Playwright v1.33.0stable Released Apr 27, 2023
โš ๏ธ Breaking Change Impact Score: 7/10

Playwright v1.33.0 โ€” Release Notes & Engineering Impact

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Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.

Breaking-change evidence from the source

  • โš ๏ธ Breaking change * The `mcr.microsoft.com/playwright:v1.33.0` now serves a Playwright image based on Ubuntu Jammy.
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โšก Executive Summary (TL;DR)

Playwright v1.33.0. Source highlight: Playwright v1.33 & v1.34 updates

Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)

๐Ÿ’ป Software Engineers & Devs

Check the source notes against the package and APIs you use before upgrading.

๐Ÿ“Š Product & Engineering Leads

Use the documented changes to assess relevance to your product; release frequency alone is not a quality measure.

โš™๏ธ DevOps & Security

Verify the target version, runtime requirements and rollback procedure in the official documentation.

โš ๏ธ Breaking Changes & Deprecations (1)

  • โš ๏ธ Breaking change * The `mcr.microsoft.com/playwright:v1.33.0` now serves a Playwright image based on Ubuntu Jammy.
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<a href="https://youtu.be/JeFD6rqDbBo"><img src="https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/assets/746130/4e165491-1b1b-41c6-8674-4295622b66df" width=340></a> <a href="https://youtu.be/JeFD6rqDbBo">Playwright v1.33 & v1.34 updates</a> ### Locators Update * Use [`locator.or()`] to create a locator that matches either of the two locators. Consider a scenario where you'd like to click on a "New email" button, but sometimes a security settings dialog shows up instead. In this case, you can wait for either a "New email" button, or a dialog and act accordingly: ```js const newEmail = page.getByRole('button', { name: 'New' }); const dialog = page.getByText('Confirm security settings'); await expect(newEmail.or(dialog)).toBeVisible(); if (await dialog.isVisible()) await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Dismiss' }).click(); await newEmail.click(); ``` * Use new options `hasNot` and `hasNotText` in [`locator.filter()`] to find elements that **do not match** certain conditions. ```js const rowLocator = page.locator('tr'); await rowLocator .filter({ hasNotText: 'text in column 1' }) .filter({ hasNot: page.getByRole('button', { name: 'column 2 button' }) }) .screenshot(); ``` * Use new web-first assertion [`locatorAssertions.toBeAttached()`] to ensure that the element is present in the page's DOM. Do not confuse with the [`locatorAssertions.toBeVisible()`] that ensures that element is both attached & visible. ### New APIs - [`locator.or()`] - New option `hasNot` in [`locator.filter()`] - New option `hasNotText` in [`locator.filter()`] - [`locatorAssertions.toBeAttached()`] - New option `timeout` in [`route.fetch()`] - [`reporter.onExit()`] ### โš ๏ธ Breaking change * The `mcr.microsoft.com/playwright:v1.33.0` now serves a Playwright image based on Ubuntu Jammy. To use the focal-based image, please use `mcr.microsoft.com/playwright:v1.33.0-focal` instead. ### Browser Versions * Chromium 113.0.5672.53 * Mozilla Firefox 112.0 * WebKit 16.4 This version was also tested against the following stable channels: * Google Chrome 112 * Microsoft Edge 112 [`locator.or()`]: https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-locator#locator-or [`reporter.onExit()`]: https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-reporter#reporter-on-exit [`locator.filter()`]: https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-locator#locator-filter [`locatorAssertions.toBeAttached()`]: https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-locatorassertions#locator-assertions-to-be-attached [`locatorAssertions.toBeVisible()`]: https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-locatorassertions#locator-assertions-to-be-visible [`route.fetch()`]: https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-route#route-fetch