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feat(devtools): add hideInAutomation to keep devtools out of e2e tests - #549
You can now keep the devtools out of your end-to-end tests: set hideInAutomation: true, and the devtools do not render when Playwright, Cypress, or Selenium drives the browser. Local development does not change.
🎯 Changes
New config option hideInAutomation (default false). When it is true and navigator.webdriver is true, the devtools render no DOM: no trigger, no panel, and no source inspector.
The open hotkey also does nothing in that case, so it cannot save an open state or emit trigger-toggled.
Playwright, Cypress, and Selenium set navigator.webdriver. A normal browser does not, so local development keeps the devtools.
The default stays false, so suites that test the devtools themselves (like this repo's e2e apps) keep working.
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🚀 Release Impact
This change affects published code, and I have generated a changeset.
This change is docs/CI/dev-only (no release).
Testing
Commands run
vitest run in packages/devtools: 373 tests pass, with 3 new tests in workbench.test.tsx.
eslint, tsc, and prettier --check in packages/devtools: pass.
Playwright (system Chrome) on e2e/apps/react-vite: the new hide-in-automation.spec.ts, url-flag.spec.ts, and smoke.spec.ts pass (5 tests). With a build without the feature, the new "set" test fails.
I did not run the full pnpm test:pr.
Manual test
Set config={{ hideInAutomation: true }} on <TanStackDevtools>.
Run pnpm dev and open the app in a normal browser. The trigger is visible.
Run your Playwright tests. The page has no [data-testid="tanstack_devtools"] element.
How this PR makes testing easy
e2e/apps/react-vite/tests/hide-in-automation.spec.ts runs in the e2e CI job. It opens /?automation-hidden, waits until the devtools mounted, and expects no devtools DOM.
packages/devtools/tests/workbench.test.tsx stubs navigator.webdriver. It covers both values of the option and the open hotkey.
Added a hideInAutomation configuration option, defaulting to false. When enabled, DevTools and its trigger are hidden in browsers detected as automated.
While DevTools are hidden, Escape and configured hotkeys do not toggle them. The configuration value takes precedence over any saved setting.
With plugins open by default, end-to-end tests that select elements by id
or text also matched the devtools panels. The workarounds were turning off
defaultOpen for every plugin or hiding #tanstack_devtools with CSS.
`hideInAutomation: true` skips the devtools DOM when navigator.webdriver is
true, which Playwright, Cypress, and Selenium set. Local development does
not change. The default is false, so suites that test the devtools
themselves keep working.
Fixes#318
The devtools settings add hideInAutomation, which defaults to false. When enabled and navigator.webdriver is truthy, DevTools omits its portal and prevents Escape and configured hotkeys from toggling the panel. The example and tests exercise this behavior.
Changes: Automation visibility
Layer / File(s)
Summary
Define and configure hideInAutomation packages/devtools/src/context/devtools-store.ts, packages/devtools/src/context/devtools-context.tsx, docs/configuration.md, .changeset/hide-in-automation.md
The settings state adds hideInAutomation with a default of false. Configuration takes precedence over a stored setting. The changeset and configuration documentation describe the option.
Gate DevTools rendering and keyboard toggles packages/devtools/src/devtools.tsx, packages/devtools/tests/workbench.test.tsx, package.json
When hideInAutomation is enabled and navigator.webdriver is truthy, DevTools omits its portal and ignores Escape and configured hotkey toggles. Tests cover enabled and default behavior. The package size limit increases from 66 KB to 67 KB.
Exercise automation visibility in Playwright e2e/apps/react-vite/src/main.tsx, e2e/apps/react-vite/tests/hide-in-automation.spec.ts
The example sets hideInAutomation from the automation-hidden query parameter. Playwright tests check that the container and trigger are hidden with the parameter and that the trigger is visible without it.
sequenceDiagram
participant Config as Devtools configuration
participant DevTools
participant Browser as Browser automation state
Config->>DevTools: set hideInAutomation
DevTools->>Browser: check navigator.webdriver
Browser-->>DevTools: return webdriver state
DevTools->>DevTools: conditionally render portal and handle toggles
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Possibly related PRs
TanStack/devtools#550: It changes the same settings contract, DevTools component, example, and configuration documentation.
Suggested reviewers:akshat-owo
Merge Risk: Low · up to d483c
Persisted automation hiding can be lost on reload, exposing DevTools to test selectors. The fix is small and localized.
Security architecture risk: Low · up to 00d18
This is an opt-in, browser-local visibility change. Existing URL visibility conditions remain intact, but hiding the interface does not disable all DevTools behavior, and hide-and-restore lifecycle behavior is not fully established.
Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.
Security review details
Security Blast Radius
inferred — The inspected decision is browser-local: effective settings and navigator.webdriver control portal rendering in the host or PiP document. The changed predicate does not itself grant server-side authority or establish tenant isolation.
Trust Boundaries and Controls
inferred — This setting is a visibility convenience, not an authorization or shutdown boundary. Persisted browser settings can override caller configuration, and component-level behavior remains active while hidden. The existing URL-flag condition and its PiP exception remain unchanged beneath the additional suppression condition.
