# Playwright v1.27.0 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Playwright (https://playwright.dev)
- **Version:** v1.27.0
- **Released:** Oct 07, 2022
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/playwright/updates/v1.27.0/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Playwright v1.27.0. Source highlight: With these new APIs, inspired by Testing Library, writing locators is a joy:

## Improvements
- JSON reporter path resolution is performed relative to the config directory instead of the current working directory: