diff --git a/addons/addon-web-links/test/WebLinksAddon.api.ts b/addons/addon-web-links/test/WebLinksAddon.test.ts
similarity index 65%
rename from addons/addon-web-links/test/WebLinksAddon.api.ts
rename to addons/addon-web-links/test/WebLinksAddon.test.ts
index 99c11600..abad5150 100644
--- a/addons/addon-web-links/test/WebLinksAddon.api.ts
+++ b/addons/addon-web-links/test/WebLinksAddon.test.ts
@@ -2,18 +2,11 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2019 The xterm.js authors. All rights reserved.
  * @license MIT
  */
-
-import { assert } from 'chai';
-import { openTerminal, pollFor, writeSync, launchBrowser } from '../../../out-test/api/TestUtils';
-import { Browser, Page } from '@playwright/test';
-
-const APP = 'http://127.0.0.1:3001/test';
-
-let browser: Browser;
-let page: Page;
-const width = 800;
-const height = 600;
-
+import test from '@playwright/test';
+import { deepStrictEqual, strictEqual } from 'assert';
+import { readFile } from 'fs';
+import { resolve } from 'path';
+import { ITestContext, createTestContext, openTerminal, pollFor, timeout } from '../../../out-test/playwright/TestUtils';
 
 interface ILinkStateData {
   uri?: string;
@@ -30,21 +23,20 @@ interface ILinkStateData {
 }
 
 
-describe('WebLinksAddon', () => {
-  before(async function(): Promise<any> {
-    browser = await launchBrowser();
-    page = await (await browser.newContext()).newPage();
-    await page.setViewportSize({ width, height });
-    await page.goto(APP);
-    await openTerminal(page, { cols: 40 });
-  });
+let ctx: ITestContext;
+test.beforeAll(async ({ browser }) => {
+  ctx = await createTestContext(browser);
+  await openTerminal(ctx, { cols: 40 });
+});
+test.afterAll(async () => await ctx.page.close());
 
-  after(async () => await browser.close());
-  beforeEach(async () => {
-    await page.evaluate(`
+test.describe('WebLinksAddon', () => {
+
+  test.beforeEach(async () => {
+    await ctx.page.evaluate(`
+      window.term.reset()
       window._linkaddon?.dispose();
-      window.term.reset();
-      window._linkaddon = new window.WebLinksAddon();
+      window._linkaddon = new WebLinksAddon();
       window.term.loadAddon(window._linkaddon);
     `);
   });
@@ -71,36 +63,36 @@ describe('WebLinksAddon', () => {
     '.vc', '.ve', '.vg', '.vi', '.vn', '.vu', '.wf', '.ws', '.ye', '.yt', '.za', '.zm', '.zw'
   ];
   for (const tld of countryTlds) {
-    it(tld, async () => await testHostName(`foo${tld}`));
+    test(tld, async () => await testHostName(`foo${tld}`));
   }
-  it(`.com`, async () => await testHostName(`foo.com`));
+  test(`.com`, async () => await testHostName(`foo.com`));
   for (const tld of countryTlds) {
-    it(`.com${tld}`, async () => await testHostName(`foo.com${tld}`));
+    test(`.com${tld}`, async () => await testHostName(`foo.com${tld}`));
   }
 
