.exports = Reporter;
+    `,
+    'playwright.config.ts': `module.exports = { reporter: './reporter.ts' };`,
+    'a.test.ts': `
+      import { test } from '@playwright/test';
+      test('ignored-by-only', async () => {});
+      test.only('run-me', async () => {});
+      test.only('skip-me', async () => { throw new Error('should not run'); });
+    `,
+  }, { reporter: '', workers: 1 });
+
+  expect(only.exitCode).toBe(0);
+  expect(only.outputLines).toEqual([
+    'plan: run-me,skip-me',
+    'onBegin: run-me,skip-me',
+    'end run-me status=passed expected=passed ann= loc=none',
+    // The skip annotation location points at the reporter's `t.skip(...)` call (line 6 of reporter.ts).
+    'end skip-me status=skipped expected=skipped ann=skip:planned skip loc=reporter.ts:6',
+  ]);
+
+  // preprocessSuite respects --grep.
+  const grep = await runInlineTest({
+    'reporter.ts': `
+      class Reporter {
+        async preprocessSuite(config, suite) {
+          console.log('%% plan: ' + suite.allTests().map(t => t.title).join(','));
+        }
+      }
+      module.exports = Reporter;
+    `,
+    'playwright.config.ts': `module.exports = { reporter: './reporter.ts' };`,
+    'a.test.ts': `
+      import { test } from '@playwright/test';
+      test('foo-one', async () => {});
+      test('bar-two', async () => {});
+    `,
+  }, { reporter: '', workers: 1, grep: 'foo' });
+  expect(grep.exitCode).toBe(0);
+  expect(grep.outputLines).toEqual(['plan: foo-one']);
+
+  // preprocessSuite respects --project.
+  const project = await runInlineTest({
+    'reporter.ts': `
+      class Reporter {
+        async preprocessSuite(config, suite) {
+          console.log('%% plan projects: ' + suite.suites.map(s => s.title).join(','));
+        }
+      }
+      module.exports = Reporter;
+    `,
+    'playwright.config.ts': `
+      module.exports = {
+        reporter: './reporter.ts',
+        projects: [{ name: 'one' }, { name: 'two' }],
+      };
+    `,
+    'a.test.ts': `
+      import { test } from '@playwright/test';
+      test('t', async () => {});
+    `,
+  }, { reporter: '', workers: 1, project: 'one' });
+  expect(project.exitCode).toBe(0);
+  expect(project.outputLines).toEqual(['plan projects: one']);
+});
+
+test('TestCase.exclude and Suite.exclude remove entries from the run and report', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
+  const result = await runInlineTest({
+    'reporter.ts': `
+      class Reporter {
+        async preprocessSuite(config, suite) {
+          for (const t of suite.allTests())
+            if (t.title === 'excluded-test') t.exclude();
+          const visit = (s) => {
+            if (s.title === 'excluded-suite') s.exclude();
+            else for (const child of s.suites || []) visit(child);
+          };
+          visit(suite);
+        }
+        onBegin(config, suite) {
+          console.log('%% begin: ' + suite.allTests().map(t => t.title).join(','));
+        }
+        onTestEnd(test, result) {
+          console.log('%% ran ' + test.title);
+        }
+      }
+      module.exports = Reporter;
+    `,
+    'playwright.config.ts': `module.exports = { reporter: './reporter.ts' };`,
+    'a.test.ts': `
+      import { test } from '@playwright/test';
+      test('kept', async () => {});
+      test('excluded-test', async () => { throw new Error('should not run'); });
+      test.describe('excluded-suite', () => {
+        test('doomed', async () => { throw new Error('should not run'); });
+      });
+    `,
+  }, { reporter: '', workers: 1 });
+
+  expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    'begin: kept',
+    'ran kept',
+  ]);
+});
+
+test('Suite.skip cascades to all descendants', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
+  const result = await runInlineTest({
+    'reporter.ts': `
+      class Reporter {
+        async preprocessSuite(config, suite) {
+          const visit = (s) => {
+            if (s.title === 'doomed') s.skip('whole group');
+            for (const child of s.suites || []) visit(child);
+          };
+          visit(suite);
