The process of moving an existing test suite from one automation framework or tool to another, typically driven by a desire for better maintainability, speed, or developer alignment. Migration carries a cost: the effort of rewriting existing tests, the risk of coverage gaps during the transition, and the learning curve for the team. The decision to migrate should weigh the long-term benefits against the disruption of running two frameworks simultaneously, which is widely considered an unsatisfactory intermediate state.
For example: rewriting a Selenium suite in Playwright because the development team already uses TypeScript and finds Playwright's API more ergonomic; or moving from Cypress to Playwright to consolidate tooling across web and API testing in a single framework.
For example: rewriting a Selenium suite in Playwright because the development team already uses TypeScript and finds Playwright's API more ergonomic; or moving from Cypress to Playwright to consolidate tooling across web and API testing in a single framework.
