@alex_neo/playwright-azure-reporter 1.14.0

Release v1.14.0

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🎉 Release 1.14.0

This is a stable release.

Installation:

npm install @alex_neo/playwright-azure-reporter@latest

Changes

Feature

feat(auth): implement comprehensive authentication system with smart token refresh

• Add support for three authentication types: pat, accessToken, and managedIdentity
• Implement Azure DefaultAzureCredential integration for seamless Azure authentication
• Add intelligent token refresh mechanism with expiration-based optimization
• Make token field optional when using managedIdentity authentication
• Add applicationIdURI field for Azure resource identification

BREAKING CHANGES:

• authType field now supports 'managedIdentity' value requiring applicationIdURI
• token field becomes optional for managedIdentity authentication type

Features:

• New authType: 'managedIdentity' with Azure DefaultAzureCredential support
• Automatic credential resolution (Azure CLI, managed identity, environment variables)
• Smart token refresh with 5-minute expiration threshold to prevent unnecessary refreshes
• Token expiration tracking using expiresOnTimestamp from Azure responses
• Strategic refresh placement in onTestEnd for optimal timing during test execution
• Backward compatibility maintained for existing PAT and accessToken configurations
• Enhanced validation logic for different authentication scenarios

Performance Optimizations:

• Token refresh only occurs when expiration is within 5 minutes
• Prevents excessive API calls by tracking token expiration timestamps
• Efficient credential reuse to avoid connection recreation
• Connection updates only when token actually changes

Dependencies:

• Add @azure/identity ^4.12.0 for Azure authentication services

Documentation:

• Update README.md with comprehensive authentication examples
• Add detailed authType-examples.md with usage patterns for all three types
• Include configuration examples for different Azure environments
• Document smart token refresh behavior and thresholds

Testing:

• Add comprehensive test suite for token refresh mechanism (10 new tests)
• Test coverage for all authentication scenarios and edge cases
• Validate smart refresh logic with various expiration scenarios
• Test error handling and graceful degradation
• Maintain 83 passing unit tests with full feature coverage
• Add validation tests for applicationIdURI requirement

Architecture:

• Store DefaultAzureCredential instance for efficient token refresh
• Track token expiration with _tokenExpiresOn property
• Implement _refreshTokenIfNeeded with intelligent refresh logic
• Update authentication handler creation to store expiration data
• Ensure connection recreation only when necessary