diff --git a/docs/src/api/class-tracing.md b/docs/src/api/class-tracing.md
index d43458473d..8dcf3a7563 100644
--- a/docs/src/api/class-tracing.md
+++ b/docs/src/api/class-tracing.md
@@ -133,11 +133,15 @@ Whether to capture DOM snapshot on every action.
 
 Whether to include source files for trace actions.
 
+### option: Tracing.start.title
+- `title` <[string]>
+
+Trace name to be shown in the Trace Viewer.
+
 ## async method: Tracing.startChunk
 
 Start a new trace chunk. If you'd like to record multiple traces on the same [BrowserContext], use [`method: Tracing.start`] once, and then create multiple trace chunks with [`method: Tracing.startChunk`] and [`method: Tracing.stopChunk`].
 
-
 ```js
 await context.tracing.start({ screenshots: true, snapshots: true });
 const page = await context.newPage();
@@ -234,6 +238,11 @@ await context.Tracing.StopChunkAsync(new TracingStopChunkOptions
 });
 ```
 
+### option: Tracing.startChunk.title
+- `title` <[string]>
+
+Trace name to be shown in the Trace Viewer.
+
 
 ## async method: Tracing.stop
 
diff --git a/docs/src/test-api/class-testinfo.md b/docs/src/test-api/class-testinfo.md
index 75ea2162fe..b21ca1db8d 100644
--- a/docs/src/test-api/class-testinfo.md
+++ b/docs/src/test-api/class-testinfo.md
@@ -362,6 +362,11 @@ test.beforeEach(async ({ page }, testInfo) => {
 
 The title of the currently running test as passed to `test(title, testFunction)`.
 
+## property: TestInfo.titlePath
+- type: <[Array]<[string]>>
+
+The full title path starting with the project.
+
 ## property: TestInfo.workerIndex
 - type: <[int]>
 
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/client/tracing.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/client/tracing.ts
index 4d007051ab..a27d7bfe39 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/client/tracing.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/client/tracing.ts
@@ -43,19 +43,19 @@ export class Tracing implements api.Tracing {
     };
   }
 
-  async start(options: { name?: string, snapshots?: boolean, screenshots?: boolean, sources?: boolean } = {}) {
+  async start(options: { name?: string, title?: string, snapshots?: boolean, screenshots?: boolean, sources?: boolean } = {}) {
     if (options.sources)
       this._context._instrumentation!.addListener(this._instrumentationListener);
     await this._context._wrapApiCall(async (channel: channels.BrowserContextChannel) => {
       await channel.tracingStart(options);
-      await channel.tracingStartChunk();
+      await channel.tracingStartChunk({ title: options.title });
     });
   }
 
-  async startChunk() {
+  async startChunk(options: { title?: string } = {}) {
     this._sources = new Set();
     await this._context._wrapApiCall(async (channel: channels.BrowserContextChannel) => {
-      await channel.tracingStartChunk();
+      await channel.tracingStartChunk(options);
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/dispatchers/browserContextDispatcher.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/dispatchers/browserContextDispatcher.ts
index 61ff3fbf6d..ad55475c6a 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/dispatchers/browserContextDispatcher.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/dispatchers/browserContextDispatcher.ts
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ export class BrowserContextDispatcher extends Dispatcher<BrowserContext, channel
   }
 
   async tracingStartChunk(params: channels.BrowserContextTracingStartChunkParams): Promise<channels.BrowserContextTracingStartChunkResult> {
-    await this._context.tracing.startChunk();
+    await this._context.tracing.startChunk(params);
   }
 
