diff --git a/testing/tests/developing.spec.ts b/testing/tests/developing.spec.ts
index ded6dbf4abbe..3fc247d7a97c 100644
--- a/testing/tests/developing.spec.ts
+++ b/testing/tests/developing.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 const { test, expect } = require("@playwright/test");
 const got = require("got");
 
+export {};
+
 const DEV_BASE_URL =
   process.env.DEVELOPING_DEV_BASE_URL || "http://localhost:3000";
 
diff --git a/testing/tests/headless.auth.spec.ts b/testing/tests/headless.auth.spec.ts
index 4cc73dee3a3c..c4fe879ff86e 100644
--- a/testing/tests/headless.auth.spec.ts
+++ b/testing/tests/headless.auth.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 const { test, expect } = require("@playwright/test");
 
+export {};
+
 function testURL(pathname = "/") {
   const PORT = parseInt(process.env.SERVER_PORT || "5042");
   return `http://localhost:${PORT}${pathname}`;
diff --git a/testing/tests/headless.index.spec.ts b/testing/tests/headless.index.spec.ts
index c23a9da668f9..80212f1ce548 100644
--- a/testing/tests/headless.index.spec.ts
+++ b/testing/tests/headless.index.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 const { test, expect } = require("@playwright/test");
 
+export {};
+
 function testURL(pathname = "/") {
   const PORT = parseInt(process.env.SERVER_PORT || "5042");
   return `http://localhost:${PORT}${pathname}`;
diff --git a/testing/tests/headless.search.spec.ts b/testing/tests/headless.search.spec.ts
index 082cb220f602..a2291bd37777 100644
--- a/testing/tests/headless.search.spec.ts
+++ b/testing/tests/headless.search.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 const { test, expect } = require("@playwright/test");
 
+export {};
+
 function testURL(pathname = "/") {
   return "http://localhost:5042" + pathname;
 }
diff --git a/testing/tests/headless.sitesearch.spec.ts b/testing/tests/headless.sitesearch.spec.ts
index 3b2e8840b0f4..64b87da1aa4b 100644
--- a/testing/tests/headless.sitesearch.spec.ts
+++ b/testing/tests/headless.sitesearch.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 const { test, expect } = require("@playwright/test");
 
+export {};
+
 function testURL(pathname = "/") {
   return "http://localhost:5042" + pathname;
 }
diff --git a/testing/tests/index.test.ts b/testing/tests/index.test.ts
index d97287a77ce3..e5a44cdecf91 100644
--- a/testing/tests/index.test.ts
+++ b/testing/tests/index.test.ts
@@ -1591,8 +1591,7 @@ test("home page should have a /index.json file with pullRequestsData", () => {
   const builtFolder = path.join(buildRoot, "en-us");
 
   const jsonFile = path.join(builtFolder, "index.json");
-  // @ts-ignore
-  const { hyData: { recentContributions } = {} } = JSON.parse(
+  const { hyData: { recentContributions = {} } = {} } = JSON.parse(
     fs.readFileSync(jsonFile, "utf-8")
   );
   expect(recentContributions.items.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
diff --git a/testing/tsconfig.json b/testing/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d7b4f968356b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../tsconfig.json",
+  "include": ["tests"],
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "noEmit": true
+  }
+}