-  describe('correct buffer offsets & uri', () => {
-    beforeEach(async () => {
-      await page.evaluate(`
+  test.describe('correct buffer offsets & uri', () => {
+    test.beforeEach(async () => {
+      await ctx.page.evaluate(`
         window._linkStateData = {uri:''};
         window._linkaddon._options.hover = (event, uri, range) => { window._linkStateData = { uri, range }; };
       `);
     });
-    it('all half width', async () => {
-      await writeSync(page, 'aaa http://example.com aaa http://example.com aaa');
+    test('all half width', async () => {
+      await ctx.proxy.write('aaa http://example.com aaa http://example.com aaa');
       await resetAndHover(5, 0);
       await evalLinkStateData('http://example.com', { start: { x: 5, y: 1 }, end: { x: 22, y: 1 } });
       await resetAndHover(1, 1);
       await evalLinkStateData('http://example.com', { start: { x: 28, y: 1 }, end: { x: 5, y: 2 } });
     });
-    it('url after full width', async () => {
-      await writeSync(page, '￥￥￥ http://example.com ￥￥￥ http://example.com aaa');
+    test('url after full width', async () => {
+      await ctx.proxy.write('￥￥￥ http://example.com ￥￥￥ http://example.com aaa');
       await resetAndHover(8, 0);
       await evalLinkStateData('http://example.com', { start: { x: 8, y: 1 }, end: { x: 25, y: 1 } });
       await resetAndHover(1, 1);
       await evalLinkStateData('http://example.com', { start: { x: 34, y: 1 }, end: { x: 11, y: 2 } });
     });
-    it('full width within url and before', async () => {
-      await writeSync(page, '￥￥￥ https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/위키백과:대문 aaa https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/위키백과:대문 ￥￥￥');
+    test('full width within url and before', async () => {
+      await ctx.proxy.write('￥￥￥ https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/위키백과:대문 aaa https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/위키백과:대문 ￥￥￥');
       await resetAndHover(8, 0);
       await evalLinkStateData('https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/위키백과:대문', { start: { x: 8, y: 1 }, end: { x: 11, y: 2 } });
       await resetAndHover(1, 1);
@@ -108,15 +100,15 @@ describe('WebLinksAddon', () => {
       await resetAndHover(17, 1);
       await evalLinkStateData('https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/위키백과:대문', { start: { x: 17, y: 2 }, end: { x: 19, y: 3 } });
     });
-    it('name + password url after full width and combining', async () => {
-      await writeSync(page, '￥￥￥cafe\u0301 http://test:password@example.com/some_path');
+    test('name + password url after full width and combining', async () => {
+      await ctx.proxy.write('￥￥￥cafe\u0301 http://test:password@example.com/some_path');
       await resetAndHover(12, 0);
       await evalLinkStateData('http://test:password@example.com/some_path', { start: { x: 12, y: 1 }, end: { x: 13, y: 2 } });
       await resetAndHover(5, 1);
       await evalLinkStateData('http://test:password@example.com/some_path', { start: { x: 12, y: 1 }, end: { x: 13, y: 2 } });
     });
-    it('url encoded params work properly', async () => {
-      await writeSync(page, '￥￥￥cafe\u0301 http://test:password@example.com/some_path?param=1%202%3');
+    test('url encoded params work properly', async () => {
+      await ctx.proxy.write('￥￥￥cafe\u0301 http://test:password@example.com/some_path?param=1%202%3');
       await resetAndHover(12, 0);
       await evalLinkStateData('http://test:password@example.com/some_path?param=1%202%3', { start: { x: 12, y: 1 }, end: { x: 27, y: 2 } });
       await resetAndHover(5, 1);
@@ -125,13 +117,14 @@ describe('WebLinksAddon', () => {
   });
 
   // issue #4964
-  it('uppercase in protocol and host, default ports', async () => {
-    const data = `  HTTP://EXAMPLE.COM  \\r\\n` +
-      `  HTTPS://Example.com  \\r\\n` +
-      `  HTTP://Example.com:80  \\r\\n` +
-      `  HTTP://Example.com:80/staysUpper  \\r\\n` +
-      `  HTTP://Ab:xY@abc.com:80/staysUpper  \\r\\n`;
-    await writeSync(page, data);
+  test('uppercase in protocol and host, default ports', async () => {
+    await ctx.proxy.write(
+      `  HTTP://EXAMPLE.COM  \r\n` +
+      `  HTTPS://Example.com  \r\n` +
+      `  HTTP://Example.com:80  \r\n` +
+      `  HTTP://Example.com:80/staysUpper  \r\n` +
+      `  HTTP://Ab:xY@abc.com:80/staysUpper  \r\n`
+    );
     await pollForLinkAtCell(3, 0, `HTTP://EXAMPLE.COM`);
     await pollForLinkAtCell(3, 1, `HTTPS://Example.com`);
     await pollForLinkAtCell(3, 2, `HTTP://Example.com:80`);
@@ -141,14 +134,15 @@ describe('WebLinksAddon', () => {
 });
 
 async function testHostName(hostname: string): Promise<void> {
-  const data = `  http://${hostname}  \\r\\n` +
-    `  http://${hostname}/a~b#c~d?e~f  \\r\\n` +
-    `  http://${hostname}/colon:test  \\r\\n` +
-    `  http://${hostname}/colon:test:  \\r\\n` +
-    `"http://${hostname}/"\\r\\n` +
-    `\\'http://${hostname}/\\'\\r\\n` +
-    `http://${hostname}/subpath/+/id`;
-  await writeSync(page, data);
+  await ctx.proxy.write(
+    `  http://${hostname}  \r\n` +
+    `  http://${hostname}/a~b#c~d?e~f  \r\n` +
+    `  http://${hostname}/colon:test  \r\n` +
+    `  http://${hostname}/colon:test:  \r\n` +
+    `"http://${hostname}/"\r\n` +
+    `\'http://${hostname}/\'\r\n` +
+    `http://${hostname}/subpath/+/id`
+  );
   await pollForLinkAtCell(3, 0, `http://${hostname}`);
   await pollForLinkAtCell(3, 1, `http://${hostname}/a~b#c~d?e~f`);
   await pollForLinkAtCell(3, 2, `http://${hostname}/colon:test`);
@@ -159,28 +153,28 @@ async function testHostName(hostname: string): Promise<void> {
 }
 
