Playwright vs Cypress: End-to-End Testing Release Cadence & Stability
Side-by-side engineering comparison of Playwright and Cypress based on real-time release frequency, average AI impact score, and breaking change ratio.
Partial sample of stable product releases published in the last 90 days. Package releases and prereleases are excluded. Missing releases may affect every metric. No compatibility guarantee is implied.
| Engineering Metric | Playwright | Cypress |
|---|---|---|
| Category | TESTING | TESTING |
| Latest Tracked Version | v1.64.1 (Oct 14, 2026) | N/A () |
| Analyzed Releases | 3 tracked updates | 0 tracked updates |
| Average Release Impact Score | 5.7/10 | 0/10 |
| Source-flagged Breaking Releases | 1 releases (33%) | 0 releases (0%) |
| Coverage & confidence | Partial sample · 3 releases · 19.8 median days between tracked releases. Compatibility not verified. | Partial sample · 0 releases · not enough data median days between tracked releases. Compatibility not verified. |
| Actions & Links |
Recent Playwright Updates
Playwright v1.64.1 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact
Playwright v1.64.1. Source highlight: #43247 [Bug]: _electron.launch intermittently loses a packaged app's first window since 1.64.0
Playwright v1.64.0 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact
Playwright v1.64.0. Source highlight: New page.webmcp and frame.webmcp give access to the tools that a page registers through the experimental WebMCP browser API, so you can test them like any other part of your app:
Playwright v1.63.0 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact
Playwright v1.63.0. Source highlight: Tests that access a shared resource — an external service, a global account setting — can now declare a named `lock`.