   async tracingStopChunk(params: channels.BrowserContextTracingStopChunkParams): Promise<channels.BrowserContextTracingStopChunkResult> {
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/protocol/channels.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/protocol/channels.ts
index 684fe8b3da..82ef354922 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/protocol/channels.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/protocol/channels.ts
@@ -558,7 +558,6 @@ export type BrowserTypeLaunchPersistentContextParams = {
   forcedColors?: 'active' | 'none',
   acceptDownloads?: boolean,
   baseURL?: string,
-  _debugName?: string,
   recordVideo?: {
     dir: string,
     size?: {
@@ -631,7 +630,6 @@ export type BrowserTypeLaunchPersistentContextOptions = {
   forcedColors?: 'active' | 'none',
   acceptDownloads?: boolean,
   baseURL?: string,
-  _debugName?: string,
   recordVideo?: {
     dir: string,
     size?: {
@@ -725,7 +723,6 @@ export type BrowserNewContextParams = {
   forcedColors?: 'active' | 'none',
   acceptDownloads?: boolean,
   baseURL?: string,
-  _debugName?: string,
   recordVideo?: {
     dir: string,
     size?: {
@@ -785,7 +782,6 @@ export type BrowserNewContextOptions = {
   forcedColors?: 'active' | 'none',
   acceptDownloads?: boolean,
   baseURL?: string,
-  _debugName?: string,
   recordVideo?: {
     dir: string,
     size?: {
@@ -900,7 +896,7 @@ export interface BrowserContextChannel extends EventTargetChannel {
   recorderSupplementEnable(params: BrowserContextRecorderSupplementEnableParams, metadata?: Metadata): Promise<BrowserContextRecorderSupplementEnableResult>;
   newCDPSession(params: BrowserContextNewCDPSessionParams, metadata?: Metadata): Promise<BrowserContextNewCDPSessionResult>;
   tracingStart(params: BrowserContextTracingStartParams, metadata?: Metadata): Promise<BrowserContextTracingStartResult>;
-  tracingStartChunk(params?: BrowserContextTracingStartChunkParams, metadata?: Metadata): Promise<BrowserContextTracingStartChunkResult>;
+  tracingStartChunk(params: BrowserContextTracingStartChunkParams, metadata?: Metadata): Promise<BrowserContextTracingStartChunkResult>;
   tracingStopChunk(params: BrowserContextTracingStopChunkParams, metadata?: Metadata): Promise<BrowserContextTracingStopChunkResult>;
   tracingStop(params?: BrowserContextTracingStopParams, metadata?: Metadata): Promise<BrowserContextTracingStopResult>;
   harExport(params?: BrowserContextHarExportParams, metadata?: Metadata): Promise<BrowserContextHarExportResult>;
@@ -1113,8 +1109,12 @@ export type BrowserContextTracingStartOptions = {
   screenshots?: boolean,
 };
 export type BrowserContextTracingStartResult = void;
-export type BrowserContextTracingStartChunkParams = {};
-export type BrowserContextTracingStartChunkOptions = {};
+export type BrowserContextTracingStartChunkParams = {
+  title?: string,
+};
+export type BrowserContextTracingStartChunkOptions = {
+  title?: string,
+};
 export type BrowserContextTracingStartChunkResult = void;
 export type BrowserContextTracingStopChunkParams = {
   save: boolean,
@@ -3538,7 +3538,6 @@ export type AndroidDeviceLaunchBrowserParams = {
   reducedMotion?: 'reduce' | 'no-preference',
   forcedColors?: 'active' | 'none',
   acceptDownloads?: boolean,
-  _debugName?: string,
   recordVideo?: {
     dir: string,
     size?: {
@@ -3585,7 +3584,6 @@ export type AndroidDeviceLaunchBrowserOptions = {
   reducedMotion?: 'reduce' | 'no-preference',
   forcedColors?: 'active' | 'none',
   acceptDownloads?: boolean,
-  _debugName?: string,
   recordVideo?: {
     dir: string,
     size?: {
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/protocol/protocol.yml b/packages/playwright-core/src/protocol/protocol.yml
index 2270390f03..0832ecff6e 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/protocol/protocol.yml
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/protocol/protocol.yml
@@ -403,7 +403,6 @@ ContextOptions:
       - none
     acceptDownloads: boolean?
     baseURL: string?
-    _debugName: string?
     recordVideo:
       type: object?
       properties:
@@ -819,6 +818,8 @@ BrowserContext:
         screenshots: boolean?
 
     tracingStartChunk:
+      parameters:
+        title: string?
 
