From b860a3864d88c67ae09b8170332b36b731f06198 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Richard van der Hoff <1389908+richvdh@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 12:50:12 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Improve output of playwright-screenshots script (#33098)

* Improve output of playwright-screenshots script

* Address review feedback
---
 packages/playwright-common/playwright-screenshots.sh | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/playwright-common/playwright-screenshots.sh b/packages/playwright-common/playwright-screenshots.sh
index 7fc1a1fa33..ecf962f112 100755
--- a/packages/playwright-common/playwright-screenshots.sh
+++ b/packages/playwright-common/playwright-screenshots.sh
@@ -19,8 +19,15 @@ WS_PORT=3000
 PW_VERSION=$(pnpm --silent -- playwright --version | awk '{print $2}')
 IMAGE_NAME="ghcr.io/element-hq/element-web/playwright-server:$PW_VERSION"
 
-# Pull the image, failing that build the image
-docker pull "$IMAGE_NAME" 2>/dev/null || build_image "$IMAGE_NAME"
+# If the image exists in the repository, pull it; otherwise, build it.
+#
+# (This explicit test gives the user clearer progress info than just
+# `docker pull 2>/dev/null || build_image`.)
+if docker manifest inspect "$IMAGE_NAME" &>/dev/null; then
+    docker pull "$IMAGE_NAME"
+else
+    build_image "$IMAGE_NAME"
+fi
 
 # Start the playwright-server in docker
 CONTAINER=$(docker run --network=host -v /tmp:/tmp --rm -d -e PORT="$WS_PORT" "$IMAGE_NAME")