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100 tracked entries. Older history is imported progressively; see source coverage.

Playwright · stable · Oct 14, 2026

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 · stable · Oct 07, 2026

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 · stable · Sep 04, 2026

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`.

Playwright · stable · Jul 30, 2026

Playwright v1.62.1 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

Playwright v1.62.1. Source highlight: #41989 [Regression]: tsconfig "extends" bare specifier isn't resolved via node_modules walk-up like tsc (fatal since 1.62)

Playwright · stable · Jul 24, 2026

Playwright v1.62.0 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

Playwright v1.62.0. Source highlight: 🧱 New component testing model

Playwright · stable · Jun 23, 2026

Playwright v1.61.1 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

Playwright v1.61.1. Source highlight: #41365 [Bug]: Expect.Extend matcher with same name as default matcher in same expect instance overrides default matchers implementation to custom matcher

Playwright · stable · Jun 15, 2026

Playwright v1.61.0 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

Playwright v1.61.0. Source highlight: New Credentials virtual authenticator, available via browserContext.credentials, lets tests register passkeys and answer `navigator.credentials.create()` / `navigator.credentials.get()` ceremonies in the page — no real hardware key required, works in all browsers:

Playwright · stable · May 11, 2026

Playwright v1.60.0 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

Playwright v1.60.0. Source highlight: 🌐 HAR recording on Tracing

Playwright · stable · Apr 01, 2026

Playwright v1.59.1 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

Playwright v1.59.1. Source highlight: **[Windows]** Reverted hiding console window when spawning browser processes, which caused regressions including broken `codegen`, `--ui` and `show` commands (#39990)

Playwright · stable · Apr 01, 2026

Playwright v1.59.0 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

Playwright v1.59.0. Source highlight: New page.screencast API provides a unified interface for capturing page content with:

Playwright · stable · Feb 06, 2026

Playwright v1.58.2 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

Playwright v1.58.2. Source highlight: #39121 fix(trace viewer): make paths via stdin work

Playwright · stable · Jan 30, 2026

Playwright v1.58.1 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

Playwright v1.58.1. Source highlight: #39036 fix(msedge): fix local network permissions

Playwright · stable · Jan 23, 2026

Playwright v1.58.0 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

Playwright v1.58.0. Source highlight: 📣 Playwright CLI+SKILLs 📣

Playwright · stable · Nov 25, 2025

Playwright v1.57.0 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

Playwright v1.57.0. Source highlight: In HTML reporter, there's a new tab we call "Speedboard":

Playwright · stable · Oct 17, 2025

Playwright v1.56.1 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

Playwright v1.56.1. Source highlight: #37871 chore: allow local-network-access permission in chromium

Playwright · stable · Oct 06, 2025

Playwright v1.56.0 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

Playwright v1.56.0. Source highlight: Introducing Playwright Agents, three custom agent definitions designed to guide LLMs through the core process of building a Playwright test:

Playwright · stable · Sep 23, 2025

Playwright v1.55.1 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

Playwright v1.55.1. Source highlight: Chromium 140.0.7339.186

Playwright · stable · Aug 20, 2025

Playwright v1.55.0 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

Playwright v1.55.0. Source highlight: New Property testStepInfo.titlePath Returns the full title path starting from the test file, including test and step titles.

Playwright · stable · Aug 01, 2025

Playwright v1.54.2 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

Playwright v1.54.2. Source highlight: Chromium 139.0.7258.5

Playwright · stable · Jul 11, 2025

Playwright v1.54.1 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

Playwright v1.54.1. Source highlight: Chromium 139.0.7258.5

Playwright · stable · Jul 10, 2025

Playwright v1.54.0 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

Playwright v1.54.0. Source highlight: New cookie property `partitionKey` in browserContext.cookies() and browserContext.addCookies(). This property allows to save and restore partitioned cookies. See CHIPS MDN article for more information. Note that browsers have different support and defaults for cookie partitioning.

Playwright · stable · Jun 30, 2025

Playwright v1.53.2 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

Playwright v1.53.2. Source highlight: Chromium 138.0.7204.23

Playwright · stable · Jun 18, 2025

Playwright v1.53.1 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

Playwright v1.53.1. Source highlight: Chromium 138.0.7204.23

Playwright · stable · Jun 10, 2025

Playwright v1.53.0 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

Playwright v1.53.0. Source highlight: Trace Viewer and HTML Reporter Updates

Playwright · stable · Apr 17, 2025

Playwright v1.52.0 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

Playwright v1.52.0. Source highlight: New method expect(locator).toContainClass() to ergonomically assert individual class names on the element.

Playwright · stable · Mar 17, 2025

Playwright v1.51.1 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

Playwright v1.51.1. Source highlight: Chromium 134.0.6998.35

Playwright · stable · Mar 06, 2025

Playwright v1.51.0 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

Playwright v1.51.0. Source highlight: StorageState for indexedDB

Playwright · stable · Jan 31, 2025

Playwright v1.50.1 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

Playwright v1.50.1. Source highlight: Chromium 133.0.6943.16

Playwright · stable · Jan 23, 2025

Playwright v1.50.0 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

Playwright v1.50.0. Source highlight: New option `timeout` allows specifying a maximum run time for an individual test step. A timed-out step will fail the execution of the test.

Playwright · stable · Dec 10, 2024

Playwright v1.49.1 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

Playwright v1.49.1. Source highlight: Chromium 131.0.6778.33

Playwright · stable · Nov 18, 2024

Playwright v1.49.0 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

Playwright v1.49.0. Source highlight: New assertion expect(locator).toMatchAriaSnapshot() verifies page structure by comparing to an expected accessibility tree, represented as YAML.

Playwright · stable · Oct 25, 2024

Playwright v1.48.2 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

Playwright v1.48.2. Source highlight: Chromium 130.0.6723.19

Playwright · stable · Oct 16, 2024

Playwright v1.48.1 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

Playwright v1.48.1. Source highlight: Chromium 130.0.6723.19

Playwright · stable · Oct 08, 2024

Playwright v1.48.0 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

Playwright v1.48.0. Source highlight: New methods page.routeWebSocket() and browserContext.routeWebSocket() allow to intercept, modify and mock WebSocket connections initiated in the page. Below is a simple example that mocks WebSocket communication by responding to a `"request"` with a `"response"`.

Playwright · stable · Sep 20, 2024