     tracingStopChunk:
       parameters:
@@ -2892,7 +2893,6 @@ AndroidDevice:
           - active
           - none
         acceptDownloads: boolean?
-        _debugName: string?
         recordVideo:
           type: object?
           properties:
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/protocol/validator.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/protocol/validator.ts
index 4c834b4207..9dced3cbb6 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/protocol/validator.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/protocol/validator.ts
@@ -329,7 +329,6 @@ export function createScheme(tChannel: (name: string) => Validator): Scheme {
     forcedColors: tOptional(tEnum(['active', 'none'])),
     acceptDownloads: tOptional(tBoolean),
     baseURL: tOptional(tString),
-    _debugName: tOptional(tString),
     recordVideo: tOptional(tObject({
       dir: tString,
       size: tOptional(tObject({
@@ -389,7 +388,6 @@ export function createScheme(tChannel: (name: string) => Validator): Scheme {
     forcedColors: tOptional(tEnum(['active', 'none'])),
     acceptDownloads: tOptional(tBoolean),
     baseURL: tOptional(tString),
-    _debugName: tOptional(tString),
     recordVideo: tOptional(tObject({
       dir: tString,
       size: tOptional(tObject({
@@ -505,7 +503,9 @@ export function createScheme(tChannel: (name: string) => Validator): Scheme {
     snapshots: tOptional(tBoolean),
     screenshots: tOptional(tBoolean),
   });
-  scheme.BrowserContextTracingStartChunkParams = tOptional(tObject({}));
+  scheme.BrowserContextTracingStartChunkParams = tObject({
+    title: tOptional(tString),
+  });
   scheme.BrowserContextTracingStopChunkParams = tObject({
     save: tBoolean,
     skipCompress: tBoolean,
@@ -1343,7 +1343,6 @@ export function createScheme(tChannel: (name: string) => Validator): Scheme {
     reducedMotion: tOptional(tEnum(['reduce', 'no-preference'])),
     forcedColors: tOptional(tEnum(['active', 'none'])),
     acceptDownloads: tOptional(tBoolean),
-    _debugName: tOptional(tString),
     recordVideo: tOptional(tObject({
       dir: tString,
       size: tOptional(tObject({
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/browserContext.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/browserContext.ts
index ae30ecb0dc..b92f82a436 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/browserContext.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/browserContext.ts
@@ -428,8 +428,6 @@ export function validateBrowserContextOptions(options: types.BrowserContextOptio
   if (debugMode() === 'inspector')
     options.bypassCSP = true;
   verifyGeolocation(options.geolocation);
-  if (!options._debugName)
-    options._debugName = createGuid();
 }
 
 export function verifyGeolocation(geolocation?: types.Geolocation) {
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/trace/common/traceEvents.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/trace/common/traceEvents.ts
index 34723a69cc..bea151955d 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/trace/common/traceEvents.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/trace/common/traceEvents.ts
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ export type BrowserContextEventOptions = {
   viewport?: Size,
   deviceScaleFactor?: number,
   isMobile?: boolean,
-  _debugName?: string,
 };
 
 export type ContextCreatedTraceEvent = {
   version: number,
   type: 'context-options',
   browserName: string,
+  title?: string,
   options: BrowserContextEventOptions
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/trace/recorder/tracing.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/trace/recorder/tracing.ts
index 8975151238..f9a445f9dd 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/trace/recorder/tracing.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/trace/recorder/tracing.ts
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ export class Tracing implements InstrumentationListener, SnapshotterDelegate, Ha
       this._harTracer.start();
   }
 
-  async startChunk() {
+  async startChunk(options: { title?: string } = {}) {
     if (this._state && this._state.recording)
       await this.stopChunk(false, false);
 
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ export class Tracing implements InstrumentationListener, SnapshotterDelegate, Ha
 
     this._appendTraceOperation(async () => {
       await mkdirIfNeeded(state.traceFile);
-      await fs.promises.appendFile(state.traceFile, JSON.stringify(this._contextCreatedEvent) + '\n');
+      await fs.promises.appendFile(state.traceFile, JSON.stringify({ ...this._contextCreatedEvent, title: options.title }) + '\n');
     });
 
     this._context.instrumentation.addListener(this);
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/types.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/types.ts
index 1b42a8a807..8e99ff60cf 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/types.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/types.ts
@@ -272,7 +272,6 @@ export type BrowserContextOptions = {
   strictSelectors?: boolean,
   proxy?: ProxySettings,
   baseURL?: string,
-  _debugName?: string,
 };
 