+        }
+        onTestEnd(test, result) {
+          console.log('%% ' + test.title + ':' + result.status + ':' + test.expectedStatus);
+        }
+      }
+      module.exports = Reporter;
+    `,
+    'playwright.config.ts': `module.exports = { reporter: './reporter.ts' };`,
+    'a.test.ts': `
+      import { test } from '@playwright/test';
+      test.describe('doomed', () => {
+        test('one', async () => { throw new Error('nope'); });
+        test('two', async () => { throw new Error('nope'); });
+      });
+      test('keep', async () => {});
+    `,
+  }, { reporter: '', workers: 1 });
+
+  expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
+  expect(result.outputLines.sort()).toEqual([
+    'keep:passed:passed',
+    'one:skipped:skipped',
+    'two:skipped:skipped',
+  ]);
+});
+
+test('disposition methods throw when called outside preprocessSuite, and the root suite cannot be excluded', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
+  const result = await runInlineTest({
+    'reporter.ts': `
+      class Reporter {
+        async preprocessSuite(config, suite) {
+          // Excluding the root suite is banned even during preprocessSuite.
+          try {
+            suite.exclude();
+            console.log('%% root-exclude: no-throw');
+          } catch (e) {
+            console.log('%% root-exclude: ' + e.message);
+          }
+        }
+        onBegin(config, suite) {
+          const testCase = suite.allTests()[0];
+          const fileSuite = testCase.parent;
+          for (const [label, obj] of [['TestCase', testCase], ['Suite', fileSuite]]) {
+            for (const method of ['skip', 'fixme', 'fail', 'exclude']) {
+              try {
+                obj[method]();
+                console.log('%% ' + label + '.' + method + ': no-throw');
+              } catch (e) {
+                console.log('%% ' + label + '.' + method + ': ' + e.message);
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      module.exports = Reporter;
+    `,
+    'playwright.config.ts': `module.exports = { reporter: './reporter.ts' };`,
+    'a.test.ts': `
+      import { test } from '@playwright/test';
+      test('t', async () => {});
+    `,
+  }, { reporter: '', workers: 1 });
+
+  expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    'root-exclude: Suite.exclude() cannot be called on the root suite.',
+    'TestCase.skip: TestCase.skip() can only be called from Reporter.preprocessSuite().',
+    'TestCase.fixme: TestCase.fixme() can only be called from Reporter.preprocessSuite().',
+    'TestCase.fail: TestCase.fail() can only be called from Reporter.preprocessSuite().',
+    'TestCase.exclude: TestCase.exclude() can only be called from Reporter.preprocessSuite().',
+    'Suite.skip: Suite.skip() can only be called from Reporter.preprocessSuite().',
+    'Suite.fixme: Suite.fixme() can only be called from Reporter.preprocessSuite().',
+    'Suite.fail: Suite.fail() can only be called from Reporter.preprocessSuite().',
+    'Suite.exclude: Suite.exclude() can only be called from Reporter.preprocessSuite().',
+  ]);
+});
+
+test('preprocessSuite throwing aborts the run before onBegin', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
+  const result = await runInlineTest({
+    'reporter.ts': `
+      class Reporter {
+        async preprocessSuite(config, suite) {
+          throw new Error('plan-aborted');
+        }
+        onBegin(config, suite) {
+          console.log('%% onBegin: ' + suite.allTests().length);
+        }
+        onError(err) {
+          console.log('%% error: ' + err.message);
+        }
+      }
+      module.exports = Reporter;
+    `,
+    'playwright.config.ts': `module.exports = { reporter: './reporter.ts' };`,
+    'a.test.ts': `
+      import { test } from '@playwright/test';
+      test('one', async () => {});
+    `,
+  }, { reporter: '', workers: 1 });
+
+  expect(result.exitCode).not.toBe(0);
+  expect(result.outputLines).toContain('error: Error: plan-aborted');
+  // Synthetic empty-suite onBegin is OK; the real onBegin (size 1) must NOT happen.
+  expect(result.outputLines).not.toContain('onBegin: 1');
+});
+
+test('multiple reporters: preprocessSuite called in order, annotations accumulate, exclude prunes for next reporter', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
+  const result = await runInlineTest({
+    'first.ts': `
+      class R {
+        async preprocessSuite(config, suite) {
+          console.log('%% first plan sees: ' + suite.allTests().map(t => t.title).join(','));
+          for (const t of suite.allTests()) {
+            if (t.title === 'gone') t.exclude();
+            else t.fail('first reason');
+          }
+        }
+        onTestEnd(test, result) {
+          console.log('%% first onTestEnd: ' + test.expectedStatus + ' ann=' + test.annotations.map(a => a.type).join(','));
+        }
+      }
+      module.exports = R;
+    `,
+    'second.ts': `
+      class R {
+        async preprocessSuite(config, suite) {
+          console.log('%% second plan sees: ' + suite.allTests().map(t => t.title).join(','));
+          suite.allTests()[0].skip('second reason');
+        }
+      }
+      module.exports = R;
+    `,
+    'playwright.config.ts': `module.exports = { reporter: [['./first.ts'], ['./second.ts']] };`,
+    'a.test.ts': `
+      import { test } from '@playwright/test';
+      test('kept', async () => {});
+      test('gone', async () => { throw new Error('should not run'); });
+    `,
+  }, { reporter: '', workers: 1 });
+
+  expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
+  // skip beats fail in expectedStatus, both annotations accumulate.
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    'first plan sees: kept,gone',
+    'second plan sees: kept',
+    'first onTestEnd: skipped ann=fail,skip',
+  ]);
+});
+
+test('multiple reporters: a later reporter observes an earlier reporter Suite.skip on the tests', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
+  const result = await runInlineTest({
+    'first.ts': `
+      class R {
+        async preprocessSuite(config, suite) {
+          suite.allTests()[0].parent.skip('first reason');
+        }
+      }
+      module.exports = R;
+    `,
+    'second.ts': `
+      class R {
+        async preprocessSuite(config, suite) {
+          const skipped = suite.allTests().filter(t => t.expectedStatus === 'skipped').map(t => t.title);
+          console.log('%% second sees skipped: ' + skipped.join(','));
+        }
+      }
+      module.exports = R;
+    `,
+    'playwright.config.ts': `module.exports = { reporter: [['./first.ts'], ['./second.ts']] };`,
+    'a.test.ts': `
+      import { test } from '@playwright/test';
+      test.describe('group', () => {
+        test('one', async () => {});
+        test('two', async () => {});
+      });
+    `,
+  }, { reporter: '', workers: 1 });
+
+  expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
+  // Suite.skip from the first reporter is applied before the second reporter runs.
+  expect(result.outputLines).toContain('second sees skipped: one,two');
+});
+
+test('implementsSharding disables the built-in shard filter; preprocessSuite sees the full corpus', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
+  const result = await runInlineTest({
+    'reporter.ts': `
+      class R {
+        async preprocessSuite(config, suite) {
+          // preprocessSuite observes the full, un-sharded corpus regardless of --shard.
+          console.log('%% plan: ' + suite.allTests().map(t => t.title).join(','));
+          let i = 0;
+          for (const t of suite.allTests()) {
+            if (i++ % 2 === 1) t.exclude();
+          }
+          return { implementsSharding: true };
+        }
+        onBegin(config, suite) {
+          console.log('%% begin: ' + suite.allTests().map(t => t.title).join(','));
+        }
+      }
+      module.exports = R;
+    `,
+    'playwright.config.ts': `module.exports = { reporter: './reporter.ts', shard: { current: 1, total: 2 } };`,
+    'a.test.ts': `
+      import { test } from '@playwright/test';
+      for (let i = 0; i < 4; i++)
+        test('t' + i, async () => {});
+    `,
+  }, { reporter: '', workers: 1 });
+
+  expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
+  // preprocessSuite sees all four tests even though --shard=1/2 was configured.
+  expect(result.outputLines).toContain('plan: t0,t1,t2,t3');
+  // The reporter's own exclusions define the shard; the built-in shard filter did NOT run
+  // (it would have produced a different split), so t0,t2 remain.
+  expect(result.outputLines).toContain('begin: t0,t2');
+});
+
+test('multiple reporters declaring implementsSharding throws', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
+  const result = await runInlineTest({
+    'reporter-a.ts': `
+      class A {
+        preprocessSuite() { return { implementsSharding: true }; }
+        onError(err) { console.log('%% error: ' + err.message); }
+      }
+      module.exports = A;
+    `,
+    'reporter-b.ts': `
+      class B { preprocessSuite() { return { implementsSharding: true }; } }
+      module.exports = B;
+    `,
+    'playwright.config.ts': `module.exports = { reporter: [['./reporter-a.ts'], ['./reporter-b.ts']] };`,
+    'a.test.ts': `
+      import { test } from '@playwright/test';
+      test('t', async () => {});
+    `,
+  }, { reporter: '', workers: 1 });
+
+  expect(result.exitCode).not.toBe(0);
+  expect(result.outputLines.join('\n')).toContain(`Multiple reporters declare 'implementsSharding'`);
+});
+
+test('plan.suite contains only top-level projects, not dependency/setup projects', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
+  const result = await runInlineTest({
+    'reporter.ts': `
+      class Reporter {
+        async preprocessSuite(config, suite) {
+          // The suite only exposes top-level projects, so a reporter has no handle on
+          // setup/dependency project tests and therefore cannot exclude them.
+          console.log('%% plan projects: ' + suite.suites.map(s => s.title).join(','));
+          console.log('%% plan tests: ' + suite.allTests().map(t => t.title).join(','));
+        }
+        onTestEnd(test, result) {
+          console.log('%% ran ' + test.parent.project().name + '/' + test.title);
+        }
+      }
+      module.exports = Reporter;
+    `,
+    'playwright.config.ts': `
+      module.exports = {
+        reporter: './reporter.ts',
+        projects: [
+          { name: 'setup', testMatch: /a\\.setup\\.ts/ },
+          { name: 'main', testMatch: /a\\.test\\.ts/, dependencies: ['setup'] },
+        ],
+      };
+    `,
+    'a.setup.ts': `
+      import { test } from '@playwright/test';
+      test('setup-test', async () => {});
+    `,
+    'a.test.ts': `
+      import { test } from '@playwright/test';
+      test('main-test', async () => {});
+    `,
+  }, { reporter: '', workers: 1 }, undefined, { additionalArgs: ['--project=main'] });
+
+  expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
+  // plan only sees the top-level 'main' project; the 'setup' dependency is prepended afterwards.
+  expect(result.outputLines).toContain('plan projects: main');
+  // 'setup-test' is absent from the plan suite, proving setup/dependency tests are not exposed.
+  expect(result.outputLines).toContain('plan tests: main-test');
+  // Both the dependency and the main project still run.
+  expect(result.outputLines).toContain('ran setup/setup-test');
+  expect(result.outputLines).toContain('ran main/main-test');
+});
diff --git a/utils/generate_types/overrides-testReporter.d.ts b/utils/generate_types/overrides-testReporter.d.ts
index b67b850603af1..a4376aabca5b0 100644
--- a/utils/generate_types/overrides-testReporter.d.ts
+++ b/utils/generate_types/overrides-testReporter.d.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ export interface FullResult {
 }
 
 export interface Reporter {
+  preprocessSuite?(config: FullConfig, suite: Suite): Promise<{ implementsSharding?: boolean } | undefined | void> | { implementsSharding?: boolean } | void;
   onEnd?(result: FullResult): Promise<{ status?: FullResult['status'] } | undefined | void> | void;
 }