playwright-bdd: Bug: Error: Requiring @playwright/test second time

Given playwright.config.ts:

import { defineConfig, devices } from '@playwright/test';
import { defineBddConfig } from 'playwright-bdd';

const port = 8080;
const baseURL = `http://localhost:${port}`;

const testDir = defineBddConfig({
  paths: ['playwright/features/**/*.{feature,features}'],
  require: ['playwright/steps/**/*.*'],
});

/**
 * See https://playwright.dev/docs/test-configuration.
 */
export default defineConfig({
  testDir,
  /* Fail the build on CI if you accidentally left test.only in the source code. */
  forbidOnly: !!process.env.CI,
  /* Retry on CI only */
  retries: process.env.CI ? 2 : 1,
  /* Opt out of parallel tests on CI. */
  fullyParallel: true,
  /* Reporter to use. See https://playwright.dev/docs/test-reporters */
  reporter: 'html',
  /* Shared settings for all the projects below. See https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-testoptions. */
  use: {
    /* Base URL to use in actions like `await page.goto('/')`. */
    baseURL,
    headless: true,
    trace: 'on-first-retry',
  },
  workers: 7,

  /* Playwright propose a intern server, it will be launched when the test start */
  webServer: {
    command: 'npm run start',
    port,
    reuseExistingServer: !process.env.CI,
    timeout: 10 * 60 * 1000,
  },
  timeout: 5 * 60 * 1000,
  expect: {
    timeout: 2 * 60 * 1000,
  },
  /* Configure projects for major browsers */
  projects: [
    {
      name: 'chromium',
      use: {
        ...devices['Desktop Chrome'],
      },
    },
    {
      name: 'firefox',
      use: {
        ...devices['Desktop Firefox'],
      },
    },
    {
      name: 'webkit',
      use: {
        ...devices['Desktop Safari'],
      },
    },
  ],
});

When I try to run/debug tests in Visual Code with the “Playwright Test for VSCode” extension

Then If I run in debug mode, it stops with this first error (then there are others if I continue):

Exception has occurred: Error
  at _A (C:\Users\xxxxxx\node_modules\playwright\lib\transform\babelBundleImpl.js:37:3587)
    at Function.statement (C:\Users\xxxxxx\node_modules\playwright\lib\transform\babelBundleImpl.js:37:2847)
    at C:\Users\xxxxxx\node_modules\playwright\lib\transform\babelBundleImpl.js:41:1113
    at C:\Users\xxxxxx\node_modules\playwright\lib\transform\babelBundleImpl.js:1:222
    at C:\Users\xxxxxx\node_modules\playwright\lib\transform\babelBundleImpl.js:65:1678
    at C:\Users\xxxxxx\node_modules\playwright\lib\transform\babelBundleImpl.js:1:222
    at C:\Users\xxxxxx\node_modules\playwright\lib\transform\babelBundleImpl.js:65:38013
    at C:\Users\xxxxxx\node_modules\playwright\lib\transform\babelBundleImpl.js:1:222
    at C:\Users\xxxxxx\node_modules\playwright\lib\transform\babelBundleImpl.js:65:40602
    at C:\Users\xxxxxx\node_modules\playwright\lib\transform\babelBundleImpl.js:1:222

and in the end, I get this error in the test results console:

