---
title: Fixtures
description: Fixtures are Scout’s reusable building blocks for authentication, clients, data setup, and shared helpers. They’re similar in spirit to FTR services,...
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/extend/kibana/scout/fixtures
products:
  - Kibana
---

# Fixtures
Fixtures are Scout’s reusable building blocks for authentication, clients, data setup, and shared helpers. They’re similar in spirit to FTR services, but follow Playwright’s fixture model.

## Quick usage

`kbnClient` and `browserAuth` are some popular fixtures:
```ts
import { tags } from '@kbn/scout';
import { test } from '../fixtures';

test.describe('My suite', { tag: tags.deploymentAgnostic }, () => {
  test.beforeAll(async ({ kbnClient }) => {
    await kbnClient.importExport.load('path/to/archive');
  });

  test.beforeEach(async ({ browserAuth }) => {
    await browserAuth.loginAsViewer();
  });
});
```

The example uses `beforeAll` for worker-scoped setup (`kbnClient`) and `beforeEach` for test-scoped setup (`browserAuth`)—this pattern matches fixture availability (see [Fixture scope](#scout-fixtures-scope)).

## Fixture scope

- **Worker-scoped** fixtures live for the lifetime of a Playwright worker.
- **Test-scoped** fixtures are created per test.

<note>
  Scope **affects** where a fixture is available: worker-scoped fixtures work in `beforeAll`, `beforeEach`, the test body, `afterEach`, and `afterAll`; test-scoped fixtures only in `beforeEach`, the test body, and `afterEach` (not in `beforeAll` or `afterAll`, since Playwright creates a new page/context per test).
</note>


## Core Scout fixtures

Scout exposes different fixture sets depending on the entrypoint you import.

### UI tests (`test`)

- **Worker-scoped**: `log`, `config`, `kbnUrl`, `kbnClient`, `esClient`, `esArchiver`, `uiSettings`, `apiServices`, `samlAuth` (plus optional synthtrace clients)
- **Test-scoped**: `browserAuth`, `page` (Scout-extended), `pageObjects`, `perfTracker`


### Parallel UI tests (`spaceTest`)

- **Worker-scoped**: `log`, `config`, `kbnUrl`, `kbnClient`, `esClient`, `apiServices`, `samlAuth`, `scoutSpace` (one Space per worker)
- **Test-scoped**: `browserAuth`, `page` (Scout-extended), `pageObjects`


### API tests (`apiTest`)

- **Worker-scoped**: `log`, `config`, `kbnUrl`, `kbnClient`, `esClient`, `esArchiver`, `apiClient`, `apiServices`, `samlAuth`, `requestAuth`
- **Test-scoped**: browser fixtures like `page`/`context` are disabled (API tests are HTTP-only)

<note>
  Availability varies by test type (UI vs API). When in doubt, rely on editor autocomplete for the fixture list available in your test.
</note>


## Create plugin/solution fixtures

<stepper>
  <step title="Add fixture folders">
    Add fixtures under your test tree:
    - UI fixtures: `<plugin-root>/test/scout/ui/fixtures`
    - API fixtures: `<plugin-root>/test/scout/api/fixtures`
    - Shared: `<plugin-root>/test/scout/common/fixtures`
  </step>

  <step title="Create a `fixtures/index.ts` entry point">
    Typically you’ll create a `fixtures/index.ts` entry point that **extends** Scout’s base `test` (UI) and/or `apiTest` (API), then import that in your spec files:
    ```ts
    // UI test spec: <plugin-root>/test/scout/ui/tests/my_suite.spec.ts
    import { tags } from '@kbn/scout';
    import { test } from '../fixtures';

    test('uses plugin fixtures', { tag: tags.deploymentAgnostic }, async ({ pageObjects }) => {
      // ...
    });
    ```
  </step>

  <step title="Contribute when broadly useful">
    If a fixture would be broadly useful, consider contributing it to `@kbn/scout` (platform-wide) or your solution Scout package.
  </step>
</stepper>