A flaky test fails, then passes on the next run with no code change. Playwright has a name for it: a test that “failed on the first run, but passed when retried” is reported as flaky . Retries hide the problem, they do not fix it.
Source: [Dev.to](https://dev.to/automationdatacamp/flaky-playwright-tests-8-common-causes-and-how-to-fix-each-one-19p2)