[Bug]: Symlinked directories inside testDir are ignored in MacOS

[alex-vukov]

Version

1.46.0

Steps to reproduce

1. Use MacOS
2. Clone my repo https://github.com/alex-vukov/playwright-symlink
3. Run npm install
4. In a bash or zsh terminal create a symlink so that tests-examples will appear as a subdirectory link inside tests by using ln -s $PWD/tests-examples $PWD/tests/tests-examples.
5. Run npm run test. Tests inside tests-examples will not be executed through the symlink. If you do the same in Windows they are executed correctly.

Expected behavior

I expect the same behaviour in Windows and MacOS. The symlinked tests should be executed in both OS.

Actual behavior

The tests in the symlinked directory are not executed under MacOS but are executed in Windows.

Additional context

No response

Environment

System:
    OS: macOS 14.3.1
    CPU: (10) arm64 Apple M1 Max
    Memory: 1.14 GB / 32.00 GB
  Binaries:
    Node: 18.18.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v18.18.0/bin/node
    Yarn: 1.22.22 - /usr/local/bin/yarn
    npm: 9.8.1 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v18.18.0/bin/npm
    pnpm: 9.7.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v18.18.0/bin/pnpm
  Languages:
    Bash: 3.2.57 - /bin/bash
  npmPackages:
    @playwright/test: ^1.46.0 => 1.46.0

[barvian]

I'm also experiencing this on 1.48.0. @alex-vukov did you ever find a solution/workaround?

[alex-vukov]

@barvian As an ugly workaround I wrote a script to copy the tests from the symlinked directory into the original directory. Then after the tests are finished I delete the copies. This will work unless your tests have imports from other directories. Then it's not a good solution because you also have to copy the dependencies.

[gnawht]

We also see this on 1.50.1 and would appreciate a fix.