Error: Requiring @playwright/test second time, 
First:
Error: 
    at Object.<anonymous> (c:\Users\xxxxxx\node_modules\playwright\lib\index.js:77:33)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1356:14)
    at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1414:10)
    at Object.i.<computed>.ut._extensions.<computed> [as .js] (c:\Users\xxxxxx\node_modules\playwright\lib\utilsBundleImpl.js:16:1010)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1197:32)
    at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1013:12)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1225:19)
    at require (node:internal/modules/helpers:177:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (c:\Users\xxxxxx\node_modules\playwright\test.js:17:13)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1356:14)
    at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1414:10)
    at Object.i.<computed>.ut._extensions.<computed> [as .js] (c:\Users\xxxxxx\node_modules\playwright\lib\utilsBundleImpl.js:16:1010)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1197:32)
    at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1013:12)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1225:19)
    at require (node:internal/modules/helpers:177:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (c:\Users\xxxxxx\node_modules@playwright\test\index.js:17:18)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1356:14)
    at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1414:10)
    at Object.i.<computed>.ut._extensions.<computed> [as .js] (c:\Users\xxxxxx\node_modules\playwright\lib\utilsBundleImpl.js:16:1010)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1197:32)
    at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1013:12)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1225:19)
    at require (node:internal/modules/helpers:177:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (c:\Users\xxxxxx\playwright.config.ts:1:1)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1356:14)
    at Module.f._compile (c:\Users\xxxxxx\node_modules\playwright\lib\utilsBundleImpl.js:16:994)
    at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1414:10)
    at Object.i.<computed>.ut._extensions.<computed> [as .ts] (c:\Users\xxxxxx\node_modules\playwright\lib\utilsBundleImpl.js:16:1010)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1197:32)
    at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1013:12)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1225:19)
    at require (node:internal/modules/helpers:177:18)
    at requireOrImport (c:\Users\xxxxxx\node_modules\playwright\lib\transform\transform.js:182:20)
    at requireOrImportDefaultObject (c:\Users\xxxxxx\node_modules\playwright\lib\common\configLoader.js:126:53)
    at ConfigLoader.loadConfigFile (c:\Users\xxxxxx\node_modules\playwright\lib\common\configLoader.js:99:26)
    at Function.deserialize (c:\Users\xxxxxx\node_modules\playwright\lib\common\configLoader.js:93:51)
    at WorkerMain._loadIfNeeded (c:\Users\xxxxxx\node_modules\playwright\lib\worker\workerMain.js:178:53)
    at WorkerMain.runTestGroup (c:\Users\xxxxxx\node_modules\playwright\lib\worker\workerMain.js:187:18)
    at process.<anonymous> (c:\Users\xxxxxx\node_modules\playwright\lib\common\process.js:96:49)
    at process.emit (node:events:517:28)
    at emit (node:internal/child_process:944:14)
    at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:83:21)


Second: 
    at Object.<anonymous> (c:\Users\xxxxxx\node_modules\@playwright\test\index.js:17:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (c:\Users\xxxxxx\playwright.config.ts:1:1)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\xxxxxx\node_modules\playwright\lib\index.js:72:11)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\xxxxxx\node_modules\playwright\test.js:17:13)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\xxxxxx\node_modules\@playwright\test\index.js:17:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\xxxxxx\node_modules\playwright-bdd\src\run\bddFixtures.ts:1:1)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\xxxxxx\node_modules\playwright-bdd\src\stepDefinitions\createBdd.ts:15:1)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\xxxxxx\node_modules\playwright-bdd\src\index.ts:2:1)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\xxxxxx\playwright\steps\acquisition.steps.ts:1:1)
    at tryRequire (c:\Users\xxxxxx\node_modules\@cucumber\cucumber\src\try_require.ts:9:12)
    at node_modules\@cucumber\cucumber\src\api\support.ts:27:40
    at getSupportCodeLibrary (c:\Users\xxxxxx\node_modules\@cucumber\cucumber\src\api\support.ts:27:16)
    at loadSupport (c:\Users\xxxxxx\node_modules\@cucumber\cucumber\src\api\load_support.ts:35:57)

But I expect test to run/debug.

Note that the tests are running fine with npx bddgen && npx playwright test.

Isolated demo Hard to make a demo since tests are included in a web react project that I cannot share easily. But I will try if really needed at one point.

Environment

Playwright-bdd environment info:

platform: win32
node: v18.19.0
playwright-bdd: v5.7.1
@playwright/test: v1.41.2
@cucumber/cucumber: v10.3.1
Playwright config file: playwright.config.ts