Testing
SvelteKit Testing Guide: Unit, Integration & E2E (2026)
SvelteKit ships without a testing setup. You create a project with npm create svelte@latest, pick a template, and get a working app — but zero tests.
Testing
SvelteKit ships without a testing setup. You create a project with npm create svelte@latest, pick a template, and get a working app — but zero tests.
Testing
Playwright is the E2E test runner of choice for SvelteKit. It drives a real browser — Chromium, Firefox, or WebKit — against your running app.
Testing
SvelteKit API routes (+server.ts) and server load functions (+page.server.ts) contain your application's backend logic.
Testing
SvelteKit form actions handle POST requests from elements on the server.
Testing
Svelte stores hold application state. When store logic is wrong — a derived value computes incorrectly, a custom store doesn't clean up subscriptions, an async store gets stuck in a loading state — components using that store will fail in ways that are hard to trace. Testing stores in isolation
Testing
Svelte components have logic in them. Props control rendering, user interactions trigger state changes, events propagate to parent components.
Test Automation
SvelteKit gives you fast builds and a clean full-stack model. It also ships with no testing setup at all.