 export type EnvArray = { name: string, value: string }[];
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/web/traceViewer/entries.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/web/traceViewer/entries.ts
index 96cf4554f2..900304de08 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/web/traceViewer/entries.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/web/traceViewer/entries.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export type ContextEntry = {
   startTime: number;
   endTime: number;
   browserName: string;
+  title?: string;
   options: trace.BrowserContextEventOptions;
   pages: PageEntry[];
   resources: ResourceSnapshot[];
@@ -46,7 +47,6 @@ export function createEmptyContext(): ContextEntry {
       deviceScaleFactor: 1,
       isMobile: false,
       viewport: { width: 1280, height: 800 },
-      _debugName: '<empty>',
     },
     pages: [],
     resources: [],
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/web/traceViewer/traceModel.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/web/traceViewer/traceModel.ts
index 320633aa37..56edc1eeda 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/web/traceViewer/traceModel.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/web/traceViewer/traceModel.ts
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ export class TraceModel {
     switch (event.type) {
       case 'context-options': {
         this.contextEntry.browserName = event.browserName;
+        this.contextEntry.title = event.title;
         this.contextEntry.options = event.options;
         break;
       }
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/web/traceViewer/ui/timeline.css b/packages/playwright-core/src/web/traceViewer/ui/timeline.css
index 6c35c8c092..e44eb288c8 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/web/traceViewer/ui/timeline.css
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/web/traceViewer/ui/timeline.css
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
   flex-direction: column;
   padding: 20px 0 5px;
   cursor: text;
+  user-select: none;
 }
 
 .timeline-divider {
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/web/traceViewer/ui/workbench.css b/packages/playwright-core/src/web/traceViewer/ui/workbench.css
index ba898de856..b43fd9663a 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/web/traceViewer/ui/workbench.css
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/web/traceViewer/ui/workbench.css
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@
 
 .workbench {
   contain: size;
-  user-select: none;
 }
 
 .workbench .header {
@@ -86,6 +85,10 @@
   margin-left: 16px;
 }
 
+.workbench .title {
+  margin-left: 16px;
+}
+
 .workbench .spacer {
   flex: auto;
 }
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/web/traceViewer/ui/workbench.tsx b/packages/playwright-core/src/web/traceViewer/ui/workbench.tsx
index 552cf8ace3..9df17fdaca 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/web/traceViewer/ui/workbench.tsx
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/web/traceViewer/ui/workbench.tsx
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ export const Workbench: React.FunctionComponent<{
     <div className='hbox header'>
       <div className='logo'>🎭</div>
       <div className='product'>Playwright</div>
+      {contextEntry.title && <div className='title'>{contextEntry.title}</div>}
       <div className='spacer'></div>
     </div>
     <div style={{ background: 'white', paddingLeft: '20px', flex: 'none', borderBottom: '1px solid #ddd' }}>
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/types/types.d.ts b/packages/playwright-core/types/types.d.ts
index 7d544aec6c..f8ad28fb91 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/types/types.d.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/types/types.d.ts
@@ -14399,12 +14399,17 @@ export interface Tracing {
      * Whether to include source files for trace actions.
      */
     sources?: boolean;
+
+    /**
+     * Trace name to be shown in the Trace Viewer.
+     */
+    title?: string;
   }): Promise<void>;
 
   /**
    * Start a new trace chunk. If you'd like to record multiple traces on the same [BrowserContext], use
    * [tracing.start([options])](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-tracing#tracing-start) once, and then create multiple
-   * trace chunks with [tracing.startChunk()](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-tracing#tracing-start-chunk) and
+   * trace chunks with [tracing.startChunk([options])](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-tracing#tracing-start-chunk) and
    * [tracing.stopChunk([options])](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-tracing#tracing-stop-chunk).
    *
    * ```js
@@ -14423,8 +14428,14 @@ export interface Tracing {
    * await context.tracing.stopChunk({ path: 'trace2.zip' });
    * ```
    *
+   * @param options
    */
-  startChunk(): Promise<void>;
+  startChunk(options?: {
+    /**
+     * Trace name to be shown in the Trace Viewer.
+     */
+    title?: string;
+  }): Promise<void>;
 
   /**
    * Stop tracing.
@@ -14438,15 +14449,16 @@ export interface Tracing {
   }): Promise<void>;
 
