Impact Score: 5/10
Playwright v1.40.1 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact
Source available — automated, not human-reviewed
Component: playwright · Channel: stable. Automated analysis, not a compatibility certification. How this works.
Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Playwright v1.40.1. Source highlight: Chromium 120.0.6099.28
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.
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
### Highlights
https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/28319 - [REGRESSION]: Version 1.40.0 Produces corrupted traces
https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/28371 - [BUG] The color of the 'ok' text did not change to green in the vs code test results section
https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/28321 - [BUG] Ambiguous test outcome and status for serial mode
https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/28362 - [BUG] Merging blobs ends up in Error: Cannot create a string longer than 0x1fffffe8 characters
https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/pull/28239 - fix: collect all errors in removeFolders
### Browser Versions
* Chromium 120.0.6099.28
* Mozilla Firefox 119.0
* WebKit 17.4
This version was also tested against the following stable channels:
* Google Chrome 119
* Microsoft Edge 119