From afdb1a7ed685a8b8347cae62d86660e9fe351c2a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Knott <info@simonknott.de>
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2026 12:23:45 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(windows): unbreak UI mode and codegen

---
 packages/playwright-core/src/server/browserType.ts           | 1 +
 packages/playwright-core/src/server/utils/processLauncher.ts | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/browserType.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/browserType.ts
index ac900549345d4..147032be5a57a 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/browserType.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/browserType.ts
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ export abstract class BrowserType extends SdkObject {
       command: prepared.executable,
       args: prepared.browserArguments,
       env: this.amendEnvironment(env, prepared.userDataDir, isPersistent, options),
+      headless: options.headless,
       handleSIGINT,
       handleSIGTERM,
       handleSIGHUP,
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/utils/processLauncher.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/utils/processLauncher.ts
index 58f2db795bc5b..c260e1e791024 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/utils/processLauncher.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/utils/processLauncher.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ export type LaunchProcessOptions = {
   args?: string[],
   env?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv,
   shell?: boolean,
+  headless?: boolean,
 
   handleSIGINT?: boolean,
   handleSIGTERM?: boolean,
@@ -136,7 +137,7 @@ export async function launchProcess(options: LaunchProcessOptions): Promise<Laun
     // process group, making it possible to kill child process tree with `.kill(-pid)` command.
     // @see https://nodejs.org/api/child_process.html#child_process_options_detached
     detached: process.platform !== 'win32',
-    windowsHide: true,
+    windowsHide: options.headless,
     env: options.env,
     cwd: options.cwd,
     shell: options.shell,