   /**
-   * Stop the trace chunk. See [tracing.startChunk()](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-tracing#tracing-start-chunk) for
-   * more details about multiple trace chunks.
+   * Stop the trace chunk. See
+   * [tracing.startChunk([options])](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-tracing#tracing-start-chunk) for more details
+   * about multiple trace chunks.
    * @param options
    */
   stopChunk(options?: {
     /**
      * Export trace collected since the last
-     * [tracing.startChunk()](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-tracing#tracing-start-chunk) call into the file with the
-     * given path.
+     * [tracing.startChunk([options])](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-tracing#tracing-start-chunk) call into the file
+     * with the given path.
      */
     path?: string;
   }): Promise<void>;
diff --git a/packages/playwright-test/src/index.ts b/packages/playwright-test/src/index.ts
index 0bbc5be97b..a579acb90f 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-test/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-test/src/index.ts
@@ -186,11 +186,12 @@ export const test = _baseTest.extend<TestFixtures, WorkerAndFileFixtures>({
       context.setDefaultTimeout(actionTimeout || 0);
       context.setDefaultNavigationTimeout(navigationTimeout || actionTimeout || 0);
       if (captureTrace) {
+        const title = [path.relative(testInfo.project.testDir, testInfo.file) + ':' + testInfo.line, ...testInfo.titlePath.slice(1)].join(' › ');
         if (!(context.tracing as any)[kTracingStarted]) {
-          await context.tracing.start({ screenshots: true, snapshots: true, sources: true });
+          await context.tracing.start({ screenshots: true, snapshots: true, sources: true, title });
           (context.tracing as any)[kTracingStarted] = true;
         } else {
-          await context.tracing.startChunk();
+          await context.tracing.startChunk({ title });
         }
       } else {
         (context.tracing as any)[kTracingStarted] = false;
diff --git a/packages/playwright-test/src/workerRunner.ts b/packages/playwright-test/src/workerRunner.ts
index c6361e0396..955b7835b5 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-test/src/workerRunner.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-test/src/workerRunner.ts
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ export class WorkerRunner extends EventEmitter {
       project: this._project.config,
       config: this._loader.fullConfig(),
       title: test.title,
+      titlePath: test.titlePath(),
       file: test.location.file,
       line: test.location.line,
       column: test.location.column,
diff --git a/packages/playwright-test/types/test.d.ts b/packages/playwright-test/types/test.d.ts
index a8cdbe3425..1cd4336df2 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-test/types/test.d.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-test/types/test.d.ts
@@ -1101,6 +1101,10 @@ export interface TestInfo {
    * The title of the currently running test as passed to `test(title, testFunction)`.
    */
   title: string;
+  /**
+   * The full title path starting with the project.
+   */
+  titlePath: string[];
   /**
    * Absolute path to a file where the currently running test is declared.
    */
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/reporter-html.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/reporter-html.spec.ts
index cb5dfc542e..ddc71cc0cf 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/reporter-html.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/reporter-html.spec.ts
@@ -221,3 +221,24 @@ test('should show trace source', async ({ runInlineTest, page, showReport }) =>
   ]);
   await expect(page.locator('.stack-trace-frame.selected')).toContainText('a.test.js');
 });
+
+test('should show trace title', async ({ runInlineTest, page, showReport }) => {
+  const result = await runInlineTest({
+    'playwright.config.js': `
+      module.exports = { use: { trace: 'on' } };
+    `,
+    'a.test.js': `
+      const { test } = pwt;
+      test('passes', async ({ page }) => {
+        await page.evaluate('2 + 2');
+      });
+    `,
+  }, { reporter: 'dot,html' });
+  expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
+  expect(result.passed).toBe(1);
+
+  await showReport();
+  await page.click('text=passes');
+  await page.click('img');
+  await expect(page.locator('.workbench .title')).toHaveText('a.test.js:6 › passes');
+});
diff --git a/utils/generate_types/overrides-test.d.ts b/utils/generate_types/overrides-test.d.ts
index b426a16a22..9637ff6929 100644
--- a/utils/generate_types/overrides-test.d.ts
+++ b/utils/generate_types/overrides-test.d.ts
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ export interface TestInfo {
   workerIndex: number;
 
   title: string;
+  titlePath: string[];
   file: string;
   line: number;
   column: number;