Impact Score: 5/10
Playwright v0.15.0 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact
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Component: playwright · Channel: stable. Automated analysis, not a compatibility certification. How this works.
Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Playwright v0.15.0. Source highlight: Chromium 84.0.4125.0
Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)
💻 Software Engineers & Devs
Check the source notes against the package and APIs you use before upgrading.
📊 Product & Engineering Leads
Use the documented changes to assess relevance to your product; release frequency alone is not a quality measure.
⚙️ DevOps & Security
Verify the target version, runtime requirements and rollback procedure in the official documentation.
🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (3)
- [`page.dispatchEvent(selector, type[, eventInit, options])`](https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/blob/v0.15.0/docs/api.md#pagedispatcheventselector-type-eventinit-options)
- [`frame.dispatchEvent(selector, type[, eventInit, options])`](https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/blob/v0.15.0/docs/api.md#framedispatcheventselector-type-eventinit-options)
- [`elementHandle.dispatchEvent(type[, eventInit])`](https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/blob/v0.15.0/docs/api.md#elementhandledispatcheventtype-eventinit)
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
## Browser Versions
- Chromium 84.0.4125.0
- Mozilla Firefox 76.0b5
- WebKit 13.0.4
## New APIs
- [`page.dispatchEvent(selector, type[, eventInit, options])`](https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/blob/v0.15.0/docs/api.md#pagedispatcheventselector-type-eventinit-options)
- [`frame.dispatchEvent(selector, type[, eventInit, options])`](https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/blob/v0.15.0/docs/api.md#framedispatcheventselector-type-eventinit-options)
- [`elementHandle.dispatchEvent(type[, eventInit])`](https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/blob/v0.15.0/docs/api.md#elementhandledispatcheventtype-eventinit)
## Bug Fixes
#1622 - [BUG] Example Dockerfile browser Dependencies
#1882 - [Feature] Support single quotes in text selector engine
#1936 - [BUG] Firefox cannot download Blobs
## Raw notes
906d117 - chore: mark v0.15.0
5146dfc - chore: cut v0.15.0 (#1957)
9415dc2 - feat(chromium): roll Chromium to r762211 (#1956)
7c9762f - fix: support blob downloads (#1954)
21dc346 - devops: auto-correct links in our documentation (#1955)
6296614 - test: mark test as flaky on FFOX
5ac7f0e - fix(text selector): allow single quoted text (#1952)
e6c2cad - browser(webkit): add frame id to download info (#1953)
d354e9c - docs(contributing): clean up headings
c1c0237 - api(dispatchEvent): page, frame and handle versions added (#1932)
671cfa0 - fix(types): support objects with typed keys and values (#1752)
793586e - fix(click): throw instead of timing out when the element has moved (#1942)
f11113f - feat(firefox): roll to 1085 (#1951)
fd17cfb - docs(contributing): add info about skip and fail (#1944)
05f0797 - browser(firefox): support blob downloads (#1945)
2637805 - feat(webkit): roll to 1208 (#1948)
97a1aa5 - docs: update version table
40bed0f - docs: fix typos (#1947)
dc23c56 - tests(downloads): add a test for Blob downloads (#1936) (#1939)
471ccc7 - browser(webkit): roll to ToT 4/23/2020 (#1943)
2fcc2b5 - chore(chromium): resize browser frame when emulating viewport (#1924)
fa59372 - browser(webkit): roll to ToT 4/22/2020 (#1940)
51ed5c5 - fix(examples): closes #1916 (#1934)
b516ac4 - fix: Dockerfile for Firefox (#1937)
bf7430f - docs(readme): remove FAQ link
0b7f789 - devops: try using another Github Actions event to trigger releases (#1931)
70d727d - browser(webkit): ensure autorelease pools are drained on mac (#1933)