Resilience and Maintainability Implications
observed — Portal-owned plugins have cleanup handlers, while open-state listeners and theme synchronization retain their component-level cleanup. PiP has explicit close, pagehide, beforeunload, and development-update recovery paths. The new hide condition does not unify these independently owned lifetimes.
Pre-merge checks: 5
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Title check
The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: adding hideInAutomation to keep Devtools out of end-to-end tests.
Description check
The description includes the required Changes, Checklist, Release Impact, testing, linked issue, risk, and public API sections. It documents the behavior, validation performed, and the fact that the f…
Linked Issues check
Issue [#318] requires a way to keep DevTools out of automation-driven selectors without disabling normal local use. packages/devtools/src/devtools.tsx hides the portal when hideInAutomation is tru…
Out of Scope Changes check
The configuration, store handling, rendering logic, shortcut handling, unit tests, Playwright test, documentation, changeset, e2e fixture configuration, and bundle-size threshold support [#318]. The c…
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The description includes the required Changes, Checklist, Release Impact, testing, linked issue, risk, and public API sections. It documents the behavior, validation performed, and the fact that the full pnpm test:pr command was not run.
Full details: Linked Issues check
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Issue [#318] requires a way to keep DevTools out of automation-driven selectors without disabling normal local use. packages/devtools/src/devtools.tsx hides the portal when hideInAutomation is true and navigator.webdriver is true. The same condition blocks Escape and the configured open hotkey. The setting defaults to false, and the tests cover hidden rendering, shortcut behavior, config precedence, and default rendering. The Playwright test covers the end-to-end selector case. The option is documented in docs/configuration.md.
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The configuration, store handling, rendering logic, shortcut handling, unit tests, Playwright test, documentation, changeset, e2e fixture configuration, and bundle-size threshold support [#318]. The current docs/configuration.md contains valid hideInAutomation and openAsModal entries with no conflict markers. No unrelated change is demonstrated.
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Review comments at @packages/devtools/src/devtools.tsx:
- Line 186: Gate the `createShortcut` callback with the same `hideInAutomation`
and `navigator.webdriver` condition used by the `Show` portal, so the hotkey
cannot call `toggleOpen()` or emit `trigger-toggled` when DevTools are hidden
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With hideInAutomation the devtools render nothing, but the open hotkey still
called toggleOpen(). That saved persistOpen and emitted trigger-toggled for
devtools that do not exist. The hotkey now uses the same check as the render.
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Review comments at @docs/configuration.md:
- Around line 74-79: Resolve the merge conflict in the configuration
documentation by removing the conflict markers and retaining both the
hideInAutomation and openAsModal option descriptions and examples. Close each
option’s TypeScript code block separately.
Review comments at @packages/devtools/src/context/devtools-store.ts:
- Line 214: Update getExistingStateFromStorage so an explicitly provided
config.hideInAutomation takes precedence over the persisted value; when absent,
retain the stored value or the existing default. Preserve the current merge
behavior for all other settings fields.
Review comments at @packages/devtools/src/devtools.tsx:
- Line 191: Update the Escape handler that calls toggleOpen() to check
hiddenInAutomation() and ignore Escape while DevTools is hidden. Preserve the
existing toggle behavior when DevTools is visible.
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Review comments at @packages/devtools/src/context/devtools-context.tsx:
- Around line 204-210: Update the settings initializer’s hideInAutomation
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settings.hideInAutomation before falling back to
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You can now keep the devtools out of your end-to-end tests: set
hideInAutomation: true, and the devtools do not render when Playwright, Cypress, or Selenium drives the browser. Local development does not change.🎯 Changes
hideInAutomation(defaultfalse). When it istrueandnavigator.webdriveristrue, the devtools render no DOM: no trigger, no panel, and no source inspector.trigger-toggled.navigator.webdriver. A normal browser does not, so local development keeps the devtools.false, so suites that test the devtools themselves (like this repo's e2e apps) keep working.docs/configuration.mddocuments the option.✅ Checklist
pnpm test:pr, or these tests do not apply to this pull request.🚀 Release Impact
Testing
Commands run
vitest runinpackages/devtools: 373 tests pass, with 3 new tests inworkbench.test.tsx.eslint,tsc, andprettier --checkinpackages/devtools: pass.e2e/apps/react-vite: the newhide-in-automation.spec.ts,url-flag.spec.ts, andsmoke.spec.tspass (5 tests). With a build without the feature, the new "set" test fails.pnpm test:pr.Manual test
config={{ hideInAutomation: true }}on<TanStackDevtools>.pnpm devand open the app in a normal browser. The trigger is visible.[data-testid="tanstack_devtools"]element.How this PR makes testing easy
e2e/apps/react-vite/tests/hide-in-automation.spec.tsruns in the e2e CI job. It opens/?automation-hidden, waits until the devtools mounted, and expects no devtools DOM.packages/devtools/tests/workbench.test.tsxstubsnavigator.webdriver. It covers both values of the option and the open hotkey.Linked issues
Fixes #318
Risk / rollback
Low. Nothing changes unless an app sets the option. To undo, revert this PR.
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Summary by CodeRabbit
hideInAutomationconfiguration option, defaulting tofalse. When enabled, DevTools and its trigger are hidden in browsers detected as automated.