 async function pollForLinkAtCell(col: number, row: number, value: string): Promise<void> {
-  await page.mouse.move(...(await cellPos(col, row)));
-  await pollFor(page, `!!Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('.xterm-rows > :nth-child(${row+1}) > span[style]')).filter(el => el.style.textDecoration == 'underline').length`, true);
-  const text = await page.evaluate(`Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('.xterm-rows > :nth-child(${row+1}) > span[style]')).filter(el => el.style.textDecoration == 'underline').map(el => el.textContent).join('');`);
-  assert.deepEqual(text, value);
+  await ctx.page.mouse.move(...(await cellPos(col, row)));
+  await pollFor(ctx.page, `!!Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('.xterm-rows > :nth-child(${row+1}) > span[style]')).filter(el => el.style.textDecoration == 'underline').length`, true);
+  const text = await ctx.page.evaluate(`Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('.xterm-rows > :nth-child(${row+1}) > span[style]')).filter(el => el.style.textDecoration == 'underline').map(el => el.textContent).join('');`);
+  deepStrictEqual(text, value);
 }
 
 async function resetAndHover(col: number, row: number): Promise<void> {
-  await page.mouse.move(0, 0);
-  await page.evaluate(`window._linkStateData = {uri:''};`);
+  await ctx.page.mouse.move(0, 0);
+  await ctx.page.evaluate(`window._linkStateData = {uri:''};`);
   await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 200));
-  await page.mouse.move(...(await cellPos(col, row)));
-  await pollFor(page, `!!window._linkStateData.uri.length`, true);
+  await ctx.page.mouse.move(...(await cellPos(col, row)));
+  await pollFor(ctx.page, `!!window._linkStateData.uri.length`, true);
 }
 
 async function evalLinkStateData(uri: string, range: any): Promise<void> {
-  const data: ILinkStateData = await page.evaluate(`window._linkStateData`);
-  assert.equal(data.uri, uri);
-  assert.deepEqual(data.range, range);
+  const data: ILinkStateData = await ctx.page.evaluate(`window._linkStateData`);
+  strictEqual(data.uri, uri);
+  deepStrictEqual(data.range, range);
 }
 
 async function cellPos(col: number, row: number): Promise<[number, number]> {
-  const coords: any = await page.evaluate(`
+  const coords: any = await ctx.page.evaluate(`
     (function() {
       const rect = window.term.element.getBoundingClientRect();
       const dim = term._core._renderService.dimensions;
diff --git a/addons/addon-web-links/test/playwright.config.ts b/addons/addon-web-links/test/playwright.config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b0e565c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/addon-web-links/test/playwright.config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import { PlaywrightTestConfig } from '@playwright/test';
+
+const config: PlaywrightTestConfig = {
+  testDir: '.',
+  timeout: 10000,
+  projects: [
+    {
+      name: 'Chrome Stable',
+      use: {
+        browserName: 'chromium',
+        channel: 'chrome'
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'Firefox Stable',
+      use: {
+        browserName: 'firefox'
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'WebKit',
+      use: {
+        browserName: 'webkit'
+      }
+    }
+  ],
+  reporter: 'list',
+  webServer: {
+    command: 'npm run start-server-only',
+    port: 3000,
+    timeout: 120000,
+    reuseExistingServer: !process.env.CI
+  }
+};
+export default config;
diff --git a/addons/addon-web-links/test/tsconfig.json b/addons/addon-web-links/test/tsconfig.json
index 2b4ec58f..cb6fed28 100644
--- a/addons/addon-web-links/test/tsconfig.json
+++ b/addons/addon-web-links/test/tsconfig.json
@@ -3,20 +3,37 @@
     "module": "commonjs",
     "target": "es2021",
     "lib": [
-      "es2015"
+      "es2021",
     ],
     "rootDir": ".",
     "outDir": "../out-test",
     "sourceMap": true,
     "removeComments": true,
+    "baseUrl": ".",
+    "paths": {
+      "common/*": [
+        "../../../src/common/*"
+      ],
+      "browser/*": [
+        "../../../src/browser/*"
+      ]
+    },
     "strict": true,
     "types": [
-      "../../../node_modules/@types/mocha",
-      "../../../node_modules/@types/node"
+      "../../../node_modules/@types/node",
+      "../../../out-test/playwright/TestUtils"
     ]
   },
   "include": [
     "./**/*",
     "../../../typings/xterm.d.ts"
+  ],
+  "references": [
+    {
+      "path": "../../../src/common"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../../../src/browser"
+    }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/bin/test_playwright.js b/bin/test_playwright.js
index 7ba7a8f5..c48ccdb6 100644
--- a/bin/test_playwright.js
+++ b/bin/test_playwright.js
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ let configs = [
   { name: 'addon-serialize',         path: 'addons/addon-serialize/out-test/playwright.config.js' },
   { name: 'addon-unicode-graphemes', path: 'addons/addon-unicode-graphemes/out-test/playwright.config.js' },
   { name: 'addon-unicode11',         path: 'addons/addon-unicode11/out-test/playwright.config.js' },
+  { name: 'addon-web-links',         path: 'addons/addon-web-links/out-test/playwright.config.js' },
   { name: 'addon-webgl',             path: 'addons/addon-webgl/out-test/playwright.config.js' }
 ];