Pre-check integration node_modules before root-playwright wrapper assertion

scripts/tests/test-hot-dev-bg.sh

@@ -834,20 +834,28 @@ test_root_playwright_wrapper_prefers_managed_browser_runtime() {
 }
 EOF
 
-  # The root playwright.config.ts imports @playwright/test (devDependency
+  # Skip in environments without the tests/integration npm install, since
+  # the root playwright.config.ts imports @playwright/test (devDependency
   # of tests/integration/, not the workspace root) and chain-imports
-  # runtime-defaults.ts. Both create environment-sensitivity: the package
+  # runtime-defaults.ts. Without those node_modules, npx tsx --eval blows
-  # may not be installed (fresh clones, CI smoke jobs that haven't run
+  # up before bash sees an exit code we can guard on. The CI smoke job
-  # the integration-tests setup) and tsx's `--eval` mode doesn't always
+  # and fresh clones both hit this; the test only meaningfully checks
-  # propagate the TS loader to transitive .ts requires under some Node
+  # local-dev behavior anyway.
-  # versions. Treat any of those as a skip rather than letting an env
+  if [[ ! -d "${ROOT_DIR}/tests/integration/node_modules/@playwright/test" ]]; then
-  # quirk fail the suite.
+    echo "[SKIP] root-playwright wrapper check (tests/integration/node_modules/@playwright/test not installed)"
-  if ! output="$(
+    return 0
+  fi
+
+  set +e
+  output="$(
     cd "${ROOT_DIR}" && \
       PULSE_E2E_RUNTIME_STATE_PATH="${runtime_state}" \
       npx --yes tsx --eval "import config from './playwright.config.ts'; console.log(config.use?.baseURL || '');" 2>&1
-  )"; then
+  )"
-    echo "[SKIP] root-playwright wrapper check (tsx/playwright eval not available: ${output:0:80}...)"
+  local rc=$?
+  set -e
+  if (( rc != 0 )); then
+    echo "[SKIP] root-playwright wrapper check (tsx eval failed rc=${rc}: ${output:0:80})"
     return 0
   fi